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This Week In GS Athletics: Jan. 1-6

Men’s Basketball, Women's Basketball in Action

The Week: Jan. 1-6, 2019
Who's In Action: Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball

Sport: Women's Basketball
Thursday, Jan. 3
Opponent:
Texas State
Location: Statesboro, Ga. || Hanner Fieldhouse
Time: 6:30 PM

IMPORTANT LINKS
Video (True Blue Live)
Radio
Tickets
Live Stats
Twitter

Quickly: Georgia Southern opens up the 2018-19 Sun Belt Conference slate at home by hosting Texas State (5-7) on Thursday at Hanner Fieldhouse ... The Eagles have not won a Sun Belt Conference league opener since joining the conference in 2014-15 (0-4) and this will be the second time that Georgia Southern has played Texas State in a league opener (Dec. 30, 2015 - Texas State won 61-56) ... The matchup features two of the top three scorers in the league - GS junior Alexis Brown currently ranks second in scoring (17.7 ppg) while Texas State senior Toshua Leavitt ranks third (17.3 ppg) ... Texas State leads the overall series between the two teams, 5-2.

Saturday, Jan. 5
Opponent:
UTA
Location: Statesboro, Ga. || Hanner Fieldhouse
Time: 2:00 PM (ET)

IMPORTANT LINKS
Video (ESPN+)
Radio
Tickets
Live Stats
Twitter

Quickly: The Eagles host UT Arlington to wrap up its first week of Sun Belt Conference play on Saturday ... The game is also Georgia Southern Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day. General Admission tickets are only $5.00 when you show your Eagle ID. Tickets may be purchase at the gate (opens at 6pm) or at the ticket office Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm ... UT Arlington begins the new year 8-3 and the two teams split their meetings last year, with Georgia Southern winning, 73-68, in Statesboro and the Mavericks winning, 70-49, in Arlington.


Sport: Men's Basketball
Thursday, Jan. 3
Opponent:
Texas State
Location: San Marcos, TX || Strahan Arena
Time: 8:00 PM (ET)

IMPORTANT LINKS
Video (ESPN+)
Radio
Live Stats
GS Twitter

Quickly: The Eagles open conference play on the road for the fourth time in their five seasons in the Sun Belt when they travel to Texas State Thursday. GS is 6-2 all-time against the Bobcats and 2-1 in Strahan Arena.

Saturday, Jan. 5
Opponent:
UTA
Location: Arlington, Texas || College Park Center
Time: 3:00 PM (ET)

IMPORTANT LINKS
Video (ESPN+)
Radio
Live Stats
GS Twitter

Quickly: GS wraps up its first week of Sun Belt competition at UTA Saturday. GS is 4-4 all-time against UTA and 0-3 in the College Park Center. It's the only facility in the Sun Belt in which GS has not posted a victory.
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Players Mentioned

Alexis Brown

#4 Alexis Brown

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5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Alexis Brown

#4 Alexis Brown

5' 6"
Junior
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