STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern returns to the road for games at Arkansas State and South Alabama this week beginning with a trip to face the Red Wolves on Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. (ET). The Eagles picked up their first Sun Belt victory on Saturday over Texas State by a 40-36 margin. The road trip concludes on Saturday, January 10th against South Alabama.

DATE: Thursday, January 8th, 2015
TIME: 8:30 p.m. (ET)
LOCATION: Convocation Center - Jonesboro, Ark.
VIDEO: AStateRedWolves.com ($4.95)
RADIO: Georgia Southern Sports Network from Learfield Sports
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Jessup – 1370 WLOP-AM
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SERIES HISTORY: GS Leads 5-3
LAST MEETING: 12-17-2005 | Away | Win | 82-71

GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES (8-3, 1-1 Sun Belt)
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ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES (6-6, 1-2 Sun Belt)
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ONE OF THE BEST NON-CONFERENCE SEASONS
Georgia Southern's 7-2 non-conference start ranks as the second-best non-conference season in program history.

Pl.        Year                 Record            Pct.      Notes
1.         1984-85           12-1                 .923     TAAC Regular Season Champs
2.         2014-15           7-2                   .778     ???
            2003-04           7-2                   .778     -
4.         1992-93           6-2                   .778     -
5.         1988-89           7-3                   .700     NIT Appearance
            1987-88           7-3                   .700     NIT Appearance
7.         1985-86           9-4                   .692     -
8.         2005-06           9-5                   .643     SoCon South Champs / NIT
            1991-92           9-5                   .643     TAAC Champs / NCAA Tourney
10.       2006-07           7-4                   .636     -
            2002-03           7-4                   .636     -
            2001-02           7-4                   .636     SoCon South Champs

FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED SINCE 1987
Georgia Southern's 40-36 win over Texas State was the fewest points allowed by the Eagle defense since a 67-34 win over Savannah State on December 5th, 1987. It is the first 40-36 game in the shot clock era and ranks in a tie for 19th lowest scoring game for both teams combined, and the lowest scoring Sun Belt game in the shot clock era. The contest is the lowest combined scoring game since January 14th, 1950 when J.B. Searce's Eagles defeated the Erskine Flying Fleet 39-36.

HEWITT MOVES INTO TOP-20
In the Eagles' loss to UCF on December 2nd, Jelani Hewitt moved into the top-20 in career scoring at Georgia Southern. He now sits in 14th with 1,487 career points. He needs just 32 more points to Don "Whitey" Verstaete's 10th place career total of 1,519. 

ALL AROUND THE WORLD
The Eagles will travel 12,283 miles in the 30 games scheduled for the 2014-15 schedule. That total is just 168 miles less than halfway around the Earth. Georgia Southern's farthest games away from home last season, played in Cancun (840 mi.), are closer than two of the Eagles' opponents at Texas State (971 mi.) and UT Arlington (893 mi.).

Season miles to date..................................4,336 mi.
Statesboro to Jonesboro...............................561 mi.
Jonesboro to Mobile......................................384 mi.
2014-15 total season mileage..................12,283 mi.
2013-14 total season mileage....................9.216 mi.

GEORGIA STATE PICKED UP ON WSAV BASKETBALL BLITZ
For the second-straight season, Georgia Southern will have a home game broadcast on the WSAV Basketball Blitz. The games will air on the WSAV MyLC channel in the Savannah/Hilton Head market. The channel is available over the air at 3.2, DirecTV 29, BTC Communications 7, Bulloch Co-Op 6, Comcast 237, Darrien Communications 104, Hargay CATV 100, Kennedy Cablevision 104, Northland-Statesboro 7, Northland-Vidalia 12, Pineland Cable 60, and Time Warner 1215.

SEASON TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Season tickets for the 2014-15 season are available now by contacting the Georgia Southern Athletics Ticket Office. With 13 doubleheaders on the schedule, fans can get the same seat for men's and women's games for just $120. For more information, contact the Georgia Southern Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-GSU-WINS.

THE COACH
Head Coach Mark Byington enters this game with a 30-26 career record with a 23-22 mark at Georgia Southern in his second season in Statesboro.

THE WEATHER
Thursday will be one of the coldest games this season for the Eagles with a high of 26 degrees expected in the Jonesboro metropolitan area before an afternoon low of 22.

UP NEXT
After Thursday's game, Georgia Southern jets to Mobile for a Saturday Night contest against South Alabama.

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. To purchase tickets call 1-800-GSU-WINS.