Women's Basketball 1/27/2021 12:34:00 PM

Panthers Hit the Road for Mobile

GSU visits South Alabama Thursday and Friday on ESPN+.

Games 12-13: GEORGIA STATE (6-5, 2-2 SBC) at SOUTH ALABAMA (8-6, 5-3 SBC)
Jan. 28-29 • Mitchell Center • Mobile, Ala.
TV: ESPN+ • Live Stats: GeorgiaState.Statbroadcast.com

QUICK NOTES
•   Georgia State hits the road to face South Alabama Thursday and Friday in Mobile. Thursday's contest is set for 7 p.m. ET and Friday's game will start at 5 p.m., both on ESPN+.
•   GSU is coming off a pair of losses at home to Appalachian State. On Friday, Hannah Sadler had a career high 19 points. On Saturday Joelle Johnson scored a career high 17 points.
•   Georgia State's defense ranks third in the Sun Belt and 38th in the country with 20.0 turnovers forced per game. GSU ranks first in the Sun Belt with 4.5 blocks per game.
•   The Panthers are second in the Sun Belt in 3FG made per game at 7.5. GSU leads the Sun Belt in 3FG percentage at 34.6% shooting from deep.
•   The Panthers were one of the youngest teams in D-I last season with six freshmen averaging at least 10 minutes per game. All six freshmen return this season.
•   GSU has five newcomers this season. Taniyah Worth (Alabama) and Hannah Sadler (Old Dominion) both sat out last year due to transfer rules. Elexus Bell came to GSU from Southern Union State CC in Alabama, Deasia Merrill joins GSU after sitting out last season at Kentucky, and Ciara Smith is the lone freshman on the squad.
•   Taylor Hosendove led the team in scoring and rebounding last season and was named to the 2020-21 Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team.
•   Head coach Gene Hill is in his third season at Georgia State. Hill was previously an assistant at N.C. State and was an assistant at Georgia Tech from 2009-12.
•   Four of GSU's top scorers from last season are back. Hosendove (11.4), Henderson (9.4), Tehya Lyons (5.6), and Moriah Taylor (4.9).
•   Of GSU's 14 players, 10 played their prep ball in the state of Georgia. Henderson and Taylor are both from Alabama, Joelle Johnson is from Louisville, Ky., and Kam Dziak calls Amherst, Ohio home.

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