App State traveled to Pensacola, Florida, March 5 to compete in the Sun Belt Tournament, an event it won in 2021. The second-seeded Mountaineers opened the tournament with a 73-60 victory in the quarterfinals over the 10th-seeded Georgia Southern Eagles.
“It was a great team win against a good team,” said head coach Dustin Kerns after the victory. “As we’ve already seen in this tournament, every game is really tough.”
Earlier that day, three other Sun Belt Conference games took place. One featured the top-seeded Texas State Bobcats’ fall to the eighth-seeded Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, making the Mountaineers the highest remaining seed in the tournament.