STATESBORO – Using the second 20-point effort of the season from and a double-double from , Georgia Southern men's basketball (5-2) closed out Hanner Fieldhouse with a 64-54 win over West Georgia (0-6) on Saturday.
Early on, it was a defensive battle with the score knotted at nine with under 12 minutes remaining. Holiman drained a three following the timeout to push the Eagles up 16-12 at the under-eight.
UWG went the next three minutes without recording a point with the Eagles beginning to pull away. , who recorded 10 of the Eagles 24 first-half points, drove for a nice score and made it a 24-17 game with 1:12 left, which would remain the score until halftime.