Ike Smith will serve as a team captain for the third straight season.
Men’s Basketball Names Team Captains
10/30/2019 11:01:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Eagles open the season Nov. 5 at No. 24/23 Auburn.
STATESBORO – Georgia Southern men's basketball coach Mark Byington announced today that Ike Smith, Isaiah Crawley and Quan Jackson have been named team captains in a vote by the team.
"Quan, Ike and Isaiah were voted captains by their teammates to represent our team, and they are all very deserving," said Byington. "The best teams are driven by the players and not the coaches, so I will depend on these three a lot throughout the year."
Smith received a medical redshirt after missing 23 games with an injury and enters the year ranked 13th on the school's career Division I scoring list with 1,480 points. The fifth-year senior guard played in the first 10 games of last season and averaged 14.7 points and 5.7 boards for the Eagles. He serves as a team captain for the third straight year.
Crawley averaged 11.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and a steal a game and shot 56.3 percent from the field, the 11th highest in a season in school history. A 2018-19 third-team All-Sun Belt selection, Jackson averaged 14.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals while shooting 44 percent from the field, making a team high 47 3-pointers and shooting 73.6 percent from the free-throw line.
Georgia Southern returns three starters and 10 lettermen, including 68 percent of its scoring and 69 percent of its rebounding, to a team that finished fourth in the country in field goal percentage and 15th in scoring a season ago. Georgia Southern reached 20 wins for the third time in five years in 2018-19, posting a 21-12 mark for the second consecutive season. It's the first time GS has won 20-plus games in back-to-back seasons in 30 years, and a number of preseason publications have the Eagles slotted in the top-3 in the Sun Belt this season.
Season tickets are on sale now – tickets start at just $100. Single-game home tickets are also on sale, and all tickets can be purchased at GSEagles.com/tickets.
"Quan, Ike and Isaiah were voted captains by their teammates to represent our team, and they are all very deserving," said Byington. "The best teams are driven by the players and not the coaches, so I will depend on these three a lot throughout the year."
Smith received a medical redshirt after missing 23 games with an injury and enters the year ranked 13th on the school's career Division I scoring list with 1,480 points. The fifth-year senior guard played in the first 10 games of last season and averaged 14.7 points and 5.7 boards for the Eagles. He serves as a team captain for the third straight year.
Crawley averaged 11.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and a steal a game and shot 56.3 percent from the field, the 11th highest in a season in school history. A 2018-19 third-team All-Sun Belt selection, Jackson averaged 14.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals while shooting 44 percent from the field, making a team high 47 3-pointers and shooting 73.6 percent from the free-throw line.
Georgia Southern returns three starters and 10 lettermen, including 68 percent of its scoring and 69 percent of its rebounding, to a team that finished fourth in the country in field goal percentage and 15th in scoring a season ago. Georgia Southern reached 20 wins for the third time in five years in 2018-19, posting a 21-12 mark for the second consecutive season. It's the first time GS has won 20-plus games in back-to-back seasons in 30 years, and a number of preseason publications have the Eagles slotted in the top-3 in the Sun Belt this season.
Season tickets are on sale now – tickets start at just $100. Single-game home tickets are also on sale, and all tickets can be purchased at GSEagles.com/tickets.
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