Friday, February 5
Opponent:Â Troy
Location: Statesboro || Hanner Fieldhouse
Time:Â 6 p.m.
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Saturday, February 6
Opponent:Â Troy
Location: Statesboro || Hanner Fieldhouse
Time:Â 4 p.m.
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Radio (GS Sports Network)
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Quickly: Georgia Southern returns to action this week by hosting first-place Troy on Saturday and Sunday at Hanner Fieldhouse ... The Eagles had their two games at Coastal Carolina last weekend postponed due to COVID-19 issues with the Chanticleers. One of those games will be made up, on February 16th in Conway. The second one will not be made up ... Troy is 11-4 overall and 7-1 in the Sun Belt after sweeping a pair of road games at Appalachian State this past week, defeating the Mountaineers by an 80-60 score on Friday, January 29 and by a 74-52 score on Saturday, January 30. The wins ran Troy's current win streak to seven ... Georgia Southern is 7-8 overall and 3-5 in the Sun Belt ... Alexus Dye from Troy is the reigning Sun Belt Player of the Week, earning the honor for a third time this season on Monday. Dye currently ranks second in the Sun Belt in scoring at 16.5 ppg and leads the league in rebounding at 11.7 rpg ... The matchup between the Eagles and the Trojans features two of the top rebounding teams in the nation. Troy leads the country in rebounds per game (50.73) and total rebounds (761) while the Eagles are 13th in rebounds per game (45.20) and 16th in total rebounds (678) despite missing out on playing two games last week ... Troy leads the overall series between the two teams, 17-2, and has won 17 straight in the series dating back to 1996.
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