Box Score CONWAY, S.C. – The University of South Alabama women's basketball fell 79-62 to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at the HTC Center on Thursday.
Leading her team to victory Aja Blount recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 19 points and 19 rebounds. Arin Freeman had the first of her career with 16 points and 11 boards. Jordyn Newsome joined the duo in double figures with 13 points as well as Blayre Shultz with 10.
For the Jaguars both Mahogany Vaught and Tyrielle Williams recorded 14 points followed by Dee Haymer with 12. Kiana Anderson led the squad in rebounds with five and in blocks with one.
GAME FACTS
- Haymer started off the scoring with two layups in the first two minutes of the contest.
- A minute later Jaylin Powell tied the score at seven, however, Coastal Carolina spent the rest of the period outscoring South 13 points to seven for a 20-14 lead at the end of the first.
- In the second quarter Coastal held South Alabama scoreless until a jumper from Williams around the six-minute mark.
- The teams traded buckets for the remainder of the period until the Chanticleers registered six points in the last minute of the period for a 42-29 lead at the half.
- For the third quarter South Alabama outscored its opponent 20-17 with Nadia Howard recording seven of the Jags point for the period.
- Vaught sunk three treys in the first two minutes of the fourth to bring South's deficit down to single digits.
- Around the six-minute mark Casey Ferguson hit a layup which was the Jags last field goal of the contest.
- Coastal spent the last five minutes of the game on a 14-2 run which gave the Chanticleers their 14th win of the season.
NOTES
- Coastal's win snapped the Jags win streak in the overall series.
- South Alabama dressed out just nine players for the contest.
- This is the first game since Jan. 29 at Georgia Southern that South has broken 60 points.
- It also marked the sixth game this season that three Jags had three players in double figures.
- For the eighth straight occasion South has shot less than 40 percent from the field.
- In addition to leading the Jags in scoring Vaught recorded five plus assists for the 15th time in her career.
- Williams' scoring total was the highest of her career, with her previous best set at ULM on Jan. 13.
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
- Opening Statement: "We didn't get off to a good start. Then our two starting post players started to get in foul trouble early and it continued into the second half as well so we had to adjust a lot of things we had worked on. To give our kids credit they fought, we got into a five-point game, but we didn't finish it well. They had 56 points in the paint then 52 rebounds including 17 offensive rebounds. I don't know how many layups we missed and then we went 9-for-22 from the free throw line which are things that could have given us a chance to have this game closer. We just have to move on, head up to App State on Saturday to finish strong before the conference tournament next week."
UP NEXT
South Alabama will travel to Appalachian State on Feb. 26.
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