Georgia State’s game scheduled for Saturday against Georgia Southern in Statesboro was postponed Friday because of COVID-19 issues with the Eagles program, Georgia State announced Friday afternoon.

Earlier this week, Georgia State set make-up dates for one of its remaining postponed men’s basketball games and canceled another.

The Panthers will play Appalachian State at 5 p.m. Feb. 23 at the GSU Sports Arena. The teams were scheduled to play two games Feb. 5-6, but only one of the games will be made up. The other was canceled.

The Georgia State women’s team is playing host to Coastal Carolina on Feb. 23 and moved it tipoff to 2 p.m. to allow time for the men’s game later that day.

The Georgia State men’s game against Coastal Carolina that was scheduled for Jan. 15 remains postponed, with no make-up date set.

Next on the schedule for the Panthers (9-5, 3-4 Sun Belt Conference) is a game at Troy at 7 p.m. Tuesday. That game is a make-up game for one of two games scheduled for Jan. 8-9.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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