Georgia Southern (7-16, 5-7) vs. UNCG (5-17, 1-10)
Date: Feb. 10, 2014 - 7 p.m.
Site: Fleming Gym (1,833 capacity) - Greensboro, N.C.
Audio: Live on 91.9 FM and GS All-Access
Video: Live on Spartan All-Access
Web sites: GSEagles.com, UNCGSpartans.com
Coaches: Chris Vozab (15-39, 2nd yr), Wendy Palmer (17-65, 3rd yr)

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Layup Line
¦ Georgia Southern continues a three-game road swing at UNCG Monday at 7 p.m.
¦ It's the second of two games against the Spartans this season. Georgia Southern held on for a 74-71 victory in the first meeting Jan. 11, in Hanner Fieldhouse.
¦ The Eagles are 2-3 in their last five and coming off an 85-60 road loss at Elon Saturday afternoon.
¦ Georgia Southern is 4-7 on the road and 3-2 in road conference games.
¦ Anna Claire Knight ranks third in the SoCon and leads GSU in scoring at 15.1 points a game. The junior has scored in double figures in 19 of the last 21 outings. She recorded the first triple-double in program history and the 11th in the country this season with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists at Samford Jan. 6.
¦ MiMi DuBose, who is averaging 11.3 points a contest, hit four 3-pointers at App Jan. 27 to become the school's career leader in triples. DuBose scored 16 points at Chattanooga Jan. 4 to top the 1,000-point mark for her career. She played in her 100th career contest vs. Davidson Jan. 18.
¦ Senior Danielle Spencer corralled four rebounds vs. Chattanooga Feb. 3 to reach 500 for her career. She is the 18th Eagle in program history to reach the milestone.
¦ Senior Lacie Dowling averages 7.3 points a game, and sophomore Briana Jones is averaging 8.0 points and 7.5 rebounds and has four double-doubles this season.
¦ UNCG is in the midst of an eight-game losing skid and coming off a 75-66 overtime setback at home to Davidson Saturday. Davidson scored all 13 of its points in the extra session from the free-throw line.
¦ It's the second overtime loss during the stretch as the Spartans fell 76-70 at Wofford.
¦ UNCG is 4-8 at home and 1-5 in home league games. The victory was a 73-62 win over Elon.
¦ Lucy Mason averages 12.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists for the Spartans, and Janae' Stevenson averages 11.9 points and 7.9 rebounds.

Series History
¦ UNCG leads the all-time series, which began in 1997, 20-19.
¦ GSU is 7-4 against UNCG in the last 11 meetings and swept the season series against the Spartans in 2012-13.
¦ Five of the last nine meetings have been decided by four points or less.
¦ Last meeting (1/11/14): Anna Claire Knight scored a game-high 24 points, and MiMi DuBose went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line inside the last minute as Georgia Southern fought off UNCG, 74-71, in Hanner Fieldhouse.
¦ DuBose finished with 18 points and five assists for the Eagles, while Knight also corralled six rebounds. Sierra Kirkland posted 10 points, nine rebounds and two assists off the bench, and Briana Jones contributed 10 points and 10 rebounds to go along with two blocked shots for her fourth double-double.
¦ Janae' Stevenson led UNCG with 13 points and nine rebounds, and Jarae Savage collected 12 points and nine boards. Lucy Mason tallied 10 points, six assists and five rebounds, and Jessica Collins scored 10 points.
¦ Jones' layup off a nifty play gave Georgia Southern a 10-point cushion with 2:58 remaining, but Bailey Williams and Mason hit consecutive 3-pointers to trim the lead to 65-61 just 38 seconds later.
¦ Jones got an offensive rebound and laid it in to give the Eagles some breathing room, but Stevenson scored on a putback and a Collins 3-pointer from the wing made the margin 67-66 with 44 seconds to go. Knight got the ball inbounds to DuBose, who was fouled by Mason and hit two from the charity stripe for GSU.
¦ On the Spartans' trip down the floor, Collins' jumper was off but Savage collected the rebound and was fouled going back up with 21 seconds remaining. She missed the first free throw, and UNCG was whistled for a lane violation on the second, leaving the margin at three.
¦ The Eagles inbounded to DuBose again, and the senior added two more from the charity stripe, but Savage got a putback for UNCG to keep the lead at three points. DuBose made two more free throws, but Collins knocked down a trey from the baseline making the score 73-71 with 0.4 seconds left. The Eagles inbounded to Lacie Dowling, who made 1-of-2 from the line with 0.3 to play, and Knight stole the Spartans' long inbounds pass to seal the win.
¦ The Eagles led by as many as 14 points in the first half and were up 37-27 at the break. UNCG roared back in the first 10 minutes of the second half and tied the game 49-49 on a Williams triple.
¦ Last meeting in Fleming Gym (1/26/13): DuBose scored 21 points, and Danielle Spencer added 14 points and six rebounds to lead Georgia Southern to a 63-56 win.
¦ It was the first true road win of the season for the Eagles, who took the lead on a Sierra Kirkland layup with 12:20 remaining and held it for the rest of the game.
¦ UNCG cut the margin to two points on a Mason layup in transition, but Spencer answered with a conventional 3-point play with 27 seconds left to give the Eagles a commanding five-point cushion. Spencer got great position in the post, took a dribble left and spun back right, scoring with her right hand as she was fouled.
¦ After Spencer hit the free throw, the Eagles forced a turnover on the Spartans' next possession, and Knight drilled two free throws to seal the win.
¦ Spencer's scoring output was part of a 27-point performance from the Eagle bench. Kirkland finished with six points and seven rebounds, Jordi Cook scored five and Kiki Rawls netted two. Starter Meredyth Frye finished with nine points, four rebounds and two steals.
¦ Stevenson led the Spartans with 11 points and nine rebounds, and Breonna Patterson scored 12. Collins finished with eight points.
¦ The Eagles shot 40 percent from the floor in the game and scored 25 points off of 19 Spartan turnovers.

Quick Hitters
¦ Danielle Spencer has two double-doubles this season. The senior had 12 points and 12 rebounds against Jacksonville State (11/16) and 12 points and 17 rebounds at Jacksonville (11/24).
¦ Spencer played in her 100th career game at Chattanooga (1/4).
¦ Lacie Dowling tied the school record with eight 3-pointers against Detroit (11/30) and scored a career-high 26 points in the game. She shares the record with Allie Rousseau, who notched eight triples vs. Appalachian State Feb. 8, 2000. The performance helped Dowling earn all-tournament honors at the FAU Thanksgiving Tournament.
¦ Dowling has played in every game this season and started the last 21. She tallied a career-high seven assists at Western Carolina Jan. 25.
¦ Anna Claire Knight is 140 points away from 1,000 and 36 rebounds away from 400 for her career. The junior has two career double-doubles and has started the last 37 contests.
¦ Sophomore Briana Jones, who sat out last season after transferring from James Madison, has four double-doubles in her first campaign playing for the Eagles. She has started every game.
¦ Senior Jordi Cook played in her 100th career game at Western Carolina Jan. 25. She was one of three Eagles to play in all 31 games in 2012-13.
¦ Sierra Kirkland scored a career high 12 points at Appalachian State (1/27). The sophomore has played in every game in her career.
¦ MiMi DuBose has played in 87 straight games and made 83 consecutive starts.
¦ Five Eagles scored in double figures at Appalachian State Jan. 27. It's the first time since early in the 2008-09 season that GSU placed five players in double figures.
¦ The Eagles' 79 points against Detroit (11/30) are the most they have scored since posting 80 in an 87-80 home setback to Chattanooga Dec. 4, 2010. GSU's 11 triples in the contest are the most since hitting 11 against Davidson Jan. 8, 2010. The Eagles also scored 79 points against Wofford (12/16).
¦ The Eagles improved to 29-9 in home openers with their 63-50 win over Jacksonville State Nov. 16.
¦ For the first time in four seasons, Georgia Southern opened conference play at home.
¦ Since the 2010-11 season, Georgia Southern has five losses by one point and 14 losses by five points or less.
¦ Georgia Southern dropped to 23-18 in season openers after falling to Auburn 69-59 Nov. 9.
¦ With their loss at No. 7 Kentucky Nov. 13, the Eagles fell to 0-14 against ranked opponents since the 2000-01 season.

Happy 40th
¦ This is the 40th anniversary of women's basketball at Georgia Southern.
¦ The Eagles began competition in the 1973-74 season.

Next Up
¦ The Eagles cap their three-game homestand at Davidson Saturday, Feb. 15. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.