BOONE, N.C. - The University of South Alabama women's basketball team lost its first game of the season, 63-71 vs. Appalachian State on Thursday night at the Holmes Center in the first game of Sun Belt play.
While the Jaguars were in control for the majority of the contest, the Mountaineers took a 59-57 at the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter and didn't relinquish it for the remainder of the contest.
Shaforia Kines had a game to remember for South, the junior point guard made her 44th-career start tonight and notched the first double-double of her career.