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Women's Basketball

GSU Welcomes Three Teams for Holiday Classic

GSU will face SC State Saturday and SIUE on Sunday.

Game 10/11: GEORGIA STATE (1-8) vs. SC STATE (1-9)/SIUE (2-7)
Dec. 21/22, 3:30/3:00 PM ET • GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga.
TV: ESPN+ • Live Stats: GeorgiaState.Statbroadcast.com
QUICK NOTES
•    Georgia State hosts the GSU Holiday Classic Saturday and Sunday at the GSU Sports Arena, welcoming SC State, North Alabama and SIUE to town.
•    North Alabama and SIUE will play at 5:30 on Saturday or 30 minutes after GSU vs. SC State. North Alabama will play SC State at 1 p.m. Sunday.
•    The Panthers will face SC State at 3:30 Saturday and SIUE at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Both games will be on ESPN+. 
•    Saturday's contest against SC State will be the first meeting between the two schools. GSU and SIUE will be facing off for the second time. SIUE won the first meeting in 2011-12.
•    Taylor Hosendove ranks 11th in NCAA D-I in rebounding at 11.3 per game and leads the country in offensive rebounds per game with 5.7. Hosendove and Shaq Miller-McCray rank second and fourth, respectively, in the Sun Belt for rebounds per game.
•    The win against NM State on Nov. 29 marked win No. 600 in GSU program history.
•    GSU returns its top two scorers from last season in redshirt junior Jada Lewis (13.6 ppg) and redshirt senior Allison Johnson (11.7 ppg). Lewis was second-team All-Sun Belt last year while Johnson was named to the third team and was the Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year.
•    Jada Lewis was named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team. Georgia State was picked sixth in the conference poll.
•    Only four Panthers that saw action last season return for the 2019-20 campaign. GSU welcomes 11 newcomers including six true freshmen.
•    Georgia State is coming off a historical 2018-19 season in which first-year head coach Gene Hill guided the Panthers to their winningest season since 2003-04 and first postseason appearance (WBI) since 2002-03.
•    Gene Hill's 17 wins last season were the most by a GSU coach in their first season since Joyce Patterson won 28 games as co-head coach in the 1980-81 season.
•    Georgia State made 185 3-point field goals last season to set a new GSU single-season record.
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Players Mentioned

Taylor Hosendove

#11 Taylor Hosendove

F/G
6' 1"
Sophomore
Allison Johnson

#0 Allison Johnson

F
6' 0"
Graduate Student
Jada Lewis

#13 Jada Lewis

G
5' 7"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Taylor Hosendove

#11 Taylor Hosendove

6' 1"
Sophomore
F/G
Allison Johnson

#0 Allison Johnson

6' 0"
Graduate Student
F
Jada Lewis

#13 Jada Lewis

5' 7"
Redshirt Junior
G