MOBILE, Ala. – The No. 14 seed South Alabama Jaguars begin postseason play on Tuesday, March 5, as they are set to take on No. 11 Coastal Carolina in the first round of the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Championship, which will take place in Pensacola, Fla. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.
 
South Alabama closed the regular season going 1-1 on the road, beating Louisiana on Tuesday before falling to Troy on Friday.
 
The Jaguars ended the season 9-22, going 2-16 in conference play, with Sun Belt wins on the road against Texas State and Louisiana.
 
Rachel Leggett closed the season on a high note, totaling a career-high 26 points in the season finale vs Troy, going 10-of-16 from the field, also a career-high.
 
Coastal Carolina 1-1 in the final week of the regular season, falling to James Madison and then getting a 74-62 win over Georgia State. The Chanticleers finished the year 11-20, going 5-13 in league play.
 
The Jaguars and the Chanticleers will be meeting for the first time this season, as well as for the first time in the conference tournament.
 
Game Info: South Alabama vs Coastal Carolina
Tuesday, March 5 |2 p.m.
Pensacola, Fla. | Pensacola Bay Center
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South Alabama Notes

• Jordan Rosier is averaging 15.8 points through the final eight games, totaling 18 at JMU, 23 points at Eastern Michigan, 20 vs ULM, 18 vs Georgia Southern, 8 vs Louisiana, 17 vs Troy, 5 vs Louisiana and 17 vs Troy.
• Rosier hit six five pointers in six of the last eight games, while hitting six in three of them.
• Rosier is 4^th in the league in three-point percentage with 388.
• In the season finale vs Troy, Rachel Leggett led all scorers with a career-high 26 points, going 10-of-16 from the field, also a career-high. She is the 4th Jag to score 20+ points this season.
• Leggett finished the regular season averaging 10.1 ppg and 5.8 rebounds per game. The junior guard totaled 14 double figure games this season and led the team in scoring five times and in rebounds eight times.
• Michiyah Simmons totaled a career-high 21 points in the loss vs Troy, tying her career-high with three made three-pointers and sinking a season-high eight free throws.
• Rachel Leggett totaled a career-high 11 rebounds in the game, while also totaling a career-high five steals.
• Rachel Leggett recorded her second and the team's fifth double-double of the season in the game vs Troy, tying her career-high with 18 points while bringing down 11 rebounds in a career-high 38 minutes.
• Junior guard Jordan Rosier is the only Jaguar to start all 32 games this season, playing an average of 30.2 minutes per game, which leads the team.
• South Alabama has four Jags who are averaging 9+ points per game: Kelsey Thompson (12.0), Jordan Rosier (10.5), Rachel Leggett (10.0), and Michiyah Simmons (9.0).
• USA has had five finish in double figures twice this season, and finished with four in double figures seven times this season.
• Eight different Jaguars have led the team in scoring through 31 games, with Kelsey Thompson leading the team eight times and Jordan Rosier seven times.
• South Alabama and Coastal Carolina will be meeting for the first time this season. The two teams will also be meeting in the post season for the first time ever.
• As an assistant, Yolisha Jackson faced Coastal Carolina seven times and is 3-4 against the Chants.
• South returns 73.6% of its scoring from a year ago, including SBC Freshman of the Year Kelsey Thompson, who led the Jaguars with 10.7 points per game.

 
Coastal Carolina Notes

• Coastal Carolina is averaging 66.6 ppg while allowing 71.8.
• Deaja Richardson leads the team with 14.7 ppg.
• She ranks 11^th in the conference in scoring.
• Two more Chants average double figures, with 13.2 from Makaila Cange and 13.1 from Arin Freeman.
• Cange leads the team in rebounding with 8.0 per game.
• Cange ranks 5^th in the conference in rebounding.

 
Series History vs Coastal Carolina

• South Alabama is 8-6 all-time vs Coastal Carolina, with the Chanticleers winning the last contest 69-44 in Conway last season.

 
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