Hot Start Keys Men’s Basketball Win over Hampton

Saturday, November 20

Spartanburg, S.C.

5 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

4-0,0-0Sun Belt

Hampton

2-3,0-0Big South

Hampton

Ga. Southern

Tre Cobbs tallied 11 points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals.

11/20/2021 8:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

The Eagles play Wofford Sunday at 5 p.m.

By: Marc Gignac

Postgame radio interview with Brian Burg

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Tre Cobbs tallied 11 points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals, and Georgia Southern jumped out to an 18-0 lead en route to an 86-66 men's basketball win over Hampton in the Terrier Classic Saturday evening in Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium.

Eagles of the Game
Andrei Savrasov collected 16 points and four rebounds, and Gedi Juozapaitis scored 12 points, all in the second half. Kaden Archie finished with 11 points, four rebounds and two assists.

Key Moments
The Eagles (4-0) held Hampton (2-3) scoreless for the first 8:02 of the contest and jumped out to an 18-0 cushion. After missing its first four shots, Georgia Southern hit seven of its next nine with five different players making baskets. Carlos Curry's first career 3-pointer off a Cobbs assist with 4:07 left gave the Eagles their largest lead of the half at 37-15.

Hampton trimmed the margin to 55-44 on a DeAngelo Epps dunk with 11:40 remaining, but Archie drove to the basket for a layup at the other end to stem the tide. The teams traded baskets for the next 2:07 before Cobbs scored the first five points in what became a 14-0 run for Georgia Southern. The Eagles forced five turnovers and held the Pirates to 0 for 3 from the field during the stretch, and Juozapaitis' triple gave GS a 26-point lead with 5:11 to play.

Stats and Notes
- Georgia Southern shot over 50 percent for the third time this season and has won all three contests.
- The Eagles also made 8 of 16 from 3-point range and had a season-low nine turnovers.
- GS scored 26 points off of 14 Hampton turnovers.
- The Eagles improve to 4-0 for the first time since the 2018-19 season.

Up Next
The Eagles play tournament host and former Southern Conference rival Wofford Sunday at 5 p.m. on ESPN+.