STATESBORO, Ga. - The college basketball season is officially upon us, and both the Georgia Southern men's and women's basketball programs were in the spotlight at the third annual Hoops Tipoff Breakfast on Wednesday morning at Hanner Fieldhouse.
Eagle fans, boosters and local businessmen and businesswomen had breakfast on the Hanner Fieldhouse arena floor and heard from head women's basketball coach Kip Drown, women's basketball senior Trellanie English-Lurry, head men's basketball coach Mark Byington and men's basketball senior Jake Allsmiller.
Coming off of a 9-9 Sun Belt Conference season in 2016-17, Coach Drown's team is a young squad, with nine of the 14 players on the roster either sophomores or freshmen.