MOBILE, Ala. – After two weeks on the road, South Alabama women's basketball returns to the Mitchell Center for a pair of games, hosting Arkansas State on Thursday and Texas State on Saturday. The Jags (4-13, 0-6) are still looking for their first conference win of the season.
South is coming off an 44-69 loss at Coastal Carolina, while Arkansas State dropped their last matchup 55-89 to Texas State.
South Alabama was picked to finished 13
th in the Sun Belt, with Arkansas State coming in at 9th and Texas State at 5
th. Arkansas State is also looking for its first conference win of the season.
South Alabama and Arkansas State are meeting for the 46
th time and South currently has three-game winning streak against the Red Wolves.
The Jags and Texas State are meeting for the 15
th time, with South trailing the series 3-11.
GAME INFORMATION vs Arkansas State
Date: Jan. 19
Time: 7 p.m. CST
Site: Mobile, Ala. – Mitchell Center
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Game Notes
THE SERIES
All time series: South trails 15-40
Home: South trails 10-18
Away: South trails 2-19
Neutral: Series tied 3-3
GAME INFORMATION vs Texas State
Date: Jan. 21
Time: 1 p.m. CST
Site: Mobile, Ala. – Mitchell Center
Live Stats
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THE SERIES
All-time series: South trails 3-11
Home: South trails 1-5
Away: Series trails 1-5
Neutral: Series tied 1-1
NOTES
- 0-6 is South's worst start to conference play since the 2014-15 team lost nine straight to start Sun Belt play.
- South was picked to finished 13th in the Sun Belt Conference preseason poll, receiving 38 points.
- Arkansas State received 96 points and Texas State totaled 135.
- Freshman Kelsey Thompson has recorded double digits five times this season: 21 pts at Auburn, 11 pts vs Tulane, 15 points vs SLU, 19 at Nicholls, 14 at Georgia State.
- Nadia Howard has recorded eight double-digit games this season: 11 vs Spring Hill, 12 at Auburn, 13 at New Orleans, 15 at Mercer, 12 at Nicholls, 10 vs Marshall, 11 at Old Dominion, 11 at Louisiana.
- Howard is averaging 7.8 points per game, the second-highest of the team behind Kelsey Thompson.
- Kiana Anderson is ranked 17th in the conference for rebounds per game with 5.4.
- Anderson is ranked 7th in the conference for blocked shots per game with 0.9.
- Jordan Rosier is ranked 15th in the conference for three-point field goal percentage with .329.
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