Georgia Southern University
8-3,1-0Sun Belt
Georgia State
4-8,0-1Sun Belt
Eagles Win Seventh Straight, Open SBC Play With 68-47 Win Over Georgia State
12/18/2025 7:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Georgia Southern holds the Panthers to its fewest points scored in the series; host App State on Saturday
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern women's basketball opened up Sun Belt Conference play on Thursday with a defensive-minded 68-47 win over Georgia State at the Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center.
The Eagles (8-3, 1-0 SBC) stretched their current win streak to seven with the win, while Georgia State (4-8, 0-1 SBC) dropped its fifth straight contest.
Georgia Southern opened the game on a 12-2 run and held the Panthers to just six points in the first quarter, leading 19-6 at the end of one. Georgia Southern extended the lead to 17 points, 35-18, at the break.
With 8:55 left in the third quarter, Kishyah Anderson converted a fastbreak layup that pushed the senior over the 1,500 point plateau. She is third Eagle to reach 1,500 career collegiate points this season, joining teammates Destiny Garrett and McKenna Eddings.
Georgia Southern stretched the lead to 26 points, 53-27, at the end of the third quarter and cruised to the victory.
The Eagles held Georgia State to just 28.6 percent from the floor (16-of-56), including just 2-of-22 from three-point range (9.1 percent).
Eddings led a balanced scoring effort for the Eagles with 16 points, while Kayla Cleaveland added 12 points. No Georgia State player was able to reach double figures as Ari Dyson led the Panthers with eight.
Eagle of the Game
Eddings hit 6-of-9 shots from the floor, including 4-of-7 threes, en route to her game-high 16 points. She added three rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots on the day.
Stat of the Game
The Eagles held Georgia State to its fewest points, 47, in the series that spans 61 games. The previous low of 49 was set in a 74-49 win by Georgia Southern on February 2, 2023.
Quotables
Head coach Hana Haden on the keys to the win tonight over Georgia State
"I'm really proud of our team's defensive effort tonight. We talked all week about trying to slow down Crystal Henderson, who came into this game averaging almost 17 and 5 a game, so I thought we did an incredible job on her individually. Team defense was really good. Our big things were that we wanted to take care of the ball, we know they rely on points off of turnovers, and we wanted to defend the three. We only had 12 turnovers and we held them to 2 of 22 from three."
On getting a win over the Panthers in the Eagles' Sun Belt Conference opener
"I think we all know the importance of every Sun Belt game, especially with the implications they have on the tournament. Obviously you want to get wins at home and take care of home court, obviously it's an in-state rivalry so it's always a big game and I think it's huge for our confidence going into App State on Saturday."
Next Up
Georgia Southern plays its final game of the 2025 calendar year on Saturday, hosting App State in a 1 p.m. Sun Belt Conference contest at The Hill.
