NEW ORLEANS, La. - The No. 11-seeded Georgia Southern women's basketball team saw its season come to a close in the first round of the 2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Championships with a heartbreaking 88-81 triple overtime loss to No. 6-seeded Louisiana on Tuesday evening at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.
Louisiana (16-15) meets third-seeded UT Arlington on Thursday, March 8, in the Quarterfinals at 8:30 p.m. ET. Georgia Southern finishes the season with a 5-25 record. It was the longest game in GS women's basketball history since the Eagles defeated ETSU, 104-101, in four overtimes on January 12, 1998.