Setting the Scene
Date: Feb. 11, 2023
Site: Hanner Fieldhouse (3,897)
Tipoff: 3 p.m.
Series: GS leads 12-7, L3 | Division I Series History
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: GS Sports Network
Promos:
- Salute to Service - Join us as we honor our men and women of the Armed Forces! All active duty, retired, and veteran military personnel receive free general admission with valid ID
- Synovus Scholarship Shot - One lucky student will have a chance at a half-court short for $1,000
- Putt for a Car presented by Jarrard Pre-Owned Vehicles - One lucky fan will have a chance to win $10,000 towards the purchase of a vehicle by sinking a putt on the court
Probable Starters:
#0 - Kaden Archie
#2 - Jalen Finch
#3 - Tyren Moore
#10 - Carlos Curry
#12 - Andrei Savrasov
Game Notes
- Georgia Southern caps a two-game homestand Saturday when the Eagles play host to Arkansas State on Salute to Service Day. The contest is set to tip off at 3 p.m. on ESPN+ and the Georgia Southern Sports Network.
- It's the first and only meeting between the Eagles and Red Wolves this season.
- The Eagles are in a stretch in which they finish the regular season with four of six contests at home. GS is 1-4 in its last five and coming off a 76-73 home win over James Madison Thursday night.
- GS just completed a span of six of eight on the road, including the last four contests of the stint. The Eagles went 2-4 during and lost the last four road games by an average of five points.
- Seven Eagles are scoring seven or more points a game, and only leading scorer Andrei Savrasov takes more than 10 shots a game (11/gm). Six different Eagles have led the team in scoring in a game this season.
- The Eagles have notched single-digit turnovers in nine games. GS ranks sixth in the Sun Belt in turnover margin (1.7) and third in the league in least turnovers (11.5/gm).
- Savrasov has posted double-digit rebounds in each of his last three games and ranks 10th (7.2/gm) in the Sun Belt in rebounding along with Carlos Curry.
- Savrasov ranks fifth in field goal percentage (.482) and 12th in steals (1.4/gm), while Jalen Finch is 13th in steals (1.4/gm) and eighth in assists (3.4/gm).
- Finch has 93 assists, and the last Eagle to record 100 assists in a season was Tookie Brown, who posted 154 in 2018-19. Finch is fourth in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.16).
- GS is 29-1 in its last 30 games when shooting 50% or better from the floor. The Eagles lost 94-87 at Louisiana Jan. 28 despite shooting 56.3%.
- GS has won its last four games that were decided by one point.
- The Eagles are 9-4 in Hanner Fieldhouse this season and 24-13 in Hanner during head coach Brian Burg's tenure.
- Arkansas State is 1-4 in its last five and coming off a 66-62 loss at Texas State Thursday night.
- Omar El-Sheikh is nearly averaging a double-double in Sun Belt games with 11.7 points and 9.8 rebounds.
- Terrance Ford Jr. ranks 18th nationally in assist-to turnover ratio at 2.88 with 73 assists against 28 turnovers. He is the only freshman in Sun Belt games averaging double figures in scoring (11.1 ppg).
- Preseason All-Sun Belt selection Caleb Fields leads the Red Wolves in scoring with 11.1 points per game and averages 4.7 assists, good for fourth in the league. He made his 100th career start at Texas State.
- The Red Wolves are 1-9 on the road this season.
Next Up
The Eagles play their final two road contests of the regular season next week as they travel to Marshall Thursday and Southern Miss Saturday. GS closes the campaign at home against Coastal Carolina (Feb. 22) and Appalachian State (Feb. 24). All four games will air on ESPN+ and the GS Sports Network.