Game 24 | February 24, 2022 | 5 pm (CST) | Conway, S.C. | HTC Center
South Alabama (8-15, 2-8 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. Coastal Carolina: 7-4
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Jaylin Powell (12.2)
Rebs: Zena Elias (9.5)
Asts: Mahogany Vaught (72)
Blks: Kiana Anderson (18)
Stls: Mahogany Vaught (39)
Coastal Carolina (13-9, 3-8 SBC)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — RPI
Head Coach: Jaida Williams
Record at Georgia So. (years): 114-116 (8th)
Career Record (years): same
Record vs. USA: 4-7
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Aja Blount (18.6)
Rebs: Aja Blount (9.0)
Asts: Blayre Shultz (52)
Blks: Janeen Camp (43)
Stls: Blayre Shultz (27)
Multimedia
Televison/Video: ESPN +
Live Stats: usajaguars.com
Twitter: @WeAreSouth_WBB
Series History
Overall: 8-4
Longest USA Streak: 4
Longest Coastal Carolina Streak: 2
Current Streak: 4 by South Alabama
First Meeting: 12/20/95
Last Meeting: 2/7/21
Opening Tip
- South Alabama is going into the game with seven straight losses, the last time the Jags had more than five consecutive losses was the 2016-17 season.
-With South Alabama head coach Terry Fowler taking care of family matters, last time out associate head coach Dan Presel was in charge of the team on the bench.
-Neither team had won more than two games in a row in the series entering the 2020-21 season, but the Jaguars swept all four contests between the two since the start of the new year and are now 8-4 all-time against the Chanticleers.
- The Jags last win in Conway was on Feb. 7, 2021 with a score of 61-56 over the Chanticleers.
Last time with Coastal Carolina
-One day after scoring a season-high 32 first-quarter points the Jags recorded their lowest total in the opening period this year.
-Savannah Jones became the eighth individual in program history to score 1,400 points in a career after posting 20-plus points in back-to-back outings for the first time since Dec. 20 and Jan. 2 last season.
-It was her first double-double of the year and third of her career, while the redshirt senior was also credited with a career-high four steals and season-best two blocks.
-In addition to scoring 10-plus points for the team-leading 12th time this season, Mahogany Vaught added a team-high five steals; not only was it her third outing with at least five this season, it marked the fourth time in as many games against CCU that she recorded at least four thefts.
-Jayla Morrow matched Vaught for game-high honors after handing out a season-best five assists.
-It was the first time in 46 appearances since joining the program last year that Jaylen Mallard was credited with multiple blocked shots in a game.
-Casey Ferguson tied a career high — first set in the Jags' season opener against Mobile and later matched on Dec. 8 in a victory over William Carey — with a pair of steals in 13 minutes off the bench.
Notes from Georgia State
- Georgia State has now won the last four matchups with South.
- In South Alabama's last game with Georgia 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 Jaylin 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 Nadia 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.
- Vaught surpassed five assists for the fourth time this season with six for the night.
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