BOONE, N.C. - App State women's basketball goes for its first Sun Belt road sweep since 2015-16 when it faces Georgia Southern on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Hanner Fieldhouse.
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Last Time Out
Led by stellar efforts from
Lainey Gosnell and
Bayley Plummer, App State defeated Georgia State in overtime 64-59 on Thursday in Atlanta. Gosnell scored a season-high 24 points on 10-of-20 shooting with seven rebounds. Plummer put together her sixth double-double of the season with a season-high 16 points and a personal-best 24 rebounds, which is the second-highest outing in a single game in program history. The Mountaineers were trailing 59-55 in overtime before finishing the game on a 9-0 run.
Brooke Bigott scored five of her eight points highlighted by the dagger 3-pointer with 16 seconds left.
Coming Down the Stretch
App State is playing its best ball with four games left in the regular season, posting a 5-2 record over its last seven games and a 4-2 record in February. The Mountaineers have won their last two road games, which is a first this season.
What to Watch for
- Georgia Southern has hit at least 10 3-pointers in four of the past eight games. See if the Black and Gold can contain the Eagles' 3-point attack, as GS is second in the conference in 3-pointers per game.
- During February, Plummer
is averaging a double-double of 11.3 points and 16.0 rebounds in six games, while shooting 50.9 percent from the floor. See if the senior continues her stellar play.
- App State is averaging 10 3-pointers over the past three games against Georgia Southern, including a season-high 12 trifectas earlier this season. Watch if the 3-point attack can be successful.
- Georgia Southern is 1-15 this season when scoring fewer than 70 points. App State is allowing just 53 points per game on 30.5 percent shooting in its last two road wins. See if the defense can continue to step up.
- Also, Gosnell
and Plummer are averaging 33.5 points and 25.0 in the last two road victories, highlighted by 40 combined points and 31 boards on Thursday. Watch if the duo can continue successful road play on Saturday.
Scouting Georgia Southern
- Georgia Southern has hit at least 10 3-pointers in four of the past eight games. See if the Black and Gold can contain the Eagles' 3-point attack, as GS is second in the conference in 3-pointers per game.
- Georgia Southern fell in its last two games after falling to Coastal Carolina 90-74 on Thursday.
- Four players scored in double figures with Tatum Barber scoring a game-high 31 points with nine field goals, five 3-pointers, and eight free throws.
- Nikki McDonald led the team with seven rebounds on top of 13 points.
- Barber leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 12.2 points and 5.6 rebounds.
- The Eagles are 4-6 at home this season.
- During league play, Georgia Southern is second in the league in 3-pointers per game.
- The Eagles are third in rebounding margin at plus-3.1 and in the top four in offensive rebounding percentage, (4th-.344) and defensive rebounding percentage (3rd-.695).
Series History
Despite a 37-24 edge in the all-time series, the Mountaineers are 10-4 over the last 14 meetings, including the previous three matchups. The last time App State won four straight in the series was from the 2011-12/2012-13
seasons.
What's Next
App State will have its final home weekend of the season, hosting the Louisiana schools. The Apps will host Louisiana on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. before facing ULM on Saturday at 2 p.m. for Senior Day.
