TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Jaguars suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of No. 12 Florida State, dropping the contest 45-80.
 
The game was South's first against a ranked opponent since the Jaguars fell to Georgia on Dec. 21, 2021.
 
Tyrielle Williams led the Jaguars with 11 points, while Zena Elias brought down 12 rebounds.
 
The loss was the second game in double figures this season and the fourth of her career for Williams. The redshirt sophomore guard finished the afternoon shooting 3-for-6 from the field while hitting two threes. The contest was the first double-figure rebounding game for Elias this season, the fourth of her career.
 
The Jaguars shot 22.2% from the field, a season low, and the lowest from a Jaguar squad since South shot .250 vs App State in 2019.  
 
Five Seminoles finished in double figures and the team was led by Makayla Timpson who finished with 17. Timpson also brought down 11 rebounds, recording her second double-double of the season and the 15^th of her career.
 
GAME FACTS

• Both teams missed shots through the first two minutes of the game, but Florida State made two quick baskets to take a 5-0 lead with seven to go in the first quarter.
• Kelsey Thompson hit a three for South's first points of the game, but South still trailed 3-7 with six to go.
• The Jags hit a scoring drought to close the first quarter, trailing 7-13.
• South hit a shot right out of the quarter break but then the Jaguars hit another scoring drought, trailing the Seminoles 11-26 with six left in the first half.
• South closed the half with 2 free throws from Tyrielle Williams but still trailed 19-37.
• Both teams came out of the half with a scoring drought, before the Seminoles hit the first basket of the second half with seven minutes left.
• The Seminoles went on an 8-0 run late in the third quarter, to extend their lead to 28-58.
• Florida State capitalized on a South Alabama scoring drought to extend their lead even more, this time up 33-72 with seven to go in the fourth quarter.
• Despite a scoring drought from the Seminoles at the end of the fourth quarter, their lead was too large and South Alabama was able to battle back, falling – in the contest.

 
NOTES

• Tyrielle totaled 11 points in the loss, her second double-figure game of the season.
• Elias totaled double-digit rebounds for the first time this season.
• The Jaguar squad shot .222 from the field, a season low.
• South Alabama made just 16 field goals; a season-low.
• South Alabama also took just 12 free throws, a season-low.

 
QUOTABLE
Head coach Yolisha Jackson:
On what went well and what went wrong:
"I am proud of our team to be able to come in here and execute some of the stuff we talked about. I felt like we got open shots early and if a couple of those fall, then it changes the view of the game. I felt like Tyrielle Williams had a really good game today. She's been good at practice, and it was good to see it carry over. Hats off to Florida State, they are number 12 in the country for a reason. Their kids played really hard and they made more shots than us."
 
On preparing for two games in Denver:
"I don't think there is anything we change strategically going into the Denver trip. We need to get some rest and recovery because we do play back-to-back games. I like our matchups against Denver and Nevada. We need to talk about boxing out a little bit better, we've been a good rebounding team until tonight, so we need to work on that and fix that. We need to get back in the rhythm of shooting and making sure after the play, we continue to move the ball. Nothing we need to really change, we just need to be us and be prepared and go get two in Denver."
 
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