Eagles Send Arkansas State Packing, Advances to Fourth Round

Thursday, March 5

Pensacola, Fla.

8:30 PM (ET)

Georgia Southern University

18-15,8-10Sun Belt

Arkansas State

20-12,11-7Sun Belt

Ga. Southern

Arkansas St.

Eagles Send Arkansas State Packing, Advances to Fourth Round

3/6/2026 12:30:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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PENSACOLA, Fla. – Georgia Southern men's basketball (18-15, 8-10 SBC), paced by Tyren Moore's 25 points, defeated Arkansas State (20-12, 11-7 SBC), 80-77, on Thursday evening at the Pensacola Bay Center.

With the win over the Red Wolves, the Eagles secured its first victory since 2015 over a program who had 20-plus wins since defeating ULM in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in 2015. The Eagles registered four double-digit scorers on the evening, as Moore (25), Alden Applewhite (16), Tsvet Sotirov (11), and Spudd Webb (10) registered that threshold.

With an eight-point lead at halftime, Georgia Southern saw it erased by an 11-0 run by the Red Wolves, before Moore drained three consecutive three-pointers to pull the Eagles back into the lead. The Louisville, Kentucky, native collected seven threes on the evening, one off his career high.

The Eagles shot a season high 90 percent from the free throw stripe and knocked down 14 three pointers in the victory. The Eagles also shot 45.3 percent from the field, while tallying 15 points off turnovers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Both sides traded baskets, as Tyren Moore opened the scoring with two three-pointers for the Eagles, 7-6.
Shainen Carter gave the Eagles the lead at the under-12-minute media timeout, grabbing his first steal of the evening and slamming it home on the fast break, 14-13.
Georgia Southern held the Red Wolves to 2-of-12 shooting throughout the next four minutes of action, before Tsvet Sotirov knocked down back-to-back three-pointers, 25-18.
The Eagles continued to shoot the ball from behind the arc, hitting six three-pointers at the final media timeout, 34-28.
At the break, Georgia Southern's defense continued to cause fits for the Red Wolves, forcing eight turnovers and collecting 13 points off those takeaways, 42-34.
Arkansas State opened the second half on an 11-0 run, regaining the lead, 45-42, before Alden Applewhite knocked down a pair of free throws, 45-44.
Georgia Southern responded with a 9-0 run of their own, as Tyren Moore knocked down three consecutive triples to give the Eagles a five-point advantage at the first media timeout of the second half, 53-48.
Both sides remained steady until the under-12-minute media timeout, as the Eagles went 3-of-3 and Arkansas State went 4-of-5, 62-58.
Georgia Southern stretched its lead to four points in the closing minutes, as Shainen Carter was found wide open under the basket for an easy layup, 73-69.
With less than a minute left, Tyren Moore drained his seventh three-pointer of the night to give the Eagles a three-point advantage, 80-77.