The South Alabama Jaguar women’s basketball team played well for a half versus Louisiana. The third quarter was the difference in this game. The Jags were competing with the Ragin’ Cajuns for the first 2 quarters, actually taking a 4 point lead 18-14 at the 9:25 mark in the 2nd quarter. South Alabama would give the lead back to Louisiana 20-18 at the 6:25 mark and the Jags would end up trailing at halftime 29-26. The Jags shot 35% from the field and 17% behind the 3 point line, in the first half. (Including an 0-9 for 3’s in the 2nd quarter.) but still managed to keep it within 3 points at the half. Louisiana shot 56% from the field and 33% behind the 3 point line in the 1st half.
The Jags come out of halftime and took a 3 point lead at the 6:16 mark of the 3rd quarter. That gave the Jags 8 points in the 3rd quarter. That was the last time South Alabama scored in the 3rd quarter. In fact the Jags would be held scoreless until the 7:49 mark of the 4th quarter. When Kiana Anderson hit a jumper to cut the 14 point Louisiana lead to 12. The South Alabama would cut the lead to 8 multiple times. Louisiana would prove to just be too much for the Jags. The final score Jags lose 58-48.
South Alabama was led in scoring by…
Kelsey Thompson- 11 points and 3 rebounds
Kiana Anderson- 8 points and 5 rebounds
Nadia Howard- 7 points and 1 rebound
The Jags record falls to 6-19 overall and just 2-12 in the Sun Belt Conference. South Alabama stays in last place. Just a game behind both La Monroe and Arkansas St. The Jags finish up the road part of their schedule next week, with games at Arkansas State and at Texas State. Before returning home to finish the regular season versus Georgia Southern and Troy.
