Georgia Southern Eagles women's basketball

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Georgia Southern Eagles
Basketball current event.svg 2024–25 Georgia Southern Eagles women's basketball team
Georgia Southern Eagles wordmark.svg
University Georgia Southern University
Head coach Hana Haden (1st season)
Conference Sun Belt
Location Statesboro, Georgia
Arena Hill Convocation Center
(capacity: 5,500)
Nickname Eagles
ColorsBlue and white [1]
   
NCAA tournament appearances
1993, 1994
AIAW tournament appearances
1982
Conference tournament champions
NSWAC/ASUN: 1987, 1988, 1990
SoCon: 1993, 1994
Conference regular-season champions
1987, 1988 (NSWAC)
1990 (TAAC)
1994, 1998, 2001 (SoCon)

The Georgia Southern Eagles women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Sun Belt Conference and holds matches at Hill Convocation Center. [2]

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History

The Eagles previously played in the New South Women's Athletic Conference from 1985 to 1989, the Trans-Atlantic Athletic Conference (now known as the Atlantic Sun Conference from 1989 to 1992 and the Southern Conference from 1992 to 2014 before joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2014. Georgia Southern made it to the NCAA tournament in 1993 and 1994, losing in the First Round to Alabama 102-70 and 101–53 to North Carolina, respectively. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Eagles have an all-time record of 642–573. [3] [4]

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

The Eagles made two appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, with a combined record of 2–1.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1993 #12First Round#5 AlabamaL 70–102
1994 #14First Round#3 North CarolinaL 53–101

AIAW Division I

The Eagles made one appearance in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a record of 0–1.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1982 First Round Rutgers L 69–79

References

  1. Georgia Southern Visual Identity Guide (PDF). April 19, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  2. "Georgia Southern Athletics". Georgia Southern University.
  3. "Georgia Southern Athletics" (PDF). gseagles.com.
  4. "Georgia Southern Athletics" (PDF). gseagles.com.