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Women's basketball star returns with new mindset to take the Sun Belt by storm

Alexis Brown (4) put up record numbers last season as a junior.

Photo by Jaren Stephens

Georgia Southern women’s basketball star Alexis Brown hopes to exceed her Second-Team All-Sun Belt billing as the team looks to make a leap forward in the 2019-20 season.

After scoring the most single season points for an Eagle in 25 years, Brown expects to raise the team’s record in Coach Anita Howard’s first year.

“[The staff has been] teaching me to push myself when I’m tired,” she said. “I used to be afraid to get tired so I could protect myself.