# 2019–20 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team

The 2019–20 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jaguars were led by seventh year head coach Terry Fowler and played their home games at the Mitchell Center as members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 9–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in tie for fifth place. They made it to the Sun Belt tournament as the sixth seed (Little Rock broke the tie winning both regular season games against the Jaguars) where they defeated Arkansas State 82–71 in the First Round and also defeated UT Arlington 47–55 in the Quarterfinals. Shortly before playing Coastal Carolina in the semifinals, the Sun Belt canceled the remainder tournament in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was followed by the NCAA cancelling all post-season play.

## Preseason
### Sun Belt coaches poll

On October 30, 2019, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Jaguars predicted to finish in fourth place in the conference.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Little Rock | 127 (6) |
| 2 | Troy | 123 (4) |
| 3 | UT Arlington | 120 (1) |
| 4 | South Alabama | 119 (1) |
| 5 | Appalachian State | 100 |
| 6 | Georgia State | 73 |
| 7 | Coastal Carolina | 66 |
| 8 | Louisiana | 64 |
| 9 | Texas State | 59 |
| 10 | Arkansas State | 44 |
| 11 | Georgia Southern | 26 |
| 12 | Louisiana–Monroe | 15 |

### Preseason Sun Belt Player of the Year

* Antoinette Lewis – Junior, Forward

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| Oct 28, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Birmingham–Southern | W 104–51 | | 22 – Lewis | 9 – Centers | 6 – Kines | Mitchell Center (497) Mobile, AL |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| Nov 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Rutgers | L 56–77 | 0–1 | 15 – Telemaque | 16 – Lewis | 2 – Jones | Mitchell Center (773) Mobile, AL |
| Nov 8, 2019* 4:00 pm | | at UAB Preseason NIT | L 61–77 | 0–2 | 14 – Kines | 12 – Lewis | 3 – Kines | Bartow Arena (415) Birmingham, AL |
| Nov 14, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Preseason NIT | W 83–82 $^{2OT}$ | 1–2 | 24 – Lewis | 18 – Lewis | 5 – Kines | Mitchell Center (318) Mobile, AL |
| Nov 15, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Miami (OH) Preseason NIT | L 73–76 | 1–3 | 26 – Lewis | 10 – Lewis | 3 – Kines | Mitchell Center (335) Mobile, AL |
| Nov 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Alabama | L 62–74 | 1–4 | 29 – Kines | 9 – Lewis | 4 – Kines | Mitchell Center (1,270) Mobile, AL |
| Nov 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Mobile | W 103–59 | 2–4 | 36 – Lewis | 9 – Lewis | 12 – Lowe | Mitchell Center (371) Mobile, AL |
| Nov 30, 2019* 1:00 pm | | Tennessee State | W 70–48 | 3–4 | 21 – Kines | 10 – Lewis | 5 – Kines | Mitchell Center (236) Mobile, AL |
| Dec 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Auburn | L 62–82 | 3–5 | 18 – Kines | 11 – Lewis | 4 – Buster | Mitchell Center (1,106) Mobile, AL |
| Dec 7, 2019* 4:00 pm | | at Tulane | W 62–53 | 4–5 | 23 – Kines | 16 – Lewis | 3 – Kines | Devlin Fieldhouse (527) New Orleans, LA |
| Dec 15, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at Southern Miss | L 55–62 | 4–6 | 15 – Kines | 10 – Lewis | 3 – Morrow | Reed Green Coliseum (1,243) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Dec 17, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | William Carey | W 68–52 | 5–6 | 13 – Telemaque | 10 – Lewis | 3 – Kines | Mitchell Center (1,545) Mobile, AL |
| Dec 20, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at East Tennessee State | L 60–65 | 5–7 | 25 – Jones | 8 – Mallard | 2 – Kines | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (704) Johnson City, TN |
| Sun Belt regular season |||||||||
| Jan 2, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Appalachian State | W 81–66 | 6–7 (1–0) | 24 – Kines | 11 – Kines | 5 – Kines | Mitchell Center (308) Mobile, AL |
| Jan 4, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Coastal Carolina | L 62–71 | 6–8 (1–1) | 21 – Kines | 11 – Lewis | 3 – Telemaque | Mitchell Center (314) Mobile, AL |
| Jan 9, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Louisiana | L 68–73 | 6–9 (1–2) | 23 – Lewis | 15 – Kines | 4 – Telemaque | Cajundome (824) Lafayette, LA |
| Jan 11, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 72–63 | 7–9 (2–2) | 17 – Kines | 9 – Centers | 2 – Telemaque | Mitchell Center (330) Mobile, AL |
| Jan 16, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Georgia State | W 81–64 | 8–9 (3–2) | 17 – Jones | 6 – Jones | 4 – Kines | GSU Sports Arena (426) Atlanta, GA |
| Jan 18, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Georgia Southern | W 71–65 | 9–9 (4–2) | 25 – Lewis | 10 – Lewis | 6 – Kines | Hanner Fieldhouse (387) Statesboro, GA |
| Jan 23, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UT Arlington | L 45–68 | 9–10 (4–3) | 12 – Jones | 12 – Lewis | 2 – Lewis | Mitchell Center (395) Mobile, AL |
| Jan 25, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas State | W 78–76 $^{2OT}$ | 10–10 (5–3) | 24 – Jones | 10 – Lewis | 4 – Morrow | Mitchell Center (1,934) Mobile, AL |
| Feb 1, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Troy | L 68–85 | 10–11 (5–4) | 22 – Kines | 14 – Lewis | 4 – Jones | Trojan Arena (1,783) Troy, AL |
| Feb 6, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Louisiana | W 78–63 | 11–11 (6–4) | 26 – Jones | 10 – Mallard | 5 – Telemaque | Mitchell Center (345) Mobile, AL |
| Feb 8, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 73–39 | 12–11 (7–4) | 18 – Lewis | 11 – Lewis | 6 – Telemaque | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (626) Monroe, LA |
| Feb 13, 2020 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Appalachian State | L 59–71 | 12–12 (7–5) | 19 – Kines | 10 – Lewis | 3 – Kines | Holmes Convocation Center (1,224) Boone, NC |
| Feb 15, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Coastal Carolina | L 73–76 | 12–13 (7–6) | 30 – Kines | 13 – Lewis | 6 – Telemaque | HTC Center (317) Conway, SC |
| Feb 20, 2020 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Arkansas State | W 87–71 | 13–13 (8–6) | 20 – Telemaque | 10 – Lewis | 5 – Telemaque | Mitchell Center (2,104) Mobile, AL |
| Feb 22, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Little Rock | L 58–69 | 13–14 (8–7) | 14 – Centers | 8 – Centers | 5 – Centers | Mitchell Center (279) Mobile, AL |
| Feb 29, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Troy | L 73–77 | 13–15 (8–8) | 24 – Kines | 13 – Centers | 4 – Kines | Mitchell Center (4,219) Mobile, AL |
| Mar 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Arkansas State | L 80–86 | 13–16 (8–9) | 21 – Jones | 10 – Lewis | 4 – Jones | First National Bank Arena (519) Jonesboro, AR |
| Mar 7, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Little Rock | W 57–42 | 14–16 (9–9) | 16 – Lewis | 9 – Lewis | 3 – Morrow | Jack Stephens Center (843) Little Rock, AR |
| Sun Belt Women's Tournament |||||||||
| Mar 10, 2020 8:30 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (10) Texas State First Round | W 82–71 | 15–16 | 22 – Jones | 17 – Centers | 7 – Kines | College Park Center (1,002) Arlington, TX |
| Mar 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (3) UT Arlington Quarterfinals | W 55–47 | 16–16 | 28 – Kines | 11 – Lewis | 3 – Kines | College Park Center Arlington, TX |
| Mar 14, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (2) Coastal Carolina Semifinals | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Smoothie King Arena New Orleans, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||||||