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Lunsford earns full-time job as head football coach
It's official: Chad Lunsford will be the 10th full-time head coach of Georgia Southern football. Head Coach Chad Lunsford pic.twitter.com/BtiBTWhvoS — George-Anne Sports (@GeorgeAnneSport) November 27, 2017 After leading the team to two consecutive conference wins as interim head coach, Lunsford has the program in a state of positivity after the doubt and worry that plagued the Tyson Summers era.
Werts, Fields to lead old-fashioned option
The Georgia Southern football team struggled to put up points in 2017, but now with a more experienced and comfortable offense, the Eagles should be able to drive the football much more efficiently.The Eagles’ offense seemed to be uncomfortable for most of last season, and it showed on the scoreboard.
Preview: Defense
With the 2018 College football season just days away, Georgia Southern looks to right the ship and return back to the tradition of winning they once new and loved.A season after finishing 2-10, which put the Eagles at 117th overall (out of 130 FBS teams), a new coaching staff and a new culture is finding its way into Statesboro, an idea that gives fans hope everywhere around.How the team finishes in the upcoming season has a lot to do with how the defense plays.
Preview: Special Teams
With big returning players to special teams this year like Tyler Bass, we should expect to see some big results this season.Kicking-wise, Bass is pretty solid having made 80 percent of his field goals as he made 15 of 19 field goals attempted. To add onto that, out of the 15 made, 13 of those were from 40-49 yards out.The redshirt junior was also an asset in kickoffs, averaging 64 yards per kickoff and accumulating 3457 yards throughout the season.
Shawn O'Connell transferring to UNC-Wilmington
Redshirt junior forward Shawn O’Connell has chosen to transfer from Georgia Southern and has committed to UNC-Wilmington.O’Connell announced back in mid-March that he was going to use his final year of eligibility elsewhere as a Graduate Transfer.The 6’8” forward from Milton High School played in 32 of the 33 games this past season for the Eagles. Averaging 3.3 points and 3 assists per game, O’Connell shot a team high 71.4 percent from the field.
Eagles put it all on the line against Louisiana in the first round of the conference tournament
After falling to Troy in their final match up of the regular season, the Georgia Southern Women's Basketball team will shift their focus to the 2018 Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament.Their 2-16 conference record landed the Eagles in the 11th seed, so they will face off against the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana, the 6th seed, on Tuesday, March 6.The two squads have already battled it out once this year on the hardwood, where the Cajuns came in to Statesboro and took down the...
Eagles look to bounce back in Texas
Georgia Southern's Women's basketball team winds their season down with a pair of games this weekend with the Eagles facing the Mavericks of UT-Arlington on Thursday, Feb. 22 and Bobcats of Texas State on Saturday, Feb. 24.University of Texas-Arlington (16-10;10-5)The Mavericks have been on the winning side of the scoreboard five times in a row coming into Thursday's matchup against the Eagles.
Eagles struggles continue, as losing streak grows to three
Eagles played selfish basketball and were unable to get their offense and defense going for most of the game resulting in a 91-102 loss at home against the first place Ragin' Cajuns.The Eagles started off with a fast and skillful momentum, as they opened the game with a 6-0 run.
Women’s Basketball knocked back to reality after 40-point defeat
Coming off from their first conference win against UTA, the Eagles were fired up to play first-in-division Arkansas Little Rock.That fire soon went out when the Trojans came out showing no mercy, going on a 9-0 run to start off the game.Things did not get better from there for the Eagles as the Trojans went on another run, 8-1, and put up a 30-point advantage of 53-23 by the end of the half.
Eagles look to continue win streak this weekend as they begin 3 game roadtrip
Photo by Xxavier Robertson Following an impressive win from a heart stopper of a game last Saturday against Arkansas-Little Rock, the Eagles hope to pick up two more wins this week as they travel to Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State.Out of all three teams, Georgia Southern holds the best record, being 12-5, while CCU is 7-10 and Appalachian State is 8-9.
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