The South Alabama women’s basketball team is preparing for their final road trip of the 2023 regular season. The Jaguars play 2 games this week Thursday February 16th at Arkansas State and then on Saturday February 18th the Jags will travel to San Marcos Texas to take on Texas State.
Looking at the Arkansas State game. Coming into the game, the Red Wolves are struggling with an overall record of 8-17 and 3-11, tied for 12th place in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Jags have not fared well in the series historically. Arkansas State leads the series, 41-15. During Head coach Terry Fowler run as head coach, the Jags are just 5-12 versus Arkansas State. In the last match up between the Jaguars and Arkansas State. The Red Wolves beat the Jags 63-47.
Arkansas State is led by…
Izzy Higginbottom- 14.1 PPG and 3.0 RPG
Lauryn Pendleton- 11.8 PPG and 5.0 RPG
Anna Griffin- 9.8 PPG and 7.7 RPG
The Red Wolves are averaging 66.8 points per game and giving up 71.6 points per game. Arkansas State is shooting 37% and 29% from the 3 point line.
The Jaguars are struggling also, with an overall record of 6-19 and 2-12, currently in 14th place in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Jags are led by…
Kelsey Thompson- 9.6 PPG and 4.1 RPG
Kiana Anderson- 7.7 PPG and 5.5 RPG
Nadia Howard- 7.0 PPG and 3.6 RPG
South Alabama is averaging 55.2 points per game, and 36.8 rebounds per game. The Jags are shooting 33.8% and 27.3% behind the 3 point line.
The Jaguars have lost 12 out of their last 14 games. The Jags have averaged scoring 51.7 points in those games. While their opponents have scored 64.8 points in those same games. South will have their work cut out for them, as they try to climb out of the cellar of the Sun Belt Conference.
