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WBB Preview 3/10

Women's Basketball

PREVIEW: Women's Basketball at Louisiana (Sun Belt Tournament 1st Round)

Tuesday, March 10
Opponent: Louisiana
Location: Lafayette, La. || Cajundome || Sun Belt Tournament First Round
Time: 8 PM

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Quickly: Georgia Southern enters the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament as the No. 9 seed and will take on No. 4 seed Louisiana on Tuesday evening ... The Eagles return to the tournament after a one-year hiatus, and face a Ragin' Cajuns team that Georgia Southern split with during the regular season ... Georgia Southern won, 83-67, in the two teams' first meeting of the season on Jan. 4 in Statesboro ... Louisiana won the second meeting, 72-60, on Feb. 15 in Lafayette ... The two teams also met in the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Tournament 1st Round in New Orleans, with sixth-seeded Louisiana winning an 88-81 triple overtime decision over No. 11-seeded Georgia Southern ... Amira Atwater became Georgia Southern's all-time assist leader in the Eagles' final regular season game at Georgia State with four assists, giving her 420 for her career ... Nikki McDonald registered a double-double against the Panthers with 13 points and 12 rebounds. It was her third straight double-double, which is something no Georgia Southern player has done in at least 25 years ... The winner of the Louisiana/Georgia Southern game meets the winner of Tuesday afternoon's Appalachian State/Little Rock game on Wednesday at 8 pm for a berth in the 2020 Sun Belt Women's Final Four in New Orleans on March 14-15.
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Players Mentioned

Amira Atwater

#15 Amira Atwater

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5' 6"
Senior
Nikki McDonald

#25 Nikki McDonald

G
6' 0"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Amira Atwater

#15 Amira Atwater

5' 6"
Senior
G
Nikki McDonald

#25 Nikki McDonald

6' 0"
Graduate Student
G