STATESBORO – Athlon Sports Magazine put Georgia Southern guards Tookie Brown and Ike Smith on the Preseason All-Sun Belt Team in its college basketball preview issue.
The publication picks the Eagles to finish fourth in the league behind UTA, Louisiana and Georgia State.
Smith ranked first in the Sun Belt in scoring (19.6 ppg) and field goals made (230), second in free throws made (127) and fifth in field goal percentage (.498) last season. He led the Eagles in scoring in 17 games and scored over 20 points 19 times. He finished the campaign just two points shy of reaching the 1,000-point milestone for his career.