BOONE, N.C. – Pre Stanley scored 19 points while both Lainey Gosnell and Bayley Plummer recorded double-doubles Thursday to lift Appalachian State to a 71-59 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball win over the University of South Alabama at the Holmes Center.

Stanley was 7-of-12 shooting overall including making all three attempts from beyond the three-point line, and she added four assists without a turnover as the Mountaineers improved to 8-15 overall and 5-7 in the league.  Gosnell finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds and Plummer added 10 and a game-high 15, respectively, with Ashley Polacek chipping in 11 points and seven assists.

Both Savannah Jones and Shaforia Kines shared game-high scoring honors with Stanley after posting 19 points apiece for the Jaguars (12-12, 7-5 SBC), who saw a two-game win streak come to an end.  Antoinette Lewis added 10 rebounds for South as well.

Appalachian State 71, South Alabama 59 (box score)

GAME FACTS
-The Jaguars opened the game shooting 3-of-14 from the field and trailed 18-8 at the end of the opening period.
-USA made five of its last seven attempts of the opening half to close the gap to 33-27 at the break.
-The Mountaineers grabbed 10 more rebounds than the Jags in the third quarter, leading to 13 more shots from the floor as they pushed the lead to 52-39 at the end of the period.
-Jones scored 11 points in the final 10 minutes — sinking a trio of three-pointers — but a 7-0 Mountaineer run in the middle of the quarter put the game out of reach.
-App State finished with a 45-27 edge in rebounding, with 17 of those coming on the offensive end of the floor.
-The Mountaineers had twice as many points in the paint, finishing the contest with a 28-14 advantage in the category.

NOTES
-The two teams split the regular-season series after South claimed am 81-66 victory in Mobile on Jan. 2 in the opening game of Sun Belt action.
-App State has now won the last three match-ups in Boone.
-USA connected on 10 or more three-pointers for the eighth time this year, which includes accomplishing the feat in both contests against the Mountaineers.
-It was the first time the Jaguars have been outrebounded by a double-figure margin since playing UTA on Jan. 23.
-Kines — who has now scored in double digits in four straight games — paced the Jags in points for the 25th time in her career.
-After going 5-of-9 from beyond the arc, Jones has made five or more treys in four of USA's last seven outings.
-It was the 20th occasion this season that Lewis has led South in rebounding as well as the 35th time in her career she has pulled down 10-plus boards.
-Damaya Telemaque tied a career high after blocking a pair of shots, as it was the first time this season she has led all players in the category.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Terry Fowler
Opening statement: "We fought, but again it comes down to that first quarter.  At the start of the third quarter they were able to extend their lead instead of us being able to cut it [the deficit] from six to four to two [points] and having a ball game from there.  But we kept fighting and believing we had a chance."
On rebounding: "That's one of the reasons we lost today.  It was just the fact that they kept getting possessions, I don't think they really did a lot of damage with second-chance points but those were possessions that were taken away from us and let them eat the clock up to shorten the game."
On playing again on Saturday: "It's about bouncing back, let's see if we can do it on the road on Saturday against a really good Coastal Carolina team and go from there."

Up next: USA concludes a three-game road swing with a 1 p.m. (CST) tip-off at Coastal Carolina on Saturday.

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