Women's Basketball 2/22/2021 6:12:00 PM

Panthers Start Home Stretch with Tuesday Contest vs. Coastal Carolina

Game 21: GEORGIA STATE (10-10, 6-7 SBC) vs. COASTAL CAROLINA (3-11, 0-10 SBC)
Feb. 23 • GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga.
TV: ESPN+ • Live Stats: GeorgiaState.Statbroadcast.com

QUICK NOTES
•   Georgia State closes out the regular season with three home games this week, beginning with Coastal Carolina at 2 p.m. Tuesday on ESPN+.
•   The Panthers swept Coastal Carolina on the road back on Jan. 15 and 16. Taniyah Worth scored 16 and 17 points in the two wins.
•   Georgia State's defense ranks second in the Sun Belt and 25th in the NCAA D-1with 88 blocks this season. Hannah Sadler's 1.4 blocks/game rank third in the conference.
•   GSU ranks second in the Sun Belt in 3FG defense, holding opponents to just 27.8% shooting from deep. The Panthers also average 8.8 steals per game, third most in the Sun Belt.
•   The Panthers were one of the youngest teams in D-I last season with six freshmen averaging at least 10 minutes per game. All six freshmen return this season.
•   GSU has five newcomers this season. Taniyah Worth (Alabama) and Hannah Sadler (Old Dominion) both sat out last year due to transfer rules. Elexus Bell came to GSU from Southern Union State CC in Alabama, Deasia Merrill joins GSU after sitting out last season at Kentucky, and Ciara Smith is the lone freshman on the squad.
•   Taylor Hosendove led the team in scoring and rebounding last season and was named to the 2020-21 Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team.
•   Head coach Gene Hill is in his third season at Georgia State. Hill was previously an assistant at N.C. State and was an assistant at Georgia Tech from 2009-12.
•   Of GSU's 14 players, 10 played their prep ball in the state of Georgia. Henderson and Taylor are both from Alabama, Joelle Johnson is from Louisville, Ky., and Kam Dziak calls Amherst, Ohio home.

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