GSU comes in at 5-2.

5 PM tipoff

I'm guessing Drake will be favored by 12-15 points.

Georgia Southern 117
Drake                       6

Georgia Southern, not State

Thanks - I was confused. 

Sorry.  Too many GSUs and too much turkey.  Fixed now

NWMS fans:
If any of you are planning to come to the 5pm game Saturday, feel free to reach out to me.
I have some seats you can use.  
Some of you have my cell #. 
kb

hoosierbulldog

KENPOM

Drake

80-67

71

12%

                                                                                                                               GSU/ Georgia SOUTHERN games played:

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Mon Nov 4	184	334	Northern Illinois	W, 80-65	74		Home	1-0
Fri Nov 8	181	212	UNC Wilmington	L, 92-84	78		Away	1-1
Mon Nov 11	183	NR	Augusta St.	W, 79-69	72		Home	2-1
Fri Nov 15	177	281	North Carolina Central	W, 80-75	76		Neutral	3-1
Sat Nov 16	182	164	Winthrop	W, 89-87	87		Away	4-1
Sun Nov 17	174	199	William & Mary	L, 102-87	80		Neutral	4-2
Sat Nov 23	212	340	West Georgia	W, 64-54	72		Home	5-2

Drake favored by 13.5, per ESPN

Couple things to watch:

(1) After Charleston, Coach mentioned handing pressure / limiting turnovers as something that the team will work on. This game offers an opportunity to do that. Georgia Southern is 75th of 364 teams in forcing turnovers.
(2) Expect Drake to spend a lot of time at the free throw line. Drake is 12th in the country in free throw attempts per field goal attempt. Georgia Southern is second to last in the country in opponent free throw attempts per field goal attempt. 

How's the crowd?

Anyone else not getting stats

Same. No stats. I’m sure we just don’t have some one to post it

Finally stats updated

Not great, but probably biggest crowd of the season, even with students on break.

Last 7-8 minutes of the half were fugly.

Not nearly as sharp as earlier this week

Looked a lot like a boa constrictor eating, good teams win these games too and I don't believe for a second that GA So is the 8th best team in the Sun Belt.

Just another ho-hum 14 point win for the Dawgs. 🙌🏼

Sometimes you win ugly and when you’re not at your best. Still they held GS under 50 pts and over 30 pts under their average. Another great game from Daniel(the happiest guy in basketball 😎)

It is a win! Got to like that. I’m sure Ben won’t be happy about the turnovers.

Banks is getting more and more comfortable.

Rest of bench sees limited time (well Nate does get minutes and missed his first shot of the year). Alia plays more than Howard and Combs combined. Glad Ben has confidence in him, but hope the others get there soon.

I would like to see him work in more bench guys. Gonna need them down the road

7-0.

Doesn't matter how pretty it was.  A win is a win.  You could tell on the postgame that Coach Mac was disappointed in the offensive performance.  But, like he said, you can never be mad after a win.