Game 23 | February 19, 2022 | 3 pm (CST) | Mobile, Ala. | Mitchell Center
South Alabama (8-14, 2-7 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: 11-8
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Jaylin Powell (11.7)
Rebs: Zena Elias (9.5)
Asts: Mahogany Vaught (66)
Blks: Kiana Anderson (17)
Stls: Mahogany Vaught (35)
Georgia State (8-14, 2-8 Sun Belt)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — RPI
Head Coach: Gene Hill
Record at Georgia So. (years): 44-55 (4th)
Career Record (years): 57-95 (6th)
Record vs. USA: 4-5
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Ashley Foster (11.5)
Rebs: Taniyah Worth (3.8)
Asts: Ashley Foster (39)
Blks: Taniyah Worth (20)
Stls: Ashley Foster (28)
Multimedia
Televison/Video: ESPN +
JD Byars (pxp) and Pat Greenwood (analysis)
Radio: 97.1 The Prowl
Jaret Bates (pxp)
Live Stats: usajaguars.com
Twitter: @WeAreSouth_WBB
Series History
Overall: 12-10
Longest USA Streak: 6
Longest Georgia State Streak: 3
Current Streak: 3 by Georgia State
First Meeting: 11/30/85
Last Meeting: 1/29/22
Opening Tip
-South Alabama has lost six straight games, including its last matchup with Georgia State.
- With the win in January the Panthers tied their longest win streak which was last set in the 2014-15 season.
- The last time South defeated GSU in the Mitchell Center was a 58-46 win on Jan. 29, 2021.
Last time with Georgia State
- Georgia State extended its win streak over South Alabama to three. The contest also marked the Panthers' third straight win over the Jags in Atlanta.
- It marked South's first overtime game since a 78-76 win over Texas State on Jan. 25, 2020, and the first overtime loss since a 57-56 defeat to Appalachian State on Feb. 5, 2018.
- With 45 rebounds, South Alabama exceeded its previous season high of 40, which came against Faulkner on Dec. 14.
- From USA's 21 turnovers, a figure that ties its season high set at Georgia on Dec. 21, Georgia State was able to score 22 of its points.
- The Panthers also registered 48 points in the paint, the second-highest total by a Jaguar opponent this season.
- Georgia State's bench also outscored South's by nearly double, recording 31 points compared to the Jags' 17.
- Jaylin Powell's buzzer-beater marks the second time she rallied for the Jags with less than five seconds in the game. The first time she played in the GSU Sports Arena, Dec. 18, she hit the game winning free throw against Charleston Southern with four seconds remaining.
- Mahogany Vaught's 11 rebounds were the most of her career. It was also the first time the junior recorded double figures in the category.
- Nadia Howard posted double figures in scoring (16) for the second straight game.
- Responsible for all three of South's blocked shots in the contest, Kiana Anderson now has the most blocks by a Jag in single game this season.
Notes from Georgia Southern
- Georgia Southern has now won three straight games over South, giving the team its longest win streak in the overall series.
- The Jags went six-for-six at the line for their first perfect free throw percentage of the season.
- For the fourth time this season South shot less than 30 percent from the field.
- This is the second straight game the Jags have recorded at least 10 three-point field goals.
- Casey Ferguson was responsible for five of the team's three pointers, leaving her one shy of her career best which she set at Georgia State last season.
- Powell has recorded a double-digit scoring total in all but two conference contests.
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