Panthers Start Season Tuesday at Florida

Game 1: GEORGIA STATE (0-0, 0-0 SBC) at FLORIDA (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Nov. 9 • 5:00 p.m. • Exactech Arena at O'Connell Center • Gainesville, Fla.
TV: SEC Network+ • Live Stats: GeorgiaState.Statbroadcast.com

QUICK NOTES
•   Georgia State opens the season Tuesday at Florida in Gainesville. It's the first meeting between the two sides since the Panthers started their 2017-18 season with the Gators.
•   GSU leads the all-time series with Florida 5-3 but the Gators have won the last two meetings. GSU lost in Gainesville to open the 2017-18 season.
•   The Panthers return five players that started 10 or more games last season. The key returners for GSU include Taniyah Worth (8.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg), Hannah Sadler (8.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg), Tehya Lyons (6.1 ppg, 46 assists), and Kam Dziak (5.0 ppg, 30 3FG made).
•   Two of GSU's freshmen will be making their collegiate debuts in their home state Tuesday. Nyla Jean played at Plant H.S. in Tampa and Mikyla Tolivert played for Palm Bay in Melbourne and was the 2020 Florida Dairy Farmer's Miss Basketball. Tolivert was also the Florida 5A Player of the Year.
•   The Panthers recorded their second winning season in the last three years in 2020-21 and earned the No. 2 seed from the east at the Sun Belt Championship. It was GSU's first No. 2 seed since 2001.
•   GSU returns 10 players overall and welcomes five newcomers. Head coach Gene Hill also welcomed a new assistant coach in the offseason, Roddreka Rogers.
•   Of the 15 Panthers on this year's roster, eight are from Georgia, two from Alabama, two from Florida, one from Maryland, one from Ohio, and one from Israel.
•   Florida is the first of two SEC opponents GSU will face this season. The Panthers will visit Knoxville, Tenn., on Dec. 12 to take on the Volunteers on SEC Network+.
•   GSU hosts three straight home games after Tuesday's opener on the road. The Panthers welcome Tennessee State (Nov. 12), Life U. (Nov. 14), and Brewton-Parker (Nov. 17) to the Sports Arena in downtown Atlanta.
•   Georgia State begins conference play Dec. 30 at home against Little Rock. The Panthers were picked seventh in the preseason coaches' poll.

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