The voice of Georgia Baptists since 1822

Log in Subscribe

Banks, Brafford lead Georgia Southern over Coastal Carolina 73-70

Posted Friday, January 19, 2024 8:57 am

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Eren Banks had 19 points and Nate Brafford scored the game's final three points at the free-throw line in the final 26 seconds to help Georgia Southern fend off Coastal Carolina 73-70 on Thursday night.

Banks was 6 of 9 shooting, including 4 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the foul line for the Eagles (3-15, 3-3 Sun Belt Conference). Tyren Moore finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Avantae Parker had 11 points and Brafford scored seven off the bench.

The Chanticleers (5-12, 2-4) were led by John Ojiako, who posted 20 points and nine rebounds. Jon Sanders added 13 points and four assists for Coastal Carolina. In addition, Braeden MacVicar had nine points.

Share with others

Recent news

A plumber and a dentist are praised as heroes in FlyDubai attempted hijacking

JERUSALEM (AP) — A dentist and other passengers wrestled with a violent copilot. A plumber seized the controls of the plane as it plunged toward the desert. And that's after the captain managed to open the cockpit door while being stabbed, helping to save all 174 people on board the Israel-bound flight.

Trump says Iran may be linked to FlyDubai copilot who tried to crash Israel-bound jet

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran may be linked to the FlyDubai copilot who tried to crash an Israel-bound plane as investigators worked to determine why the copilot stabbed the flight's captain, causing the plane to plummet before others on board landed it in Saudi Arabia.

Dual UK-Iranian national arrested over security incident at US-run air base in England

LONDON (AP) — Police on Thursday arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran.

Christa Pike is alive a day after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, her lawyers say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike remained alive and was receiving “lifesaving care” at a hospital, her lawyers said Thursday, a day after she survived a failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder during what Tennessee's governor called a “deeply disturbing” incident.

SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he’s away.

Jared Curtis returns to Athens as Vanderbilt’s starter after flipping from Georgia

Early last December, five-star recruit Jared Curtis flipped his nearly seven-month-long commitment to Georgia and signed a letter of intent with Vanderbilt the next day. Nearly 10 months later, Curtis will return to Athens and take the field at Sanford Stadium as the Commodores’ starting quarterback, in the place that could have been his home field.