STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Sports Properties announced today that Savannah affiliate WSAV-TV, the area's leader in local sports broadcasting, will televise four men's basketball games in its new season of live play-by-play sports with The Blitz Basketball Series, featuring the Georgia Southern Eagles.
Home games against Little Rock Jan. 6, UTA Jan. 27, Louisiana Feb. 10, and Troy March 3, will air live on WSAV-CW, and Blue White Weekly will also be broadcast on WSAV-CW. In addition, Georgia Southern home games vs. Texas State (Jan. 25) and ULM (Feb. 8) have been added to the ESPN3 lineup.
"With over 40,000 of our alumni living in Savannah, WSAV-CW has become a valuable partner in bringing the games to our fans," said
Jeff Ferguson, general manager for Learfield's Georgia Southern Sports Properties, multimedia rights holder for GS Athletics.
WSAV lead sports anchor Greg Talbott is back to provide play-by-play for another season. WSAV News Reporter Andrew Davis will provide color commentary.
"I'm so excited that WSAV is the local TV home of Eagle Basketball again! With all their returning talent, this Georgia Southern squad is a potential NCAA Tournament team, and putting their journey on live TV is a privilege for us," said Talbott.
The Blitz Basketball Series is part of the WSAV Blitz lineup, which over the past seven years has grown to include its highly-successful Thursday Night Blitz Game of the Week series of live high school games, The Friday Night Blitz and Saturday Blitz Extra weekly football wrap up shows and The Tuesday Blitz Countdown, the area's only high school football television roundtable.
Georgia Southern plays its first home game in nearly a month when the Eagles play host to Arkansas State Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Hanner Fieldhouse.
WSAV-TV went on the air in 1956, and for more than 60 years, has set the standard for television excellence in the Savannah GA/Statesboro GA/Hilton Head, S.C., television market. Over the past five years, WSAV news has been honored with the prestigious National Edward R. Murrow Award, a regional Emmy for continuing coverage and recognized with a broad range of regional Edward R. Murrow Awards including Best Operation. WSAV is owned by Nexstar, one of the nation's largest connected-screen media companies that operates or services 71 television stations in 48 markets, along with the industry's leading digital media business. The robust portfolio of broadcast, digital and mobile products delivered by Media General inform and engage 23 percent of the U.S. TV Households and more than two-thirds of the U.S. Internet audience.
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.
