NEW ORLEANS - Georgia Southern forward
Andrei Savrasov has been named second-team All-Sun Belt in a vote by the league's head coaches, the conference announced today.
Savrasov is averaging 14.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.3 assists a game for the Eagles and is shooting 50 percent from the field, which ranks fourth in the Sun Belt. In league games, the redshirt senior ranked seventh in the conference in scoring (15.2/gm), rebounding (7.8/gm) and 3-point percentage (.407). Overall, Savrasov has recorded eight double-doubles, scored 20-plus points six times and scored in double figures 22 times. He has reached double figures in rebounds nine times and led Georgia Southern in scoring in 12 games and in rebounding in 14 games.
Georgia Southern will open the Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Championship by taking on ULM Thursday, March 2, at 8:30 p.m. ET in the Pensacola Bay Center. The Warhawks topped the Eagles 72-59 Jan. 19 in Hanner Fieldhouse in their lone meeting this season. The winner of Thursday's contest will take on Sun Belt preseason favorite Louisiana Saturday, March 4, at 8:30 p.m. ET in the Pensacola Bay Center.
All Eagle games at the championship will air on the GS Sports Network, and all games will be broadcast on ESPN+ except for the championship contest, which will air on ESPN2 Monday, March 6, at 7 p.m. ET.
2023 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Awards
Player of the Year: Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
Defensive Player of the Year: Kevin Samuel, South Alabama
Freshman of the Year: Micah Handlogten, Marshall
Newcomer of the Year: Austin Crowley, Southern Miss
Sixth Man of the Year: Terrence Edwards, James Madison
Joe Gottfried Coach of the Year: Jay Ladner, Southern Miss
First-Team All-Sun Belt
Jordan Brown, Louisiana
Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
Andrew Taylor, Marshall
Isaiah Moore, South Alabama
Austin Crowley, Southern Miss
Second-Team All-Sun Belt
Andrei Savrasov, Georgia Southern
Terrence Edwards, James Madison
Greg Williams, Louisiana
Felipe Haase, Southern Miss
Zay Williams, Troy
Third-Team All-Sun Belt
Donovan Gregory, App State
Jamari Blackmon, ULM
Chaunce Jenkins, Old Dominion
Kevin Samuel, South Alabama
DeAndre Pinckney, Southern Miss
Mason Harrell, Texas State
