ATLANTA -- Among the non-conference games slated for Georgia State's first season in the new Georgia State University Convocation Center and first year under head coach Jonas Hayes, the Panthers will play host to Eastern Kentucky, UNC Asheville, and Texas A&M-Commerce in a three-game round-robin tournament from Nov. 18-20.
 
The 7,500-seat GSU Convocation Center will open this fall as the new home court for Georgia State men's and women's basketball as well as many other campus events.
 
Georgia State's complete 2022-23 schedule will be announced in early fall, but season tickets for the inaugural season at the Convocation Center are on sale now by visiting GeorgiaStateSports.com/ConvocationCenter or calling 404-413-4020 for more information.
 
Named the Georgia State head coach on April 6, Coach Hayes returns to his Atlanta hometown after leading Xavier to the 2022 NIT Championship while serving as the interim head coach. He takes over a Georgia State program that captured the 2022 Sun Belt Conference title and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament, the third NCAA Tournament trip in the last five years and the fifth in the last eight years for the Panthers.
 
Since the 2013-14 season, Georgia State has won more games (187) than any other Division I basketball program in the state of Georgia.
 
Eastern Kentucky is coming off a season in which it ranked in the Top 20 nationally in scoring as well as 3-point field goals and steals. Asheville earned a post-season berth in the 2022 CBI, while Texas A&M-Commerce will be playing its first Division I season after reaching the NCAA Division II Tournament four of the last six years.
 
The schedule for the event (times TBA):
 
Friday, Nov. 18:
Game 1- Eastern Kentucky vs. Georgia State
Game 2- Asheville vs. A&M-Commerce
 
Saturday, Nov. 19: Game 1- A&M-Commerce vs Georgia State
Game 2- Eastern Kentucky vs. Asheville
 
Sunday, Nov. 20:
Game 1- A&M-Commerce vs Eastern Kentucky
Game 2- Asheville vs Georgia State