­ATLANTA – Curtis Washington tied his career-high 17 points, along with eight rebounds and six blocked shots to lead Georgia State to a 71-54 victory over Young Harris Wednesday at the GSU Sports Arena.

Devonta White scored 16 points for Georgia State (3-5), which shot a season-high 62.2-percent from the field.

The 62.2-percent from the floor is tied for the eighth best mark in GSU single-game history and tops in the two-plus seasons under head coach Ron Hunter.

With Washington hitting 8-of-10 field goals, the Panthers were 28-of-45 from the floor, attempting just seven 3-pointers and making one.

“I was really proud of the effort we gave defensively tonight,” Hunter said. “We have played much better defensively in the last two games. Honestly, it is all that we have been working on in practice. We know what our offense is capable of and it will continue to get better, but defensively was where we needed the most work.

“We were able to get Devonta White going tonight and Jaylen Hinton gave us some really good minutes. They gave us a great lift and a great spark when we needed it.”

White, the senior guard from Alpharetta, Ga., moved into 13th place on the Georgia State career scoring list. He now has 1,073 points as he passed Jim Jacobs (1,059) and now stands just one point behind 12th place Lamont McIntosh (1,074).

R.J. Hunter added 14 points for Georgia State, which snapped a four-game losing streak.

Hinton came off the bench to play a career-high 22 minutes, scoring five points and grabbing three rebounds.

Kevin Alitdor scored 16 points to lead Young Harris (5-1), which managed just 33 percent shooting, including 6-for-27 from 3-point range.

The Panthers shot 64 percent from the field in the first half to take a 34-22 lead at the break.

After shooting just 6-of-13 from the free throw line in the first half, the normally reliable free throw shooting team made 8-of-9 in the second half.

Georgia State returns to action Saturday with a road game at Southern Miss at 4 p.m. in Hattiesburg, Miss.