Eagles Top Savannah State and get first win under Heather Macy

STATESBORO, Ga. (WTOC) -For the first time since 2018, Georgia Southern and Savannah State went head to head in women’s basketball.

Before the game Monday, Georgia Southern unveiled their banner for the 2025-26 season where they won the regular season Sun Belt title for the first time in program history.

Savannah State started the game with an 8-2 lead but quickly things changed. The Eagles proceeded to spark a 28-2 scoring run and continued until half going up 58-26.

The Eagles continued to dominate forcing 38 turnovers. They also outrebounded the Lady Tigers 57-32. Georgia Southern grabbed their first win of the season 107-61 and their first under new head women’s basketball coach, Heather Macy.

“It’s better than the other result, we’ll take that. It feels good to win in the Hill. To honor last year’s team pregame, I think that was huge because it gave all of the new guys something to visualize.”

One of the five returners, Kyla Bryant led with a career-high 26 points. Kyla later said “We dropped two on the road so it was nice to get the first win under our belt.”

Coach Macy spoke on facing the Lady Tigers. “Give those guys credit. They came out ready to play, and we responded.”

Georgia Southern is back at the Hill on Saturday at 11am vs Wofford.