2017-2018 Georgia Southern Eagles

2017-2018 Georgia Southern Eagles Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
10 Jake Allsmiller Sr G 6-5 185 Oct 19, 1995 Nashville (TN) United States Christ Presbyterian Academy
4 Tookie Brown Jr PG 5-11 180 Nov 22, 1995 Madison (GA) United States Morgan County High School
35 Tyshaun Crawford RS-Fr C 7-1 264 Aug 10, 1999 Griffin (GA) United States Griffin High School
25 David Georgiev So F 6-7 200 Jun 30, 1997 Skopje North Macedonia American International School of Bucharest
5 B.J. Gladden Sr F 6-6 210 Jun 17, 1995 Charlotte (NC) United States Olympic High School
0 Montae Glenn Jr PF 6-8 230 May 17, 1997 Carrollton (GA) United States Carrollton High School
1 Jared Hamilton So GF 6-4 203 Mar 2, 1995 Charlotte (NC) United States St. Frances Academy
2 Mike Hughes Sr G 6-3 190 Oct 8, 1996 Winston-Salem (NC) United States Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy
13 Quan Jackson Fr SG 6-4 190 Oct 24, 1997 Tallahassee (FL) United States Amos P. Godby High School
24 David-Lee Jones, Jr. So G 6-0 175 Jul 7, 1998 Tampa (FL) United States A.P. Leto High School
21 Tione Jones Sr G 5-8 165 - Hoschton (GA) United States Mill Creek High School
11 Shawn O'Connell Jr F 6-8 205 Dec 7, 1995 Roswell (GA) United States Milton High School
30 Deshaven Reynolds So G 5-11 165 Jun 1, 1994 Madison (GA) United States Morgan County High School
14 Coye Simmons Sr F 6-8 240 Jun 30, 1995 Winston-Salem (NC) United States Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy
3 Ike Smith Jr SF 6-4 210 Jul 5, 1997 Gainesville (FL) United States Gainesville High School
- Nigel White Fr G 6-2 190 - Atlanta (GA) United States N/A

Georgia Southern Transfers Sitting Out 2017-2018

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Simeon Carter Jr PF 6-8 215 Apr 30, 1996 Charlotte (NC) United States Iowa State

Recent Georgia Southern Eagles History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 9-24 (8-10) 7th (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 17-16 (9-9) 7th (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 13-16 (5-11) 10th (Sun Belt) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 13-13 (7-9) 9th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 20-13 (12-8) 4th (Sun Belt) 4th Rnd N/A
2018-2019 21-12 (12-6) 2nd (Sun Belt) 4th Rnd N/A
2017-2018 21-12 (11-7) 3rd (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 18-15 (11-7) 3rd (Sun Belt) 2nd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2015-2016 14-17 (10-10) 5th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 22-9 (14-6) 2nd (Sun Belt) Runner Up N/A
2013-2014 15-19 (6-10) 7th (SoCon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 14-19 (7-11) 8th (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 15-15 (12-6) 2nd (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 5-27 (1-17) 12th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 9-23 (6-12) 8th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 8-22 (5-15) 10th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 20-12 (13-7) 2nd (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 15-16 (7-11) 6th (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 20-10 (11-4) 1st (SoCon) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2004-2005 18-13 (10-6) 2nd (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 21-8 (11-5) 2nd (SoCon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 15-13 (8-8) 6th (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A

2017-2018 Georgia Southern Eagles Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tookie Brown NABC All-District (24) First Team
Tookie Brown All-Sun Belt First Team
Tookie Brown Sun Belt Player of the Week (Dec 12, 2017)
Tookie Brown Sun Belt Player of the Week (Mar 5, 2018)

2017-2018 Georgia Southern Eagles Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Brown M. Hughes I. Smith J. Allsmiller M. Glenn
Rotation D. Jones, Jr. Q. Jackson B. Gladden S. O'Connell  
Rotation   J. Hamilton   C. Simmons  
Lim PT D. Reynolds        
Lim PT T. Jones        

2017-2018 Georgia Southern Eagles Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Tookie Brown 32 32.3 18.9 4.1 4.3 1.8 0.3 2.5
Ike Smith 28 25.3 12.0 4.2 0.9 0.5 0.7 2.2
Mike Hughes 33 30.6 11.3 4.5 1.7 1.0 0.4 1.5
Montae Glenn 30 25.6 9.0 8.1 0.4 0.7 1.4 1.1
Jake Allsmiller 33 25.7 8.6 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.4
Quan Jackson 33 20.9 7.1 3.2 0.9 1.5 0.3 1.0
Jared Hamilton 8 18.9 6.5 2.5 0.8 1.0 0.1 1.1
Shawn O'Connell 32 12.4 3.3 3.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.5
David-Lee Jones, Jr. 30 10.1 3.0 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.9
B.J. Gladden 28 11.1 2.8 2.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.6
Coye Simmons 33 11.7 2.2 3.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5
Deshaven Reynolds 5 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
Tione Jones 5 1.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0

2017-2018 Georgia Southern Eagles Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Mark Byington Head Coach 2013-2014 Assistant Coach (Virginia Tech, 2012 to 2013)
Andrew Wilson Assistant Coach 2013-2014 Assistant Coach (Binghamton, 2012 to 2013)
Larry Dixon Assistant Coach 2013-2014 N/A
Ben Betts Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Fort Wayne, 2014 to 2015)
Tom Kleinlein Athletic Director 2012-2013 N/A
Kyle Speer Director of Strength and Conditioning 2014-2015 N/A
Alex Meltzer Director of Basketball Operations 2017-2018 Graduate Assistant (Georgia Southern, 2015 to 2017)
Brandy Clouse Director of Sports Medicine 2014-2015 N/A
Nick Sparacio Athletic Trainer 2015-2016 N/A
Chad Jackson Director of Communications 2017-2018 Director of Communications (Armstrong Atlantic, 1998 to 2017)