MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama women's basketball hit the road this week for a pair of road games against in-state foe Troy on Thursday and ULM on Saturday.
 
The Jags (5-14, 1-7) earned their first conference win of the season last weekend, defeating Texas State 45-43.
 
Troy is coming off a 79-80 loss against Sun Belt newcomer James Madison, and ULM dropped their last contest 72-86 to Georgia Southern.  
 
South Alabama was picked to finished 13^th in the Sun Belt, with Troy sitting atop the preseason poll and ULM finishing 14^th.
 
South Alabama and Troy are meeting for the 58^th time, with Troy winning the last six meetings. The Jags and the ULM Warhawks are meeting for the 31st time and South currently has an eight-game winning streak against ULM.
 
GAME INFORMATION vs Troy
Date: Jan. 26
Time: 6 p.m. CST
Site: Troy, Ala.
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THE SERIES
All time series: South trails 24-33
Home: South leas 15-11
Away: South trails 7-18
Neutral: South trials 2-4
 
GAME INFORMATION vs ULM
Date: Jan. 28
Time: 2 p.m. CST
Site: Monroe, La. 
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THE SERIES
All-time series: South leads 21-9
Home: South leads 10-4
Away: Series leads 10-4
Neutral: Series tied 1-1
 
 
NOTES

• South earned its first conference win Saturday with a win over Texas State.
• South was picked to finished 13^th in the Sun Belt Conference preseason poll, receiving 38 points.
• Freshman Kelsey Thompson has recorded double digits six times this season: 21 pts at Auburn, 11 pts vs Tulane, 15 points vs SLU, 19 at Nicholls, 14 at Georgia State, 17 vs Texas 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.  
• Thompson leads the Jags in scoring with 8.2 ppg.
• Howard is the next leading scorer with 7.9 pg.  
• Kiana Anderson is ranked 17th in the conference for rebounds per game with 5.4.
• Thompson is ranked 15th in the conference for steals per game with 1.6.
• Anderson is ranked 8th in the conference for blocked shots per game with 0.9.

 
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