STATESBORO – Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook has named Georgia Southern guard
Tookie Brown to its Preseason All-Sun Belt team.Â
The publication says Georgia Southern has the Sun Belt's best backcourt and picks the Eagles to finish fifth in the league behind Louisiana, UTA, Troy and Georgia State.
Brown tied for second in the Sun Belt in scoring (17.1 ppg) and ranked first in free throws made (148), sixth in steals (1.4/gm) and fourth in assists (4.0/gm). He scored 20-plus points in six straight games from Dec. 15-Jan. 9 and scored 20-plus points 14 times this season and 30-plus twice. Brown led the Eagles in scoring 12 times and became the first sophomore in school history to go over 1,000 points for his career.
The Eagles have been one of the youngest teams in the country the last two years, and for the second year in a row, Georgia Southern returns 94 percent of its scoring and all five starters. A number of college basketball publications are predicting Georgia Southern to be one of the top teams in the conference.Â
Matt Norlander ranked all 351 Division I teams on CBSSports.com and put the Eagles 89th, calling them the top team in the Sun Belt.
The Eagles open the campaign with an exhibition game against Georgia College Nov. 1, in Hanner Fieldhouse. Tipoff is at 7 p.m., and admission is free.
Georgia Southern season tickets, which are good for both men's and women's basketball home games, start as low as $90 and can be purchased at GSEagles.com/tickets.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides current information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, which is fully responsive across all mobile devices. Information on Eagle athletics can also be found through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics and Instagram.com/GSAthletics. To purchase tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events, visit GSEagles.com/tickets.
In order to expedite entry and provide a safe environment for all patrons and participants, Georgia Southern Athletics has implemented a Clear Bag Policy for all ticketed sporting events, effective Aug. 1, 2017. Fans can find the complete policy as well as an FAQ section at GSEagles.com/ClearBag.
