South Alabama women’s basketball lost at Texas St. on Saturday the final 77-57. It was the last road game of the season for the Jaguars.
South Alabama, who is stuck in last place, would get the scoring started early. The Jags would grab a quick 6-0 lead and then lead 9-2 just three minutes into the 1st quarter. The Bobcats who are in 3rd place in the Sun Belt would close the gap to two points 15-13 at the end of the quarter.
Texas St. would grab the lead at 19-17 with 6:51 left in the second quarter. Then, the Bobcats would again take the lead, this time for good 22-20 with 5:43 remaining in the second quarter. By halftime the Jags would trail by 10 the score was 35-25.
In the second half the Texas St lead would balloon to 23 points with 1:11 left in the game. The Jags would close the gap to 20 points with twenty six seconds left in the game.
The Jags were led in scoring by…
Kelsey Thompson- 23 points 1 rebound and shot 33% from behind the 3 point line.
Kiana Anderson- 8 points and 9 rebounds. In 27 minutes of playing time.
Casey Ferguson- 6 points her points came on 3’s , shooting 50% from 3 point line. (2-4)
The Jaguars as a team shot 41.7% for the game. and 36.4% behind the 3 point line. South did out rebound the Bobcats 29-28, and out scored the Bobcat’s off the bench 20-11.
Texas St. shot 51.7% overall and 47.8% from the 3 point line.
The Jaguars are currently in last place in the Sun Belt, with a 6-21 record overall and 2-14 in conference play. The still have two more chances to get out of the 14th slot before tournament play begins. The final two regular season games are at home where South Alabama has picked up 5 of their 6 wins. Wednesday 2/22 the Jags play Georgia Southern and Friday 2/26 when Troy comes to Mobile. Both tips are set for 7 pm.
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