Men's Basketball | 12/2/2016 1:24:00 PM

Georgia Southern (4-3) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (4-3)
Sunday, Dec. 4 - Hanner Fieldhouse (3,897) – Statesboro, Ga. - 3 p.m.
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Radio: 103.7 WBMZ-FM (Statesboro/Metter/Swainsboro), 102.1 WZAT-FM (Savannah), 1370 WLOP-AM (Jesup), 100.9 WLYU (Lyons)
Series Record: First meeting
Probable Starters:
#0 Montae Glenn
#2 Mike Hughes
#3 Ike Smith
#4 Tookie Brown
#11 Shawn O'Connell

Georgia Southern Information:
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Florida Gulf Coast Information:
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Setting the Scene
• Georgia Southern plays its second home game of the season when the Eagles host Florida Gulf Coast Sunday at 3 p.m. in Hanner Fieldhouse.
• It's the first game of a home-and-home series against FGCU. 
• It's the first home-and-home series since GS played a home-and-home with Campbell in the 2013-14 campaign. The Eagles lost both of those games.
• The Eagles are 31-12 under head coach Mark Byington in Hanner Fieldhouse.
• The Eagles have won their last three and are coming off a 94-75 victory at Savannah State Thursday.
• The Eagles play 10 of their first 12 games away from home. Three of those games were in Savannah (two in Savannah Invite and one at Savannah State), and the Eagles won all three.   
• Georgia Southern returns all five starters from last season's 14-17 squad that finished fifth in the Sun Belt with a 10-10 record.
• The Eagles were picked fourth in the Sun Belt Preseason Coaches Poll, and Tookie Brown and Mike Hughes were named preseason all-conference.
• Florida Gulf Coast, the defending Atlantic Sun Champion, was picked to win the ASUN in the league's Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Marc-Eddy Norelia and Zach Johnson were named preseason all-conference, and Demetris Morant was named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
• The Eagles have won their last three and are coming off a 120-60 home win over Ave Maria Tuesday. FGCU is 0-2 on the road this season. 

Three Things to Know about Georgia Southern
1 -  Georgia Southern returns all five starters and 11 lettermen. Ninety-four percent of the Eagles' scoring and rebounding is back in uniform, and Georgia Southern is still young. Walk-ons James Holder and Dominique Bullock are the team's lone seniors.
2 -  Georgia Southern was picked fourth in the Sun Belt Preseason Coaches Poll, Tookie Brown was named preseason first-team all-league and Mike Hughes earned second-team honors.
3 - Georgia Southern ranks 29th nationally and leads the Sun Belt in fewest turnovers and ranks 14th nationally in first in the SBC in turnovers per game. The Eagles have logged single-digit turnovers twice.

More Team Storylines
• Last year, Georgia Southern set new school records with 3-pointers made (282) and attempted (834) in a season. GS ranks second in the SBC in 3s per game (8.5) this season, and the Eagles have made 10 or more 3s three times.
• The Eagles picked up the 1,200th win in the history of the program, which began play in 1926-27, when they topped Coastal Georgia 92-43 Nov. 14.
• GS held Coastal Georgia to 23.1 percent shooting from the field, the lowest for an opponent since holding North Georgia to 22.7 percent in 2003.
• The Eagles play 10 of their first 12 games away from home. The stretch ends Dec. 20 at Winthrop. GS played three contests in Savannah (55 miles East) during that time and won all three.
• Mark Byington is coaching in his 115th career game today and his 104th at Georgia Southern. His 51 wins in his first three seasons at Georgia Southern are the best of any coach in the modern era.
• Under Mark Byington, Georgia Southern is 37-6 in games when leading at half and 47-3 when leading with five minutes to go, but two of those losses in each category have some this season.
•  GS scored 75.9 points a game last season, the Eagles' best offensive output since averaging 77.5 points a game in 2005-06. GS scored 80-plus points in 10 games and 100-plus in three contests. The Eagles are averaging 78.1 this year and scored over 80 three times.
• Georgia Southern is 23-6 in Hanner Fieldhouse in its last 29 contests there and 31-12 under Mark Byington.
• Georgia Southern used 11 different combinations of starting lineups last year. GS has used three this season.

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