2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Taylor Newton
Jon Pearl
Joseph Chapman
Matthew Seaman
Sophia Sutton
Taylor Newton

4 Eren Banks

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Eatonton, Ga.
  • High School Putnam County
  • Prev School Georgia Southern

Biography

AT APP STATE
JUNIOR – 2025-26
» Named to the All-Sun Belt Preseason Team.
» Saw action in 30 games and made 16 starts in his first season in Boone.
» Averaged 6.6 points per game, the sixth-most on the team.
» Shot 37 percent from the floor on 208 attempts.
» Recorded five games scoring in double figures in 2025-26.
» Posted a season-high 18 points against Southern Miss (March 7) at the Sun Belt Tournament.
» Scored 16 points on 7-10 shooting against Dartmouth on Nov. 16.
» Netted 14 points on four 3-pointers against NCAA Tournament participant High Point on Dec. 14.
» Finished third on the team in assists in 2025-26 with 53.
» Led the team in assists seven times, which trailed only Alonzo Dodd and Kasen Jennings.
» Recorded the third-best plus/minus on the team in 2025-26. App State was +140 with him on the floor.
» Tallied 19 steals, which was tied for the fourth-most on the team.

AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN (2023-25)
SOPHOMORE - 2024-25
» Appeared in all 33 games for the Eagles in 2024-25 and started in a team-best 30. 
» Averaged 9.4 points a game, shooting a career-best 46 percent from the field. 
» Buried 52 3-pointers at a 39.7 percent clip, which was the second-highest on the team among qualified shooters. 
» His 39.7 percent 3-point percentage was the second-highest in a season by a Georgia Southern sophomore. 
» Scored in double figures 13 times, with eight of those coming in Sun Belt play. Enters the 2025-26 season with 29 career double-digit point games. 
» Scored 16 points at the Sun Belt Tournament against Southern Miss on March 5. 
» Recorded a season-best 19 points against Coastal Carolina on Jan. 16. 
» Nailed his 100th career 3-pointer against Georgia State on Feb. 28. Has 101 career threes entering 2025-26. 
» Played the most minutes on the team last year, appearing in 948 minutes. 
» Second on the team in assists with 77.
» Dished out a career-best seven assists against ULM on Jan. 2. 
» Grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds against App State on Feb. 20.  
 
FRESHMAN - 2023-24
» Made 30 appearances in his freshman season and started 24 games. 
» Averaged 10.2 points a game, the second-most on the team. 
» One of two Georgia Southern players to record 300 points in 2023-24. 
» Posted back-to-back 20-point games against Buffalo (career-best 25) and Coastal Carolina (21). 
» Became the first Georgia Southern freshman to record back-to-back 20-point games since 2016. 
» Had two stretches of four straight games with at least 10 points.  
» Tallied 14 points at the Sun Belt Tournament against South Alabama on March 7. 
» Led the team in scoring six times in 2023-24. 
» Totaled 16 double-digit point games his freshman year. 
» Shot 39 percent from 3-point land on 126 attempts. 
» Finished second on the team in assists with 57.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
» Scored 1,666 points in his four-year career at Putnam County High School. 
» Labeled as one of the top guards in the 2023 class in the state of Georgia. 
» Averaged 20 points or better in each of his final two seasons. 
» Named second-team all-state in 2022. 
» Totaled 602 points, 148 rebounds, 110 assists and 77 steals in his senior season. 
» Helped lead Putnam County to a top-100 ranking in Georgia his final year.

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