Men's Basketball | 12/1/2015 2:49:00 PM

Georgia Southern (3-3) vs. Savannah State (3-4)
Dec. 2 - Tiger Arena (6,000) – 8 p.m.
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Radio: 103.7 WBMZ-FM (Statesboro/Metter/Swainsboro), 102.1 WZAT-FM (Savannah), 1370 WLOP-AM (Jesup)
Series: GS leads 11-0, W11
Last meeting: 1/31/2005, W 92-64 (away)
Probable Starters:
#0 Montae Glenn
#1 Devonte Boykins
#2 Mike Hughes
#3 Ike Smith
#4 Tookie Brown

Georgia Southern Information:
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Savannah State Information:
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Layup Line
• Georgia Southern renews its series with Savannah State as the Eagles travel to Tiger Arena for an 8 p.m. contest Wednesday.
• The game is the nightcap of a doubleheader with the Georgia Southern women's team, which faces Savannah State at 6 p.m. in Tiger Arena.
• Georgia Southern and Savannah State haven't met on the hardwood since Jan. 31, 2005, when Georgia Southern topped the Tigers 92-64 on the road. The teams met twice a season from 2001-05.
• Wednesday's contest will be the Eagles' fourth game in eight days.
• Georgia Southern has won its last two and is coming off a 104-52 victory over Bob Jones at home Monday night.
• Georgia Southern returns just four scholarship letterwinners from last season's 22-9 team that advanced to the Sun Belt Conference Championship game.
• With 11-of-12 scholarship student-athletes who are freshmen, redshirt freshmen or sophomores (92 percent), Georgia Southern has the highest percentage of underclassmen on its current roster of the 345 NCAA Division I squads. Liberty (91 percent), Ohio State (85 percent), Fairleigh Dickinson (85 percent) and Wyoming (80 percent) round out the top-5.
• Georgia Southern lost 76 percent of its scoring and 72 percent of its rebounding from last season.
• The Eagles were picked 10th in the Preseason Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll.
• Georgia Southern is 1-2 on the road this season.
• Savannah State was picked 12th in the MEAC Preseason Poll, and Brian Pearson was selected third-team preseason all-league.
• Christopher Martin leads the Tigers in scoring with 13.4 points per game to go along with 4.4 rebounds a contest. Troyce Manassa averages 12.3 points an outing.
• The Tigers are 3-0 at home this season, which includes wins over Arkansas State and Campbell. 

The Series
• Georgia Southern leads the all-time series against the Tigers 11-0.
• The Eagles are 4-0 against Savannah State on the road.
• The closest contest was an 80-76 decision Dec. 9, 1994, in Hanner Fieldhouse.

Quick Hitters
• The Eagles are averaging 88.0 points a game this season and have scored 80-plus points in four games, including their last three. Georgia Southern scored 80-plus points in just six contests last year.
• Eleven different Eagles have scored 10 or more points in a game this season.
• Georgia Southern is 15-2 in Hanner Fieldhouse in its last 17 contests there. The Eagles have just two contests in Hanner for the rest of the calendar year - vs. Winthrop Dec. 19 and Stetson Dec. 22.
• Georgia Southern's 21 steals against Bob Jones (11/30) was one shy of the school record set against Little Rock in 1981 and tied against The Citadel in 2004.
• After not playing an SEC opponent since a 78-75 loss to Auburn Dec. 30, 2011, the Eagles have faced two this season. Georgia Southern fell 82-72 at Ole Miss Nov. 16 and 92-62 at Auburn Nov. 20.
• Georgia Southern was close to setting some school milestones in its 116-49 win over Webber International in the season opener Nov. 13.
• The 116 points were tied for the 16th most all-time and the most since a 116-73 neutral site win over UC Davis Nov. 12, 2006, which was the 2006-07 season opener.
• The Eagles' 40 3-point attempts tied for the second-the most in school history (West Georgia, 1/2/1992).

Season Tickets
• Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at GSEagles.com/tickets. Season ticket options are available for both general admission and reserved seating. Fans can enjoy chair-back seats in the reserved sections for $90 a season ticket for either men's or women's basketball. Alternatively, general admission season tickets are $65 and are located behind the baskets on bleachers. A combo package is also available for $120 and includes both men's and women's basketball contests.

Eagles Sign Quan Jackson
• Mark Byington has announced that Quan Jackson (Tallahassee, Fla./Godby) has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Georgia Southern and compete for the Eagles.
• A 6-foot-3 guard, Jackson helped lead Godby to a state championship last season and averaged 16.5 points, four rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.3 assists a contest. He hit a 3-pointer late in the semifinal game to send it into overtime and was named MVP of the state tournament.
• Jackson was the Big Bend Conference Co-Player of the Year and first-team all-league. According to Source Hoops, he is the 18th-ranked prospect in the state of Florida, and he played AAU for Team Speights in the summer.

Boarding the Mothership
• Twelve Georgia Southern games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of Networks this season.
• Games at No. 4 Duke (12/15) and Georgia State (2/23) will air on ESPN2. 
• Seven Sun Belt contests will be broadcast live on ESPN3, and the Eagles' game at USC Upstate Nov. 27 was shown on ESPN3.
• The matchups at Ole Miss and Auburn were shown on the SEC Network +. 

Next Up
• Georgia Southern takes a 12-day break for exams before traveling to Durham, N.C., to take on No. 7/5 Duke Dec. 15, at 7 p.m.
• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2.

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