Women's Basketball 12/14/2016 12:41:00 PM Georgia State Sports Communications

After Long Break, Panthers Ready for Crimson Tide

Game 9: GEORGIA STATE (4-4) vs. ALABAMA (7-1)
Dec. 15, 2016, 12:30 p.m. ET • Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Radio: 1340 The Fan 3 • TV: SEC Network+

2016-17 RECORDS
Georgia State: 4-4, 0-0 Sun Belt
H: 2-1, A: 1-1, N: 1-2
Alabama: 7-1, 0-0 SEC
H: 7-0, A: 0-1, N: 0-0

HEAD COACH
Sharon Baldwin-Tener (Georgia, 1991)
GSU: 72-116 (7th Yr.)
Career: 267-258 (18th Yr.)

SERIES RECORDS
All-time series: 1-9
H: 0-4, A: 1-5, N: 0-0
First meeting: 1977-78
Last Meeting: 2015-16

GEORGIA STATE ON THE AIR
Radio: 1340 The Fan 3
Play-by-play: John Morgo

TV: SEC network+
Play-by-play: Eli Gold
Color: Rick Moody
Reporter: Hannah Chalker

Internet: Live stats at GeorgiaStateSports.com

GET READY FOR THE GAME...IN 140 CHARACTERS OR LESS

• Georgia State will play its first game in 12 days Thursday at Alabama. The Panthers' last game was against Georgia Tech on Dec. 3.
• Thursday's game will be the 11th meeting all-time between Georgia State and Alabama.
• Georgia State played at Alabama last season and was in front after the first quarter, but the Crimson Tide pulled away late to win 72-56.
• The Panthers have 22 wins versus SEC opponents all-time. GSU has more wins against Georgia (10) than any other SEC school.
• Georgia State's last win over a Power-5 school was an 82-75 win at Clemson on Nov. 22, 2008.
• The Panthers average 18 offensive boards a game which is ninth most in Division-I.
• Tiffany Holston is averaging 9.5 rebounds per game which is 37th most in Division-I.
• Newcomers Tiffany Holston and Jada Lewis are combining for more than a third of GSU's points this season.
• The Panther defense earns more than 10 steals per game to rank 60th in Division-I. Seven different players have eight or more steals on the year.
• Makeba Ponder earned All-Sun Belt Preseason Second-Team honors for the second year in a row.
• Makeba Ponder needs just five three-pointers to move into third place in GSU's record books for career treys.
• Georgia State was picked to finish ninth in the Sun Belt Preseason Poll after a 10th place finish last season.
• Georgia State went 5-4 in non-conference games last season.