Alexis Brown Named To Preseason All-Sun Belt Team; GS WBB Picked 11th
10/30/2019 11:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Brown was one of five players named to the second team. The Madison, Ga., native led the Eagles and ranked second in the Sun Belt in scoring last season, averaging 17.6 points per game, earning second-team All-Sun Belt honors. Her 506 points scored last season were the most for a Georgia Southern women's basketball player in more than 25 years (533 points, Gwen Thomas, 1991-92).
In the preseason league voting, Georgia Southern was picked to finish 11th. The Eagles, under first-year head coach Anita Howard, received 26 points in the poll. Little Rock is the preseason pick to win the league, receiving six first-place votes and 127 points total. Troy is picked second with 123 points and four first-place votes, followed by UT Arlington (120) and South Alabama (119), who each received one first-place vote.
The rest of the poll is as follows: Appalachian State 5th (100), Georgia State 6th (73), Coastal Carolina 7th (66), Louisiana 8th (64), Texas State 9th (59), Arkansas State 10th (44), Georgia Southern and UL Monroe 12th (15).
The Eagles return all five starters and 10 players overall from last season's squad.
Georgia Southern takes the court for the first time under Coach Howard tonight, hosting Coker College in a 6:30 p.m. exhibition contest at Hanner Fieldhouse.
