Georgia Southern hosts Jacksonville following Battle's 26-point game

Published Dec. 5, 2024 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Jacksonville Dolphins (5-3) at Georgia Southern Eagles (5-2)

Statesboro, Georgia; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Jacksonville visits Georgia Southern after Edyn Battle scored 26 points in Jacksonville's 84-70 win against the Hofstra Pride.

The Eagles have gone 2-0 in home games. Georgia Southern is eighth in the Sun Belt in rebounding with 34.6 rebounds. Indya Green paces the Eagles with 8.1 boards.

The Dolphins are 1-2 in road games. Jacksonville has a 0-1 record in one-possession games.

Georgia Southern scores 64.1 points per game, 0.2 more points than the 63.9 Jacksonville gives up. Jacksonville's 36.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.0 percentage points lower than Georgia Southern has given up to its opponents (39.4%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Nicole Gwynn is scoring 12.7 points per game with 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists for the Eagles.

Battle is averaging 19.4 points for the Dolphins.

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