ATLANTA – The University of South Alabama women's basketball team fell to Tulsa 92-62 on Sunday in its final game of the Georgia State Classic held at the GSU Sports Arena. 

Nadia Howard led the Jags (6-6) with 14 points, followed by Dee Haymer and Mahogany Vaught who had nine points apiece. Vaught also pulled down a team-high seven rebounds for the contest paired with two assists. 

Tulsa (10-0) remained unbeaten with the win and had four players finish in double digits, Maddie Bittle (19), Rebecca Lescay (18), Wyvette Mayberry (16) and Maya Mayberry (14). Bittle and Lescay had eight boards each, while the latter also dished out seven assists and recorded four steals. W. Mayberry also handed out a game-high nine assists as the Hurricanes recorded 25 assists on 37 made field goals. 

GAME FACTS
- Leading by one (7-6) midway through the opening period of play, Tulsa took control rattling off an 11-0 run as three of the Hurricane's four made baskets came from long range. 
- Bittle recorded the first two threes of the run and W. Mayberry capped off the run with a trey of her own with just over three minutes remaining in the period to put TU up 18-6. 
- Tulsa was 6-of-7 from beyond the three-point line in the opening frame and shot 62.5 percent from the field and led by 26-12 after the first 10 minutes of the contest.
- The Hurricanes continued their torrid shooting in the second frame, knocking down 66.7 percent of their shot attempts(12-for-18) in the period. Unlike the first period, the second say Tulsa do most of its damage – nine of its 12 made baskets – coming inside the arc.
- TU's lead grew to as much as 28 (54-26) in the period after a fast break layup by Lescay with less than a minute to go before the half.
- South Alabama was held without a field goal over the final five minutes, 34 seconds of the frame as it's only points during that stretch came off of five free throws.
- Howard tried to ignite a Jaguar rally coming out of the locker room as she started the third with consecutive field goals, but the Hurricanes responded with seven unanswered points and held control for the remainder of the contests.
- Four players recorded multiple three-point baskets led by M. Mayberry who was 4-of-5 from long range. As a team, Tulsa was 14-of-26 from the arc for 53.8 percent. South Alabama was just 4-for-25 from three for 16 percent shooting.
- TU also shot 52.1 percent from the field overall connecting on 37 of its 71 shot attempts, while the Jags were 22-for-68 from the field (32.4%).

NOTES
- Tulsa now leads the series over South Alabama 2-1. 
- The 30-point deficit marked the largest margin of defeat for the Jags since an 87-45 (42) loss to Troy last February. 
- South Alabama's 68 field goal attempts were the most so far by the club this season. 
- South had five blocks in the contest, tying its previous high from against Faulkner on Dec. 14.
- Janelle Jones accounted for two of the Jags' blocks, leading the team for the first time this season in the category. 
- Howard's 14-point output marked the third time this season in which she has posted double figures.
- Kiana Anderson and Haymer matched Vaught's assist total, however, Vaught has now led the squad in the category in five of South's 12 games.  

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
-On the game: "Tulsa is a really good team and they are undefeated for a reason. They have some really good players and are well coached. They just jumped on us early in the first half, shooting 64 percent from three. They just couldn't miss. I also feel that we didn't have enough intensity on the defensive end of the floor and they were getting open. In the second half, we had stretches where we guarded a little better and were able to get some consecutive stops so we could transition and get some baskets out of those stops. If you had told me coming into this weekend that we would have been 5-for-49 from three in these two games it would have been hard to believe, but we didn't shoot well and that affected us. 

UP NEXT
South Alabama will conclude its three-game road swing as it travels to Athens, Ga., to face Georgia at Stegeman Coliseum on Tuesday at 11 a.m. (CST).

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