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Men's Basketball

Eagles Face Winter and Appalachian State This Weekend

Future #FunBelt opponents play for final time in the SoCon

STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern looks for its second win in three days on Saturday with a trip to Boone to face Appalachian State at 2 p.m. The Eagles who took a 88-81 overtime win over Furman on Saturday are 9-9 on the year with a 2-1 league mark. Appalachian State fell 80-70 to Chattanooga on Thursday night and is 4-13 on the year with all those wins coming against non-Division I opponents.

TV: None
VIDEO STREAMING: App State TV *Subscription Required*
RADIO: Georgia Southern/Nelligan Sports Radio Network
Statesboro – 106.5-FM WZBX
Savannah/Hilton Head - 102.1-FM WZAT
Metter/Swainsboro - 103.7-FM WBMZ
Jesup - 1370-AM WLOP
Worldwide - GS All-Access *Subscription Required*
LIVE STATS: AppStateSports.com
TWITTER UPDATES: @GSAthletics_MBB 

SERIES HISTORY
42nd Meeting – Georgia Southern trails 17-24

GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern | Appalachian State

THE BROADCAST
Chris Blair and Frank Kerns will be courtside to bring fans all the action across the Georgia Southern Radio Network by Nelligan Sports. An audio stream of the game is available on GS All-Access from GSEagles.com.  Fans can purchase their subscription to GS All-Access by going to GSEagles.com/showcase.

THE COACH
Mark Byington enters Saturday's game with a 16-13 career record. 

THE WEATHER
The Eagles will experience winter's fury on Saturday. After a morning low of 13 degrees with wind chills below zero and a fresh dusting of snow, temperatures should reach a balmy 24 degrees at gametime with winds out of the WNW at 21 mph. For those of your scoring at home, that's a 11 degree wind chill. Conversely, Statesboro should reach a toasty 48 degrees on Saturday.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern welcomes Wofford to Hanner Fieldhouse for the annual White Out. Thursday's game which starts at 7 p.m. can be seen locally on WSAV-DT2 as part of their WSAV Basketball Blitz series.

Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics.
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