NEW ORLEANS – Elijah McCadden and Zack Bryant have been named Preseason All-Sun Belt in a poll by the league's 12 head coaches, the conference announced today.

McCadden was named second-team Preseason All-Sun Belt after averaging 10.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals a game in his sophomore campaign. The junior scored in double figures in 20 games and led the Eagles in scoring six times, in assists in 10 games and in rebounding three times.

A third-team Preseason All-Sun Belt selection, Bryant was a mid-year transfer from UAB who will be eligible to compete for the Eagles this season. The senior led UAB in scoring in 2018-19 with 14.9 points a game and averaged 13.9 points, 3.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 71 contests in his two-plus seasons with the Blazers. He was a third-team All-CUSA pick in 2019 and selected to the CUSA All-Freshmen Team in 2018.

Georgia Southern is coming off its third consecutive 20-win season and advanced to the Sun Belt Championship Semifinals for the third straight campaign. The Eagles are 71-26 in Hanner Fieldhouse in the last six seasons.  

MBB Preseason Player of the Year
Ruot Monyyong, Little Rock

Preseason All-Conference First Team
Ruot Monyyong, Little Rock
Markquis Nowell, Little Rock 
Justin Forrest, App State 
Kane Williams, Georgia State
DeVante Jones, Coastal Carolina 

Preseason All-Conference Second Team
David Azore, UTA
Mylik Wilson, Louisiana
Marquis Eaton, Arkansas State
Elijah McCadden, Georgia Southern
Justin Roberts, Georgia State

Preseason All-Conference Third Team
Cedric Russell, Louisiana
Michael Flowers, South Alabama
Ben Coupet Jr, Little Rock
Zack Bryant, Georgia Southern
Caleb Fields, Arkansas State