Game 26 | March 2, 2022 | 5 pm (CST) | Pensacola, Fla. | Pensacola Bay Arena
South Alabama (8-17, 2-10 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. Texas State: 3-9
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Jaylin Powell (11.7)
Rebs: Zena Elias (9.5)
Asts: Mahogany Vaught (82)
Blks: Kiana Anderson (20)
Stls: Mahogany Vaught (41)
Texas State (14-13, 9-6 Sun Belt)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — RPI
Head Coach: Zenare Antoine
Record at App. State (years): 149-154 (11th)
Career Record (years): same
Record vs. USA: 9-3
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Da'Nashia Hood (16.5)
Rebs: Da'Nashia Hood (7.9)
Asts: Taylor Kennedy (172)
Blks: Da'Nashia Hood (11)
Stls: Taylor Kennedy (53)
Multimedia
Televison/Video: ESPN +
Live Stats: usajaguars.com
Twitter: @WeAreSouth_WBB
Series History
Overall: 3-10
Longest USA Streak: 2
Longest Texas State Streak: 6
Current Streak: 2 by South Alabama
First Meeting: 1/3/95
Last Meeting: 1/25/20
Opening Tip
- Last season the Jags were seeded No. 4 in the east division heading into the conference tournament.
- Before this year's bracket the lowest seed South had received was the No. 10 spot in 2017.
- South Alabama has faced Texas State once in the conference tournament which was a 68-67 win over the Bobcats in the second round in 2019.
- The Jags were set to play the Bobcats earlier this season, however, COVID-19 protocols prevented the contest from taking place.
- The winner of Wednesday's game will advance to the quarterfinal round on Friday against Louisiana.
Last time with Texas State
-The comeback — the Bobcats' largest lead was 23 points with just over eight minutes to go in the fourth period — was the biggest by the Jaguars in head coach Terry Fowler's seven-plus seasons in charge of the program.
-It's the first time since the series began during the 1993-94 season that the Jaguars have defeated the Bobcats in back-to-back contests; USA won the last match-up, 68-67, in the second round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on March 13 last year.
-South has now won both of its games to go to overtime this year, having also defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 83-82 in double overtime on Nov. 14 in the Preseason WNIT.
-The Jags have made 10 or more three-pointers seven times during the 2019-20 campaign, winning five of those outings.
-It was the first occasion that USA has had five individuals with 10-plus points in a game since defeating Mobile on Nov. 26.
-Savannah Jones fell one-point shy of equaling her best total of the year — she had 25 on Dec. 20 at East Tennessee State — while she matched a season high in rebounds last recorded in a defeat of Tennessee State on Nov. 30.
-The double-double was the 10th of the year for Antoinette Lewis — who scored the 1,100th point of her career in the game — but it marked the first time since joining the program that she has accomplished the feat in three straight outings.
-Damaya Telemaque finished with a season-high nine rebounds while scoring in double figures for the first time since the Jaguars defeated ULM on Jan. 11.
-It was the first game that Jayla Buster has scored in double digits since posting 12 in South's Jan. 2 win over Appalachian State, while it was the third occasion this season that the sophomore guard/forward has connected on a pair of three-pointers.
-Kennedi Centers also recorded a career high with a pair of three-point field goals as she scored 10-plus points in a game for the second time this year; the senior recorded 11 against Coastal Carolina on Jan. 4.
Notes from App State
- After splitting last season's four contests, App State extended its win streak over South to two games.
- South has now lost nine straight games, marking head coach Terry Fowler's second longest losing streak while at the helm of the Jaguars.
- With four blocks the Jags tied its second-best total for the fourth time this season.
- Dee Haymer's scoring total was the most of her Division I career, surpassing her last best figure of 15 against Mercer in November.
- This is the sixth straight occasion Mahogany Vaught has led her team in assists and the seventh game she has recorded five or more.
- The senior also accounted for half of the Jags three-point field goals with three, tying her career high set at Georgia Southern earlier this season.
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