STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern officially kicked off basketball season with the second annual Hoops Tipoff Breakfast, sponsored by Beacon Place luxury apartments, Wednesday morning in Hanner Fieldhouse.
Local businessmen and businesswomen and Eagle fans had breakfast on the Hanner Fieldhouse arena floor and heard from women's basketball coach Kip Drown and men's basketball coach Mark Byington about the upcoming season. Student-athletes Patrice Butler from the women's team and Shawn O'Connell and Devonte Boykins from the men's team also spoke.
The women return all five starters from last season, Angel McGowan was named Preseason First-Team All-Sun Belt and Butler earned third-team honors.