STATESBORO – Quan Jackson scored eight of his game-high 22 points in overtime to lead Georgia Southern to a 79-74 men's basketball win over Bradley Tuesday night in Hanner Fieldhouse.

Eagles of the Game
Isaiah Crawley finished with 15 points and eight rebounds for the Eagles (8-3), and Jackson added six rebounds and two steals, scoring 18 points in the second half and overtime. Montae Glenn tallied his 11th career double-double and third this season with 10 points and 11 rebounds.  

Key moments
Jackson hit two 3-pointers in overtime, and his second gave the Eagles a 71-68 lead, which they did not relinquish. Glenn hit a jump shot from the elbow, and Tookie Brown added a free throw to make the margin 74-68 with 37 seconds to go.

The Eagles (8-3) led 59-53 after a pair of Brown free throws with 2:53 remaining, but Bradley (7-5) scored the final six points of regulation to send the game into overtime.

Trailing by eight points midway through the second half, the Eagles went on a 14-2 run and opened a 52-48 lead on two Brown free throws with 8:13 to play.

Bradley made seven straight shots and scored 17 straight points to open a 26-13 cushion with 6:38 left in the first half. The Eagles answered with a 13-2 spurt and cut the margin to 28-26 on a Crawley 3-pointer with 1:54 remaining. 

Stat of the Game
The Eagles committed a season-high 25 turnovers but forced 30, the most by an Eagle opponent in 15 years. GS scored 32 points off the miscues.

Quotables
Freshman guard Calvin Wishart
On staying ready
"Coach is always telling me to be ready. If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready so that was my mindset going into the game tonight. Luckily it paid off."

On winning in different ways
"I was telling guys on the bench that it was going to be a grind-out game. I think it tested us, and it's a good thing to be able to prove that we can win this type of game."

Sophomore guard Quan Jackson
On 3-pointers in overtime
"You have to keep your confidence up. I missed a lot of shots, but you just have to look to the next one and be ready to knock it down."

Head coach Mark Byington
"I've been a part of thousands of games, but I don't think I've ever been part of one that had 55 turnovers. And we had 25 of them and wound up plus five - that's unusual. The positives were that we just kept fighting and kept fighting. I'm really proud that so many guys made big plays in big moments. I got a chance to learn a lot about a lot of guys tonight."

Next up
The Eagles travel to Radford for a 6 p.m. contest Friday on ESPN+.