Saturday, February 8
Opponent: Akron
Location: Statesboro || Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center
Time: 11 AM

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Quickly: Georgia Southern steps outside of Sun Belt play on Saturday to take on Akron in the second leg of the MAC/SBC Challenge ... The Eagles halted a six-game slide on Wednesday with a 49-42 win at Southern Miss ... Georgia Southern used a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter to break open a game that was tied, 31-31, going into the fourth ... The Eagles won despite shooting just 27.3% from the floor. It's the lowest field goal percentage in a win for Georgia Southern in the last 25 years ... Akron saw its current slide reach six games with a 70-64 loss to Western Michigan on Wednesday night in Akron ... Redshirt senior Shelbee Brown had a career-high 32 points to go with 19 rebounds for her team-leading seventh double-double of the season for Akron ... This will be the third meeting between Georgia Southern and Akron, and the first to be held on either team's campus ... Akron took a 94-81 win over the Eagles on November 26, 2010, in a game played in Dallas, Texas, on the campus of SMU. Georgia Southern won an 85-61 game on December 12, 1987, in Huntington, W. Va., at Marshall.