­HATTIESBURG, Miss.-Georgia State overcame an 11-point second half deficit to tie the game, but Southern Miss hit a late 3-pointer and pulled away in overtime to earn a 75-65 victory on Saturday afternoon at Reed Green Coliseum.

Trailing 51-40 with 8:54, the Panthers came back and took a five-point lead with under a minute to play, but Neil Watson for Southern Miss hit a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds to remaining to send the game to overtime. In the extra period, Southern Miss outscored GSU 14-4 to improve to 8-1 on the season.

Georgia State (3-6) lost for the fifth time on the road this season and seventh-straight overtime game dating back to 2011.

Ryan Harrow led Georgia State with 20 points and keyed the Panthers second-half comeback scoring seven-straight Panther points late in the game.

R.J. Hunter added 15 points for the Panthers, while senior Manny Atkins scoring 14 and senior Devonta White adding 13.

“Obviously I am disappointed that we lost the game,” head coach Ron Hunter said. “But I am proud at how our team fought back in the second half. Despite adversity and foul trouble, we played smart on offense and solid on defense to give ourselves a chance to win.”

Trailing by 11, Harrow led a 15-3 run as Georgia State took a 55-54 lead with 3:25 to play, the Panthers first lead of the second half.

With two seconds on the shot clock and the ball out of bounds, White inbounded to Hunter who hit a quick jumper to give GSU a five-point lead, 59-54 with under a minute to play.

Aaron Brown came down the court and nailed a 3-pointer with 38 seconds to play for Southern Miss, which finished regulation on a 7-2 run. The momentum helped the Golden Eagles score the first seven points of overtime with Daveo Boardingham scoring the first five for the Golden Eagles.

Watson finished with 18 points which led Southern Miss, while Michael Craig added a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Aaron Brown finished with 14 points and Boardingham chipped in 12 as four Golden Eagles finished in double figures.

Pushing the ball inside, Georgia State took an early lead over Southern Miss, 9-2, holding the Golden Eagles without a field goal for nearly the first five minutes of the game.

With his first basket, Devonta White moved ahead of Lamont McIntosh (2000-04) and into 12th-place on GSU's all-time scoring list.

Trailing 18-15, Ryan Harrow hit back-to-back 3-pointers as the Panthers retook the lead 21-20 with 3:58 to play in the first half.

The Panthers held the Golden Eagles without a field goal for nearly eight minutes to end the half, but Southern Miss made 14 free throws and ended the half on a 10-0 run to lead 32-24 at the break.

Southern Miss went 17-of-21 from the free throw line in the first half, while Georgia State did not make one free throw attempt.

Southern Miss finished the game making 31-of-44 free throws, while the Panthers went 13-of-17 from the line. The Golden Eagles outrebounded the Panthers 44-34.

Southern Miss' bench outscored the Panthers bench 31-1 as neither team shot 40-percent from the floor or 30-percent from 3-point range.

Georgia State will now take the week off before facing former conference-foe Old Dominion in the Sports Arena on Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.