MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama women's basketball used a 25-point third quarter to come from behind and defeat Florida A&M 62-52 Sunday at the Mitchell Center. The win cracked a four-game losing streak for the Jags.
 
Senior Tristen Washington led the Jags with 18 points, her first double digit game of the season.
 
The Jags (2-4) had two other double digit scorers, with Maggie Robinson totaling 11 and Kiana Anderson totaling 12.
 
Anderson led the Jags in rebounding, totaling seven in the win. Robinson had six rebounds.
 
The Rattlers (1-5) had two double digit scorers, with Mide Oriyoma and Ivet Subirats both recording 17 points.
 
The Jags hit the road next weekend for a matchup at Mercer on Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.
 
 
GAME FACTS

• The Jags and Rattlers traded baskets back and forth to start the game, with FAMU leading 13-10 with under four minutes to go in the game.
• The Rattlers scored two baskets late in the first quarter to take a 20-14 lead at the end of the first.
• Both teams had a slow start to the second quarter, with the Jags outscoring the Rattlers 4-2 after six minutes of play, making the score 22-18.
• The Rattlers led the Jags 27-21 at halftime.
• The Jags used a 7-1 run to open the third quarter to tie the game at 28.
• The teams then battled back and forth for most of the third quarter, with the game tied at 38 with two minutes to go in the third quarter.
• The Jags then used an 8-0 run to take a 46-38 lead going into the fourth quarter.
• South used another run to open the fourth quarter, to extend their lead to 53-38 with five minutes to go.
• South maintained the lead to finish the game, winning 62-52.

 
NOTES

• Nadia Howard earned her sixth start of the season, making her the only Jag to start all six games this season.
• Howard currently has the longest starting streak on the team, starting 25 games, dating back to last season.
• The Jags started the same lineup as the last game.
• Washington led the Jags with 18 points, her first double digit game of the season.
• Anderson totaled seven rebounds. The win was her second time leading the team in rebounds.
• The Jags out rebounded the Rattlers 39-34.
• The Jags totaled 17 assists.
• South totaled 36 bench points.
• The win was the third time this season South had three double digit scorers.  

 
 
 
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Terry Fowler:
Opening statement:
"Just so excited for our kids to get that win today. We knew it was going to be tough. FAMU has played people really close and the first half we just came out and struggled. That's been the story of the season. We turned it over 14 times in the first half and they had 11 points off those turnovers, and in the second half we turned it over six times. The thing about it is we've got to do better in the first half of taking care of the basketball. I thought we were able to get into a rhythm in the second half, and were able to get some things going with our ball screen offense and then Tristen Washington got going from three. She is that capable of a shooter, we've just been waiting for it to happen, and not a better day than today for her to have a breakout game. Just happy for our kids because it's been weighing on them, so hopefully this can propel us forward."
 
On the strong second half:
"It's a thing where in the past, bad things have happened, and when bad things continue to happy, you sometimes think 'here we go again'. We knew we needed a game like this. We needed to come out and earn it, and I think we did earn it today. I am just proud of that. We talked about it after the game, we haven't been in this type of game before, so we had to learn how to win, how to finish it out, how to certain to a certain press, how to get the ball to the right people. The best way to do that is through game experience, so we were able to get that today."  
 
UP NEXT
The Jaguars have a week off before traveling to Mercer next Sunday for a matchup with the Bears at 1 p.m.
 
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