DELAND, Fla. – The Georgia Southern women's basketball team got off to a slow start in the first quarter of the 28th Hatter Classic and were never able to fully dig out of the hole, ultimately falling 79-57 to the host of the tournament, Stetson University in the tournament's first game.
The Eagles (3-5) had little answer for Stetson's Brianti Saunders who accounted for 40 of the Hatters' 79 points, setting a school record for most points scored in a single game in the process. Saunders, who also matched the Hatter Classic individual points scored record set in 1988, went 12-for-16 from the field including 4-for-6 from three-point range and added eight rebounds in 35 minutes of work.