Women's Basketball 12/17/2021 3:30:00 PM

Panthers Prepare for Holiday Classic

Game 11: GEORGIA STATE (5-5, 0-0 SBC) vs. TULSA (8-0, 0-0 AAC)
Game 12: GEORGIA STATE (5-5, 0-0 SBC) vs. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (0-8, 0-0 Big South)
Dec. 14-15 • 2:00 PM • GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. • TV: ESPN+

QUICK NOTES
•   Georgia State hosts the GSU Holiday Classic Saturday and Sunday at the Sports Arena, featuring the Panthers, Charleston Southern, South Alabama and Tulsa.
•   GSU will face Tulsa Saturday at 2 p.m. and Charleston Southern Sunday at 2 p.m. Both games will be on ESPN+. South Alabama will play Charleston Southern at noon Saturday and Tulsa at noon Sunday.
•   The Panthers are coming off a 61-52 home victory over Florida A&M on Tuesday. GSU is 3-2 at home this season.
•   Ashley Foster leads GSU in scoring at 12.0 ppg through the first 10 games. She scored a career-high 19 points at Florida to open the season and has reached double figures in six games including a 17-point performance Tuesday.
•   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).
•   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.
•   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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