MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama's women's basketball team (9-16, 4-10) topped Appalachian State (10-16, 5-10) 54-41 to win its first Sun Belt Conference home game of the season at the Mitchell Center on Saturday evening. Chyna Ellis became the schools' all-time leader in career blocks after recording a game-high and season-high six rejections that gave her 212 career rejections, passing LaSandra Jenkins' (1982-85) 210 blocks.
"We got off to a slow start and it was headed in the direction it had been going," said South Alabama head coach Terry Fowler. "Then we got some shots to fall.