MOBILE, Ala. – Georgia Southern closes its two-game road swing on Saturday afternoon with an afternoon contest at South Alabama. The Eagles, winners of their last two outings, look to snap a seven-game skid in the Yellowhammer State and improve on a 9-3, 2-1 mark this season. Thanks to a special partnership with South Alabama, Saturday's game can be seen live on GS All-Access at GSEagles.com

DATE: Saturday, January 10th, 2015
TIME: 5:05 p.m. (ET)
LOCATION: Mitchell Center – Mobile, Ala.
VIDEO: GS All-Access
RADIO: Georgia Southern Sports Network from Learfield Sports
Play-by-Play – Chris Blair - @CSBRadio
Analyst – AJ Henderson - @AJHenderson_SID
Metter/Swainsboro – 103.7 WMBZ-FM
Statesboro – 106.5 WZBX-FM
Savannah/Hilton Head/Brunswick – 102.1 WZAT-FM
Jessup – 1370 WLOP-AM
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SERIES HISTORY: GS Trails 1-6 (L4)
LAST MEETING: 12-19-2011 | Away | Loss | 57-70

GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES (9-3, 2-1 Sun Belt)
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SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS (4-10, 2-2 Sun Belt)
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WATCH THE GAME LIVE ON GS ALL-ACCESS
Thanks to a partnership between Georgia Southern Athletics, South Alabama Athletics, and Sidearm Sports, Saturday afternoon's game can be seen live on GS All-Access from GSEagles.com using your normal login credentials.

DIAMOND DOUBLES-UP
Curtis Diamond had a big game on Thursday night in Jonesboro, tallying 12 points off the bench with 10 rebounds for his first collegiate double-double. He grabbed nine offensive rebounds in the game and for a new career-high in rebounds, doubling his previous career high of five.

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 12th with 1,505 career points. He needs just 14 more points to reach Don "Whitey" Verstaete's 10th place career total of 1,519. Additionally, he needs just 12 more points to reach C.Y. Young's total of 1,517.

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..................................5,181 mi.
Jonesboro to Mobile......................................384 mi.
Mobile to Statesboro.....................................561 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 31-26 career record with a 24-22 mark at Georgia Southern in his second season in Statesboro.

THE WEATHER
After dealing with bitter cold at Arkansas State, Georgia Southern will experience downright tropical conditions in Mobile with temperatures in the 40's under sunny skies.

UP NEXT
The Eagles return to the friendly confines to face first place UL Lafayette on Thursday night inside Hanner Fieldhouse. Tipoff for the first league game between the Ragin' Cajuns and Eagles is set for 7:30 p.m.

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.