NEW ORLEANS - All 14 Sun Belt women's basketball teams control their own destiny heading into their final matchups of the regular season. 

All seven of Friday's games are available on ESPN+. 

TWO AT THE TOP
Troy (24-5, 15-2) and Georgia Southern (22-6, 15-2) are the only two teams in the league that can finish as the top two teams heading into the conference tournament. With 15 league wins each, no other team can catch the pair, meaning both teams will not appear in the conference tournament until the semifinal round on March 8. Should both programs finish 16-2, Georgia Southern would be the top seed as they defeated Troy on January 22, 80-69. The Eagles were selected to finish 10th in the preseason poll, voted on by the leagues head coaches, while Troy was selected to finish third.

GAME OF THE WEEK
Georgia Southern heads to Marshall (23-7, 13-4) on Friday for both programs regular season finale. The two teams met just over a week ago in Statesboro, where the Eagles took down the Herd in commanding fashion, 76-55. In their last meeting Georgia Southern’s Kishyah Anderson had a 21-point, 10-rebound double-double, one of four players on the team to score in the double figures, a consistent theme for the Eagles as they are one of two teams in the league with four players averaging double-digit scoring figures. Marshall was led by Timaya Lewis-Eutsey who had 21-points and five rebounds, the only player to reach double-digit scoring figures for the Herd.

PLAYERS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Multiple Sun Belt players rank within the top 25 of the national rankings at this point in the season. Troy’s Zay Dyer has 21 double-doubles on the year which is the most in the country. The forward is also second in total rebounds (381) and 4th in rebounds per game (13.1). Troy’s Emani Jenkins is tied for third in three pointers per game (3.17) and second in total three pointers (213). Jenkins and Dyer’s teammate Fortuna Ngnwao ranks 13th in rebounds per game (10.7) and tied for ninth in double-doubles (17). Marshall’s Timaya Lewis-Eutsey ranks fourth in the country in steals (108), seventh in steals per game (3.60), sixth in free throws made (202) and 26th in points per game (19.3). Riley Stack of Old Dominion is tied for first in blocks (78) and sixth in blocks per game (2.60).

DUKES ON A RUN
James Madison (21-8, 12-4) is on a eight-game win streak, the current longest in the league. Sitting at fifth in the league standings the Dukes look to stay hot heading into Pensacola with just one game remaining in their regular season. They will face Coastal Carolina on their home court in the regular season finale where they are 14-3 this year, with a win over the Chants already this season. The Dukes were the number one seed heading into last year’s conference tournament and cannot drop below a fifth seed looking ahead to this year’s conference tournament. Since joining the Sun Belt James Madison has never been outside of the top three heading into Pensacola.

IN THE NET
Five Sun Belt teams rank in the top 100 of the NET. James Madison has the best NET at 48, followed by Georgia Southern (71) Troy (73), Arkansas State (91) and Marshall (97).

PARTY IN PENSACOLA
The 2026 Visit Pensacola Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship presented by Air Force Reserve will be held March 3-9, 2026 at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla., The championship game will be televised nationally on ESPNU on Monday, March 9. The 2026 tournament will mark the sixth consecutive season the Sun Belt hosts the event in Pensacola, which will remain at the venue through the 2029-30 campaign. A different program has been crowned champion in each of the first five years in Pensacola: Arkansas State (2025), Marshall (2024), James Madison (2023), UTA (2022) and Troy (2021).

IMPACT PLAYERS – Sun Belt Statistical Leaders
PPG: Timaya Lewis-Eutsey, MAR, 19.3
FG%: Kishyah Anderson, GS, .517
3FG%: Emani Jenkins, TROY, .432
FT%: Saniya Burks, TXST, .871
RPG: Zay Dyer, TROY, 13.1
BPG: Riley Stack, ODU, 2.6
APG: Nakiyah Mays-Price, ULM, 4.7
SPG: Timaya Lewis-Eutsey, MAR, 3.6

WHERE TO WATCH

Date	Time	Matchup	ESPN+
Fri., Feb. 27	4:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina at James Madison	ESPN+
Fri., Feb. 27	4:00 p.m.	Louisiana at Georiga State	ESPN+
Fri., Feb. 27	5:00 p.m.	Georiga Southern at Marshall	ESPN+
Fri., Feb. 27	5:00 p.m.	Troy at South Alabama	ESPN+
Fri., Feb. 27	5:00 p.m.	Texas State at Arkansas State	ESPN+
Fri., Feb. 27	5:30 p.m.	Old Dominion at App State	ESPN+
Fri., Feb. 27	6:30 p.m.	Southern Miss at ULM	ESPN+

All Times CT