Box Score MOBILE, Ala. – With 26 seconds left on the clock Dee Haymer sunk a free throw to tie the University of South Alabama women's basketball team with Georgia State at 48 points each. The teams entered an overtime period where the visiting team outscored the Jags 12-9 to secure a 60-57 victory in the Mitchell Center on Saturday. 

Jaylin Powell paced the Jags with a game high 22 points as well as eight rebounds. Nadia Howard heated up during overtime to put herself in double figures as well with a total of 12 points for the contest. 

Mikyla Tolivert and Taniyah Worth had 13 points a piece for the Panthers. Tolivert also led her squad with six rebounds.

GAME FACTS
-South Alabama held Georgia State scoreless for the first four minutes of the game, maintaining its four-point lead. 
- Once the Panthers scored they sunk three layups and a free throw to secure a 7-4 advantage over the Jags.
- In the last two minutes of the period the teams traded buckets but Taniyah Worth's three pointer put Georgia State in double figures to end the first ahead 12-7. 
- Between the two teams just 14 points were scored in the second quarter. 
- The South Alabama defense held Georgia State to just one field goal for the period while scoring three of its own in addition to a pair of free throws from Haymer. 
- Powell's three pointer at the start of the third quarter sparked an eight-point run which but the Jags back in the lead with a 28-23 score. 
- Georgia State responded with eight points of its own, however, Powell's last-minute trey kept the Jaguars in the lead by one point to end the third at 32-31. 
- In the fourth quarter Georgia State and South Alabama scored 17 and 16 points respectively but Haymer's layup with less than 30 seconds in the period tied the score at 48 sending the teams into overtime. 
- Two minutes into the overtime period Kiana Anderson tied the score at 52, from there Howard turned a three-point play to put the Jags ahead.
 - With six seconds left to play Tolivert's layup put the Panthers ahead by one but it was Nyla Jean's set of free throws that gave Georgia State the overtime victory.

NOTES
- Georgia State has now won the last four matchups with South. 
- In South Alabama's last game with Georiga State, on Jan. 27, the Jags lost in overtime by a single digit margin. 
- South finished three of the five periods with a single figure scoring total.
- USA committed 25 turnovers, surpassing its season high by one which was set against Troy on Feb. 12. 
- Shooting 8-for-10 from the line the Jags recorded their second best free throw percentage with the team's best figure at 100 percent last game against Georgia Southern. 
- Tonight's contest marks the fifth occasion Powell has recorded 20 more points in a game. 
- The graduate student was responsible for all five of South's three point field goals. 
- It was also the fifth time she paced the Jags in rebounding with tonight's total putting her two shy of a double-double.
- Of Howard's 12 points for the night, seven of them came in the overtime period as she was one of only two Jags to score in the five minutes. 
- Mahognay Vaught surpassed five assists for the fourth time this season with six for the night. 

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
- Opening Statement: "I thought the first half, both teams came out really sluggish and couldn't get any baskets to fall. At half time we told our team you just gotta keep pumping. We were 0-11 at half from three, so we gotta keep going and the shots would fall. I thought we were getting the looks we wanted, they just weren't falling. In the second half, we did come out with much more energy. I thought our defense was constant all night. We were able to create some buckets off of our defense and I think once we got some steals and started doing some things that started to help us get going on the offense end of the floor. We didn't make some plays here or there. It was tough. It's the second time we've played these guys, both went into overtime, and we were evenly matched. It was disappointing to lose this game on senior day because I really wanted them to have a win today."

Freshman G Nadia Howard
-On today's loss: "Everyone just really wanted to win and play hard. Of course, it was senior night so it was all playing for our seniors and for our coaches. We were all just playing for each other. Unfortunately, we didn't pull out the win, but at least we played hard."

-On what made the difference in the second half: "Our coaches in the locker room at half time [made the difference], they were just trying to hype us up. Everyone's energy was down in the first half, it was just one of those slow start games. At half time we all just came together and decided that it's our last home game and we just need to play for each other."

-On finishing out the season: "I think we just have to put two halves together. Last game we had a great first half and this game we had a great second half so if we just put it together, we will be able make a run in the tournament I believe if we keep playing hard."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will travel to Coastal Carolina on Feb. 24.

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