Game 18 | January 27, 2022 | 5 pm (CST) | Atlanta, Ga. | GSU Sports Arena
South Alabama (8-9, 2-2 Sun Belt)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — RPI
Head Coach: Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.] '86)
Record at USA (season): 114-132 (9th)
Career Record (season): 321-310 (22nd)
Record vs. Georgia State: 11-7
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Jaylin Powell (10.9)
Rebs: Zena Elias (9.5)
Asts: Mahogany Vaught (48)
Blks: Destiny Samuel (10)
Stls: Mahogany Vaught (27)
Georgia State (7-9, 1-3 Sun Belt)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — RPI
Head Coach: Gene Hill
Record at Georgia State (years):44-55 (4th)
Career Record (years): 57-95 (6th)
Record vs. USA: 3-5
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Ashley Foster (11.6)
Rebs: Taniyah Worth (4.1)
Asts: Taylor Henderson (31)
Blks: Taniyah Worth (13)
Stls: Taniyah Worth (23)
Multimedia
Televison/Video: ESPN +
Live Stats: usajaguars.com
Twitter: @WeAreSouth_WBB
Series History
Overall: 12-9
Longest USA Streak: 6
Longest Georgia State Streak: 3
Current Streak: 2 by Georgia State
First Meeting: 2/5/81
Last Meeting: 2/27/21
Opening Tip
- South last won in the GSU Sports Arena with an 81-64 victory on Jan. 16, 2020. The win marked head coach Terry Fowler's 300th career win.
- Georgia State won three out of four matchups against the Jags last season featuring back-to-back wins in Atlanta.
- In the last 10 matchups with the Panthers, the Jags lead 7-3.
- Since starting conference play at least one Jag has recorded 20 or more points in three of four contests.
- In her performance against Louisiana, Jaylin Powell was the first Jag to record a double-digit rebounding total since Zena Elias' 13 in the first game of the season with Mobile.
- By leading the team in blocks on two occasions in conference games, Kiana Anderson has tied Destiny Samuel for the most blocks so far this season.
Last time with Georgia State
-Despite dropping both contests over the weekend, the Jaguars still hold a 12-9 lead in the all-time series with the Panthers.
-That includes splitting 10 match-ups with GSU in Atlanta.
-It was the first time the Panthers have won back-to-back meetings in the series since they claimed three straight contests from Jan. 30, 2014-Feb. 19, 2015.
-South dressed just seven individuals for the regular-season finale.
-It was the first time that Antoinette Lewis scored in double figures in back-to-back outings since accomplishing the feat in three straight contests from Jan. 2-9 the first two weekends of Sun Belt play.
-Her last double-double prior to the contest came in a Jan. 29 win over the Panthers in Mobile, as she now has six on the season.
-The forward/center matched a season high with five blocked shots in the first eight minutes of action, with her total at the end the game a career best; that's the third-highest figure in the Jaguars' record books.
- Casey Ferguson surpassed her previous career high of 12 points set in a Feb. 6 victory at Coastal Carolina as she set a new personal best for three-point field goals in addition to contributing a season-high six rebounds.
-It was the first occasion that Devyn Lowe recorded 10-plus points in consecutive contests dating back to a stretch from Dec. 13-Jan. 9, when she accomplished the feat six games in a row.
-Mahogany Vaught was credited with not only a career-high assist total, but the most helpers handed out by a Jag during the 2020-21 season thus far.
-Jayla Morrow recorded a career-best three blocked shots — the Jaguars' 12 in the game tied the third-highest total on the program's record list — while equaling a season high with five assists.
Notes from Little Rock
- The win marked Little Rock's seventh straight win at the Mitchell Center, dating back to 2015.
- For the first time in three games South's rebound total fell under 30 with 26 for the game.
- South Alabama had four blocks in the contest, which left the team one shy of its season high of five against Tulsa.
- From the line the Jags went 14-of-19 for their second-highest free throw percentage of the season at 73.7%.
- Little Rock was able to score 23 of its points off of South's 20 turnovers.
- Additionally, the Trojans had 40 points in the paint which marks the most the Jags have allowed in the lane this season.
- Kiana Anderson's rebounding total was a season high with her last best set at seven against Southern Miss.
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