PREVIEW: Women's Basketball at Sun Belt Conference Tournament

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3-4-2021

PREVIEW: Women's Basketball at Sun Belt Conference Tournament

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PREVIEW: Women's Basketball at Sun Belt Conference Tournament Women's Basketball Posted: 3/4/2021 9:00:00 AM CLICK HERE FOR THE 2021 SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BRACKET Friday, March 5 Opponent: Texas State Location: Pensacola, Fla. || Hartsell Arena @ Pensacola State College Time: 12:30 p.m. ET

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Quickly: Georgia Southern enters the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East Division ... The Eagles take on the No. 4 seed from the West Division, Texas State, in first-round action on Friday ... The winner of Friday's game takes on the top seed from the East Division, Troy, on Saturday at Noon ... Georgia Southern is 11-12 overall and finished 5-9 in Sun Belt play ... Texas State is 10-10 overall and finished 7-8 in Sun Belt play ... This is the fourth appearance for Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and the third in the last four seasons. The Eagles did not qualify in their first two years in the league, then lost a 61-54 first-round decision to Arkansas State in the 2017 tournament ... Georgia Southern then played a memorable triple overtime game against Louisiana in 2018, falling 88-81 to the Ragin' Cajuns. The Eagles did not qualify in 2019, then last season, lost 81-64 at Louisiana in first-round action ... This will be the first meeting this season between Georgia Southern and Texas State ... Texas State leads the overall series between the two teams, 7-3, and the Bobcats won the last meeting, 72-68, on February 27 in San Marcos.