The Georgia Southern women’s basketball team did something this past weekend that only one other team has been able to do this year, and that is to hand East Division leading Troy a conference loss. Friday night the Eagles won a shoot-out 96-91, before falling on Saturday 92-83. Eagle head coach Anita Howard feels the team is continuing to make progress and Friday’s victory gives her plenty of optimism.“We competed well against them down at their places, so we felt we could compete even better at home,” said Howard. “I was really pleased with our continued fight against them in the first game.