Game 10 | December 14, 2021 | 3 pm (CST) | Mobile, Ala. | Mitchell Center
South Alabama (4-5, 0-0 Sun Belt)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — RPI
Head Coach: Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.] '86)
Record at USA (season): 114-132 (9)
Career Record (season): 321-310 (22)
Record vs. Faulkner: 1-0
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Jaylin Powell (10.8)
Rebs: Zena Elias (9.5)
Asts: Mahogany Vaught (22)
Blks: Destiny Samuel (6)
Stls: Mahogany Vaught (18)
Faulkner (7-6, 0-2 Southern States)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — RPI
Head Coach: Reed Sutton
Record at Faulkner (years): 187-121 (11)
Career Record (years): same
Record vs. USA: 0-1
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Morgan Holland (15.8)
Rebs: Morgan Holland (7.8)
Asts: Nequoia Adams (28)
Blks: Ashlyn Adkins (6)
Stls: Micala Fisanick (19)
Multimedia
Televison/Video: ESPN +
JD Byars (pxp) and Pat Greenwood (analysis)
Radio: 97.1 FM The Prowl
Jaret Bates (pxp)
Twitter: @WeAreSouth_WBB
Series History
Overall: 1-0 (H: 1-0)
Longest USA Streak: 1
Longest Faulkner Streak: n/a
Current Streak: USA - 1
First Meeting: 12/17/18
Last Meeting: 12/17/18
Opening Tip
- This is only the second matchup between the two programs.
- In its only game against Faulkner, South won by 57 points, the seventh-highest margin of victory in program history.
- South Alabama is 20-3 against current members of the Southern States Athletic Conference.
Last time with Faulkner
- With the win, the Jags won nine-straight games in a single season for the seventh time; nine in a row is tied for the fifth-longest winning streak in program history.
- The Jags 97 points were the most the team has scored in a game since a 97-46 win over Spring Hill on Dec. 7, 2011.
- A season-high 11 Jaguars recorded at least one point in the contest.
- The Jags had five scorers in double-digits for the second time that year.
- Faulkner recorded just six points in the first quarter – the lowest amount of points in the first quarter by a Jaguar opponent that season, and the second time a Jags opponent has not scored more than six in a quarter in 2018-19.
- The Jags held a 61-point lead with four minutes left in the game. That sets the mark for the largest lead of the season for South.
- The 57-point margin of victory was the largest this season, outpacing the previous mark of 22 vs. Alabama State.
Notes from Nicholls
- South's win ended Nicholls' win streak in the series.
- It was only the second time this season that three Jags have had recorded double figures, with the last time coming against Mobile on Nov. 9.
- South Alabama had season highs in field-goal percentage (46.8) and three-point field goal percentage (37.5).
- It was the first time since Nov. 25, 2020, that Mahogany Vaught has not started.
- Nadia Howard's 23 points – a season high for the freshman – was the most scored by a Jag so far this season.
- Casey Ferguson pulled down a season-high five rebounds to go along with her nine points on 4-of-5 shooting.
- Five different individuals recorded a three-point basket as Jaylin Powell (2) was the only player to have multiple.
- Janelle Jones set a career high with two steals, leading the Jags in the category along with Powell.
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