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Getting Southern Conference win No. 200 is getting tougher for Georgia Southern’s Lady Eagles. The Eagles, 199-130 in their 19th year in the SoCon, will be looking to snap a two-game losing streak at 5 p.m. today when league-leading Appalachian State (16-3, 10-1) visits Hanner Fieldhouse. Appalachian State is 20-6 in its last 26 conference games, including a 64-45 win over GSU (7-14, 3-9) earlier this season. Facts and Figures: Appalachian ... Read More
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Georgia Southern signed 24 football players, including three quarterbacks, to national letters of intent on Wednesday, National Signing Day. “It’s a large class,” GSU head coach Jeff Monken said during an afternoon news conference at the Parrish Football Center. “We are losing 22 seniors this year off of our football team, some key players, some guys that we’re really going to miss, and with those positions that are being vacated, we really tried ... Read More
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The 2012 National Signing Day has officially started for Georgia Southern University’s football program, which is in the process of receiving signed national letters of intent that are faxed by recruits who now are Eagles. Read More
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Georgia Southern expects to sign as many as 30 football players to letters of intent today, National Signing Day. Among the signees could be Mount Dora (Fla.) quarterback Vegas Harley, who has narrowed his college choices to GSU and Memphis, a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Deltona (Fla.) Trinity Christian quarterback Paxton Lynch on Saturday verbally committed to Memphis and Harley could be leaning toward signing ... Read More
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Wofford defeated Georgia Southern, 70-55, in a Southern Conference women's basketball game Monday night, giving the Lady Eagles their second consecutive loss. Three Wofford players scored in double figures, including Logan Morris, who had all 10 of her points in the first half. Rachel Brittenham scored a game-high 17 points and Daniella Motley added 14 points for the Terriers (10-11, 3-9). GSU freshman Anna Claire Knight scored a team-high ... Read More
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Tickets remain to attend the Georgia Southern Baseball Dugout Club's second Evening with the All-Stars on Thursday night, featuring former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz. The event is at 7:15 p.m. at the Nesmith-Lane Building. Following a dinner and silent auction, Smoltz will share experiences from his 21 seasons in Major League Baseball. Smoltz, an eight-time all-star and the 1996 Cy Young Award winner, spent 20 seasons with the Braves. He was ... Read More
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Changes are coming to the Georgia Southern women’s basketball team’s lineup if the Lady Eagles’ two seniors and three juniors do not start playing better, head coach Rusty Cram said Saturday. Read More
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Georgia Southern will going for its 200th Southern Conference win when the Lady Eagles (7-12, 3-7) meet College of Charleston (5-15, 4-7) at 3 p.m. Saturday at Hanner Field House. GSU is 199-138 since joining the conference in the 1992-1993 season. Read More
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CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Georgia Southern Men’s Basketball is back in action on Saturday night against Chattanooga at The McKenzie Arena starting at 7:30 p.m. The Eagles look for their second consecutive win over the Mocs and return to winning form against UTC who fell on Thursday night to Davidson by a single point. Read More
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Georgia Southern's men’s basketball team lost, 57-55, to Samford in a Southern Conference game Thursday night. The Eagles had two chances in the final 30 seconds to win the game, but had a shot at the buzzer miss. The loss drops GSU to 8-12 overall, 6-4 in the SoCon. Samford improved to 6-13, 3-5. GSU sophomore guard Jelani Hewitt scored 23 points. He was 9 for 15 from the ... Read More
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Georgia Southern's men’s tennis team will begin its 2012 season today with a non-conference match against Mercer University. A ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the newly renovated Hanner Tennis Complex will take place at noon and will precede the match against the Bears at 2 p.m. The major renovation of the main courts near Hanner Fieldhouse began last summer with a reconstruction of the facility. The project included the addition of spectator ... Read More
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Willie Powers III has started in all 19 of Georgia Southern’s men’s basketball games, but GSU head coach Charlton Young says “no one has seen the real Willie Powers yet.” Powers, a 6-foot-2, 197-pound senior point guard, missed most of GSU’s 2008-09 basketball season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He missed all of the Eagles’ 2010-11 season after tearing the medial collateral ligament and meniscus in his ... Read More
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Georgia Southern fans will be able to cheer on one of their own in a full Division I Rugby season starting this month. GSU Rugby is in a new Division I conference that consists of 11 teams in the southeast: Arkansas State, GSU, Kennesaw State, Life University, Middle Tennessee State, Emory, Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, South Florida, and Florida State. The first game is scheduled against Middle Tennessee State at ... Read More
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The Citadel, which owns the worst record in the Southern Conference, gave Georgia Southern’s men’s basketball team all it could handle and then some. Read More
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During the final 22 seconds, when Georgia Southern needed someone to step up and take control of Saturday night’s Southern Conference men’s basketball game, Eric Ferguson accepted the challenge and led the Eagles to a 64-58 victory over College of Charleston. Read More
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Western Carolina senior guard Kaila’Shea Menendez attempted a 3-pointer as time expired, but her shot was an air ball, allowing Georgia Southern to escape with a 41-40 victory Saturday at Hanner Fieldhouse. Read More
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Second place in the South Division of the Southern Conference will be at stake when the Georgia Southern men's basketball team takes on College of Charleston at 7:32 tonight at Hanner Fieldhouse. It will be the second game of the "Pack The House In Pink" doubleheader. The Lady Eagles will play host to Western Carolina at 3 p.m. in the first game. Both the Eagles (6-11 overall, 4-3 SoCon) and the Cougars ... Read More
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Georgia Southern women's basketball head coach Rusty Cram will be looking for some offensive punch when the Lady Eagles meet Western Carolina at 3 p.m. today at Hanner Fieldhouse in the seventh annual "Pack The House in Pink" game. The Eagles (6-12 overall, 2-7 Southern Conference) scored only 35 points against College of Charleston on Wednesday night but it was enough to snap a four-game losing streak as the Cougars could manage only ... Read More
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Georgia Southern Men’s Basketball recorded a 12-0 run in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to erase a 10-point halftime deficit against Furman on Thursday night. The Eagles dropped their third consecutive road game, 64-54 to the Paladins at Timmons Arena. Read More
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — After two one-point leads slipped away in the last two games, the Georgia Southern Lady Eagles earned a 35-34 victory at College of Charleston on Wednesday night. Jordi Cook sparked a second-half comeback with a season-high eight points to help GSU (6-12, 2-7) end its four-game losing streak. The Lady Eagles overcame 29 turnovers and outrebounded one of the top teams in the Southern Conference despite their second-lowest scoring ... Read More
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Georgia Southern's men's basketball team will play Furman at 7 tonight in a Southern Conference game at Timmons Arena in Greenville, S.C. GSU (6-10, 4-2) lost, 88-63, at Wofford on Saturday night. Furman (8-9, 2-4) beat Western Carolina, 58-55, on Saturday night. Read More
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Georgia Southern's women's basketball team will try to snap its four-game losing streak at 7 tonight against College of Charleston in a Southern Conference game at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. Meredyth Frye leads GSU (5-12, 1-7) with 10.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. College of Charleston (3-14, 2-6) is led by Cathryn Hardy, who averages 8.2 points per game. GSU will return home Saturday for a "Pack the House ... Read More
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Georgia Southern honored its 2011 football team at its annual awards banquet Saturday night at the Nessmith-Lane Building. Numerous awards were handed out, including All-Southern Conference and All-American honors along with four team awards. After a year of hard work on the practice field simulating the oppositions' schemes, two Eagles from the scout team were honored by their coaches as Scout Team Players of the Year. Russell DeMasi won the offensive award ... Read More
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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Sunday, for the second time in three days, Georgia Southern's women's basketball team lost a Southern Conference women's basketball game by one point. Natalie Headley provided the heroics in the UNCG Spartans' 55-54 win with an offensive put-back. UNCG (3-13, 2-6) was led by Headley, who scored 10 points. MiMi DuBose scored 19 points to lead GSU (5-12, 1-7), which has lost four straight games. The Lady Eagles ... Read More
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Georgia Southern's men’s basketball team struggled on Saturday night, losing 88-63 to the Wofford Terriers at Johnson Arena. Eric Ferguson was the lone bright spot for the Eagles with 26 points and eight rebounds. GSU fell to 6-10 overall and 4-2 in the Southern Conference, while Wofford improved to 10-8, 3-3. “Wofford came out and played us tough from the beginning and we couldn’t recover from that,” GSU ... Read More
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ELON, N.C. (Georgia Southern AMR) — With the Georgia Southern Lady Eagles leading by one point, Aiesha Harper drove nearly the length of the court in final seconds for the Elon Phoenix and made a layup for a 61-60 victory in a Southern Conference women's basketball game Friday night. Read More
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John Smoltz, who is set to be inducted into Georgia Sports Hall of Fame on Feb. 25 will headline the second Evening with the All-Stars presented by the Georgia Southern Baseball Dugout Club on Feb. 2 at 7:15 p.m. in the Nesmith-Lane Building on the GSU campus. Following the dinner and silent auction, Smoltz will share experiences from his 21 seasons in the Major Leagues. Read More
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Georgia Southern's men's basketball team will play only its second home game in a month when it takes on Southern Conference rival Samford at 7 tonight at Hanner Fieldhouse. GSU head coach Charlton Young’s Eagles (5-9, 3-1) have played six of their last seven games on the road, and after meeting the Bulldogs will play their next two games away from home. Samford (3-11, 0-3) has lost its last seven games. Beating ... Read More
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Georgia Southern’s women’s basketball team learned a tough but valuable lesson Monday night. Read More
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The blood dripping on the basketball court from a cut above MiMi DuBose’s right eye less than four minutes into the game was a clear sign that Saturday’s Southern Conference game between Georgia Southern and Samford was going to be physical. Read More
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — Georgia Southern’s perfect start to conference play to open the 2011-12 season came to an end against a hot-shooting Davidson squad on Saturday afternoon at Belk Arena. The Wildcats (10-4, 4-0 SoCon) shot 60.0% from the field to take the 96-74 victory over the Eagles (5-9, 3-1 SoCon). Jake Cohen had a huge night for Davidson with 29 points and 12 rebounds. Eric Ferguson earned top scorer honors for the Eagles with 20 points. Read More
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Georgia Southern is making the most of a five-game home stand. The Lady Eagles (5-8, 1-3) will be looking for their fourth straight win when they meet Samford (6-6, 1-2) at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Hanner Field House. Read More
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ELON, N.C. — Behind a superb effort from Eric Ferguson, Georgia Southern's men’s basketball team improved to 3-0 in Southern Conference play with a 69-63 victory over Elon on Thursday night. The victory snapped GSU's 26-game road losing streak and handed the Phoenix their first home loss this season. “We have been a bunch of road warriors this season and I’m glad that those tough nights out on the road have paid ... Read More
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New Year’s resolutions are easy to make, difficult to maintain. Read More
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