STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Athletics is sending four members of its medical team to the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four in the form of fan cutouts that will be featured inside Lucas Oil Stadium for the Saturday's semifinal games and Monday's national championship contest.

The NCAA allowed each school to submit four cutouts for its Final Four Heroes Campaign. Georgia Southern selected Brandy Clouse, senior associate athletics director for sports medicine, Dr. Brian DeLoach and Dr. Justin Lancaster, medical directors at Georgia Southern health services and Chloe Durden, testing coordinator for Macon Occupational Medicine.

"We thought it would be appropriate to have these four heroes from our medical team represent Georgia Southern at the men's basketball Final Four this weekend," said Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Jared Benko. "Their expertise, diligence and dedication in creating and implementing our COVID-19 protocols and testing program helped keep us safe and allowed our over 400 student-athletes, coaches and staff the opportunity to compete this season."

The Georgia Southern football team tied national champion Alabama for the most games played with 13, and the Eagle men's and women's basketball teams combined to play 50 contests.

Cutouts at the Final Four will be interspersed with limited fan seating available for the games. Last month, the NCAA announced that Lucas Oil Stadium and other March Madness venues could host up to 25 percent fan capacity with physical distancing. Saturday's semifinals games start at 5:14 p.m., and Monday's championship tips off at 9 p.m.