Game 19: GEORGIA STATE (5-13) vs. SOUTH ALABAMA (7-11)

Jan. 26, 2017, 12:00 p.m. ET • Mitchell Center • Mobile, Ala.

Radio: GeorgiaStateSports.com

2016-17 RECORDS

Georgia State: 5-13, 1-6 Sun Belt

H: 2-7, A: 2-4, N: 1-2

South Alabama: 7-11, 2-5 Sun Belt

H: 3-5, A: 3-5, N: 1-1

HEAD COACH

Sharon Baldwin-Tener (Georgia, 1991)

GSU: 73-125 (7th Yr.)

Career: 268-267 (18th Yr.)

SERIES RECORDS

All-time Series: 5-5

H: 3-2, A: 1-3, N: 1-0

First Meeting: 1980-81

Last Meeting: 1/7/17

GEORGIA STATE ON THE AIR

Radio: GeorgiaStateSports.com

Play-by-play: John Morgo

Internet: Live stats at GeorgiaStateSports.com

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

• Georgia State plays South Alabama and Troy this week for the second time this season.

• The Panthers have lost six games in a row with each of the last four games being single-digit decisions.

• Jada Lewis has turned it on in conference play and is averaging 12.3 points per game in Sun Belt games.

• In three league games on Thursdays, Jada Lewis is averaging 19.7 points per game.

• Georgia State lost to South Alabama in the first meeting this season in Atlanta. Astaja Tyghter finished that game with 13 points and eight rebounds.

• Georgia State is third in the Sun Belt in rebounding, averaging 40 a game.

• The Panthers average more than 16 offensive boards a game which is 20th in Division-I.

• Tiffany Holston is averaging 9.5 rebounds per game which is 46th most in Division-I. Her 162 total rebounds is second in the Sun Belt.

• Makeba Ponder is fourth in the Sun Belt with nearly two 3-pointers per game.

• Georgia State was picked to finish ninth in the Sun Belt Preseason Poll after a 10th place finish last season.

• Makeba Ponder earned All-Sun Belt Preseason Second-Team honors for the second year in a row.

• Georgia State won its Sun Belt Conference opener for the fourth straight season with a 58-54 win over rival Georgia Southern in Statesboro on Dec. 31.