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College Basketball -
Southern Conference
Georgia Southern Eagles
Location: Statesboro, Georgia
University Founded: 1906
Enrollment: 16,841 
Nickname: Eagles
Mascot:
GUS the Eagle
School Colors:
Blue and White
Joined the SoCon: 1991
Varsity Teams: 14
U. President: Dr. Bruce Grube
Director of Athletics: Samuel Baker
Basketball Head Coach: Jeff Price
Conference Titles: 2002, '04, '06
Basketball Arena: Hanner Fieldhouse
Current Capacity: 4,358
First Year of Basketball: 1926 |
Twenty six years after the foundation of the Georgia Southern University, the basketball team was born and reached an overall record of 3-4.
A year after joining the Southern Conference in 1991, the “Eagles” as they are called, climbed up to the 2nd place. While the Spartans took the Southern Conference North Division Title, the Eagles snatched the Southern Conference South Division Title.
Since their appearance in 1991 in the South Division of the Southern Conference, they managed to brought home three Southern Conference South Division Championship trophies.
All of those titles, were under the |
leadership of a multi-awarded head coach Jeff Price. Coach Jeff Price owns a 293-153 overall mark in 15 years of coaching and is 157-111 at Georgia Southern University.
Lately, Luois Graham, one of the Eagle’s roster, earned the top coach and player awards given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club and is the State of Georgia Men’s College player of the Year.
Georgia Southern 2007-08 Schedule
| Date |
Opponent |
Time/Result |
Record |
| November 12 |
at
Florida State |
L 92-67 |
0-1 |
| November 16 |
at
Cleveland State |
W 72-70 |
1-1 |
| November 17 |
UAB |
W 59-57 |
2-1 |
| November 18 |
at
Stetson |
W 68-55 |
3-1 |
| November 23 |
at
Furman |
W 68-63 |
4-1 (1-0) |
| November 26 |
Mercer |
W 80-69 |
5-1 |
| December 1 |
Appalachian State |
W 85-72 |
6-1 (2-0) |
| December 10 |
Fort Valley State |
W 93-73 |
7-1 |
| December 15 |
at
Florida |
L 52-49 |
7-2 |
| December 20 |
Asbury |
W 82-51 |
8-2 |
| December 28 |
at
Texas A&M-CC |
W 78-69 |
9-2 |
| December 29 |
Rhode Island |
L 85-80 |
9-3 |
| January 3 |
at
Davidson |
L 92-67 |
9-4 (2-1) |
| January 5 |
at
UNC Greensboro |
L 79-67 |
9-5 (2-2) |
| January 10 |
Charleston |
W 96-90 |
10-5 (3-2) |
| January 12 |
at
Citadel |
W 73-52 |
11-5 (4-2) |
| January 17 |
at
Elon |
W 67-57 |
12-5 (5-2) |
| January 19 |
at Appalachian State |
L 88-81 |
12-6 (5-3) |
| January 24 |
Wofford |
L 86-79 |
12-7 (5-4) |
| January 26 |
Furman |
W 62-53 |
13-7 (6-4) |
| January 28 |
at
Western Carolina |
W 69-58 |
14-7 (7-4) |
| January 31 |
at
Chattanooga |
L 96-91 |
14-8 (7-5) |
| February 4 |
UNC Greensboro |
W 80-78 |
15-8 (8-5) |
| February 7 |
Western Carolina |
W 72-63 |
16-8 (9-5) |
| February 9 |
Chattanooga |
W 81-61 |
17-8 (10-5) |
| February 14 |
at Wofford |
W 77-66 |
18-8 (11-5) |
| February 16 |
Elon |
W 59-44 |
19-8 (12-5) |
| February 20 |
Citadel |
W 98-68 |
20-8 (13-5) |
| February 23 |
at
Austin Peay |
L 80-72 |
20-9 |
| February 28 |
at Charleston |
L 91-86 |
20-10 (13-6) |
| March 1 |
Davidson |
L 89-69 |
20-11 (13-7) |
| March 8 |
Charleston |
L 87-73 |
20-12 (13-7) |
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