Sun Belt Releases Updated 2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule
10/29/2020 3:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
League switches to a divisional format, team will now play 18 games among regional foes
STATESBORO - The Sun Belt Conference released today an updated 2020-21 Women's Basketball conference schedule, replacing the previously-released schedule from October.
The new schedule splits the league into two Divisions - East and West - and teams will play intra-division only leading up to the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
Georgia Southern is in the East Division with Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, South Alabama and Troy. The Eagles will play each team four times during the 2020-21 and Georgia State twice. Each league weekend will feature back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday.
All 12 league women's basketball teams will advance to the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championships in Pensacola. The first four seeds will receive byes, and first round action begins on Friday, March 5th at both Pensacola State College and the Bay Center Arena. The quarterfinals will take place on Saturday, March 6th at both venues, with the semifinals on Sunday, March 7th and the final on Monday, March 8th, taking place at the Bay Center Arena.
The new conference slate begins for the Eagles on New Year's Day as Georgia Southern travels to Mobile to take on South Alabama for games on the 1st and 2nd of January. The Eagles then open up the home conference slate on Jan. 8 and 9 against Appalachian State.
Georgia Southern travels back to the state of Alabama to face off against Troy on Jan. 15 and 16, returning home to complete the series against South Alabama on Jan. 22 and 23. January concludes for the Eagles on Jan. 29 and 30 at Coastal Carolina.
Troy visits Statesboro to begin February, coming to Hanner on Feb. 5 and 6. The Eagles then will take on in-state rival Georgia State at home on Thursday, Feb. 11. The return trip to Atlanta will take place on Saturday, Feb. 13.
The final two weekends of the regular season see the Eagles host Coastal Carolina on Feb. 19 and 20, then travel to Appalachian State on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27.
With the new league schedule increasing the number of Sun Belt contests this season from 16 to 18, Georgia Southern is still working on finalizing its non-conference schedule and will release it as soon as possible.
Season tickets are available for the 2020-21 by contacting the Georgia Southern ticket office at GSEagles.com/tickets or by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS.
