MOBILE, Ala. – With 19 three-pointers, the University of South Alabama women's basketball team worked its way to a 40-point win over Faulkner at the Mitchell Center on Tuesday. 

The 91-51 victory was due in part to Jordan Rosier, who accounted for 23 points, the most of any player in the contest. Two more Jags (5-5) recorded double-digit figures with Jaylin Powell at 16 and Janelle Jones at 14. 

Ashlyn Adkins was the leading scorer for Faulkner with 14 points. Morgan Holland had nine points for the night and six rebounds, sharing game-high honors in the latter category with Powell. 

GAME FACTS
- Faulkner held South Alabama to just one field goal through the first seven minutes of play, leading 11-2, until Casey Ferguson's three-pointer kickstarted an 11-0 run to end period with the Jaguars going ahead on a Jones three at the buzzer. 
- USA extended its advantage to double figures just 90 seconds into the second quarter following consecutive three-pointers from Powell, Jones and Dee Haymer.
- Adkins' trey cut the Eagle deficit to eight, however the Jags led 35-17 at the break after limiting to one field goal over the final seven-plus minutes of the period.
- The Jaguars made six more threes in the third period, with Rosier going 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, to go up 60-38 heading to the final 10 minutes. 
- Back-to-back three-pointers from Rosier extended the Jags' advantage to 72-41 with just over seven minutes left, with her final basket of the day providing South with its largest lead, 91-49, in the final minute of the contest.
- South recorded 35 points off of Faulkner's 23 turnovers in the contest. 

NOTES
- South remains perfect in the series with both wins by 40 points or more.  
- The Jags' three-point total tied the program-best figure set at Coastal Carolina last season. 
- South Alabama set season-highs in assists (24), steals (12) and blocks (5) while recording a season-low six turnovers. 
- The squad went 33-of-67 from the field, recording season-best figures for shots made and attempted as well as field-goal percentage (49.3). 
- During Rosier's 25 minutes on the floor she went 8-of-13 from the field including a making a school-record-tying seven three-pointers.
- It was the third time this season that Powell has scored 10-plsu points in consecutive outings. 
- Both Powell and Destiny Samuel handed out career-best four assists, leading South in the category for the night. 
- Ferguson doubled her previous best with four steals, the most of any player. 

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
-Opening statement: "The first quarter was slow, Faulkner was doing everything that we had told our team that they would do. We had to really guard the ball one-on-one and not let them beat us so that we would have to help and get into rotations, and that's exactly what happened and they were knocking down threes. I thought late in the quarter our defense picked up, we made some substitutions and really got up into them and guarded the basketball better. We made every shot hard, we had three shot clock violations in one of those quarters and that set the tone. On the offensive end, early on we knew they were going to pack it in so we told our players they were going to be open but that we couldn't take the first open shot; I thought there were too many one-pass shots. The answer was to share the ball, if you go and look at the stats we had 24 assists on 33 made field goals. I thought that was the difference in the ball game, our defensive intensity and our ability to share the basketball and of course make shots."

-On the importance of taking the lead at the end of the first quarter: "That was huge. It was right at the buzzer, that energy when the bench came running out on the floor with we were able to feed off of to start the second quarter, it was our ball and we were able to go get a basket right then as well so it turned into a five-point play."

-On the team's upcoming schedule: "Playing in that [Georgia State] tournament and following up with a day in between before the Georgia game will be similar to the [Sun Belt] conference tournament, we want to put the team in those kinds of situations to prepare them for what's coming down the pike as we get into conference play. It's going to be a tough tournament with Charleston Southern and Tulsa, we have the Bulldogs on Tuesday and then we come back and after the Christmas break it's App State and Coastal [Carolina]. The good news is those last games are at home, we're looking forward to that, but conference play is going to be tough throughout the season."

Freshman G Jordan Rosier
-On Tuesday's game: "That win felt so good. We had a meeting yesterday and talked about what we want to do as a team and find our identity. We had been on a stretch where we had lost a few games so we just wanted to come out today and have a great win, and I feel like we did that."

-On the key to her performance against Faulkner: "My confidence. Before the game I was talking to myself and saying when I got in the game I was going to do great, I was going to play hard and the team would share the ball. We really shared the ball today and I feed off of my teammates' energy, that led into what I produced today."

-On what was said at the first timeout called by Coach Fowler: "In that timeout Coach Fowler really emphasized sharing the ball. In the first quarter we had some good shots, but there were even better shots that we could've taken. After the timeout we really emphasized that and looked for not good shots but great shots, and that's what led to us winning the game."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will travel to Atlanta for the GSU Holiday Classic, with its first game against Charleston Southern on Saturday at 11 a.m. (CST). 

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