Tehya Lyons
Daniel Wilson

Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball to Host Arkansas State Thursday

Panthers return home after three-game road swing.

Game 21: GEORGIA STATE (4-16, 1-8 SBC) vs. ARKANSAS STATE (9-11, 6-3 SBC)
Feb. 6, 6 PM • GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga.
TV: ESPN+ • Live Stats: GeorgiaState.Statbroadcast.com
QUICK NOTES
•    Georgia State hosts Arkansas State Thursday at 6 p.m. and Little Rock Saturday at 2 p.m.
•    The Panthers will look to get revenge on the Red Wolves.  Arkansas State won the first meeting in overtime on Jan. 9 in Jonesboro.
•    Georgia State is coming off a loss at Coastal Carolina. Jada Lewis scored 10 points in the defeat and Taylor Hosendove grabbed 10 rebounds. 
•    Shaq Miller-McCray has 33 blocks in eight Sun Belt games.
•    Shaq Miller-McCray leads the Sun Belt and ranks No. 11 in D-I with 58 blocked shots. The senior's 7.6 rebounds per game is seventh in the Sun Belt.
•    Jada Lewis needs 12 points to become GSU's 22nd member of the 1,000-point club. 
•    Taylor Hosendove continues to be GSU's leading rebounder at 8.7 per game. She ranks fourth in the conference in total rebounds per game.
•    The win against NM State on Nov. 29 marked win No. 600 in GSU program history.
•    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
Jada Lewis

#13 Jada Lewis

G
5' 7"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Taylor Hosendove

#11 Taylor Hosendove

6' 1"
Sophomore
F/G
Jada Lewis

#13 Jada Lewis

5' 7"
Redshirt Junior
G