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Eagles face old rival as Georgia State comes to town
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Georgia Southern guards Jelani Hewitt, left, and Ben Drayton, right, put the squeeze on South Alabama's Tim Williams while going for a loose ball in the first half of Saturday's game at Hanner Fieldhouse.
A lot has changed since Georgia Southern and Georgia State were battling for Trans America Athletic Conference championships in the early 1990s. Both teams are in different leagues now, but there’s still a few folks around who remember the heated rivalry between the Panthers and the Eagles. Georgia Southern second-year coach Charlton Young was named TAAC Tournament MVP when the Eagles won the 1992 title in Hanner Fieldhouse, and even he doesn’t remember all of the matchups with the Panthers.