Coastal Carolina hosts Georgia Southern following Brown's 28-point game

Updated Dec. 30, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Georgia Southern Eagles (8-6, 1-0 Sun Belt) at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (7-5, 1-0 Sun Belt)

Conway, South Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Coastal Carolina takes on the Georgia Southern Eagles after Jomaru Brown scored 28 points in Coastal Carolina's 77-76 win over the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

The Chanticleers are 5-2 on their home court. Coastal Carolina is 3- when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 12.8 turnovers per game.

The Eagles have gone 1-0 against Sun Belt opponents. Georgia Southern is 1-1 in one-possession games.

The Chanticleers and Eagles match up Saturday for the first time in Sun Belt play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brown is averaging 16.3 points and 1.9 steals for the Chanticleers. Essam Mostafa is averaging 13.8 points over the last 10 games for Coastal Carolina.

Tyren Moore averages 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, scoring 8.1 points while shooting 32.9% from beyond the arc. Andrei Savrasov is shooting 48.8% and averaging 10.6 points over the last 10 games for Georgia Southern.

LAST 10 GAMES: Chanticleers: 5-5, averaging 73.5 points, 34.1 rebounds, 11.1 assists, 7.1 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.3 points per game.

Eagles: 7-3, averaging 71.4 points, 34.1 rebounds, 11.1 assists, 8.5 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.6 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.