KENT, Ohio -- Georgia State, down three starters, got a final basket from the corner from Gaby Moss to earn a 56-55 win over Kent State on Sunday.

Georgia State led from 9:58 to 1:19 on the second-half clock, but Kent State rallied to gain the lead on two free throws by Ashley Evans at 5.3 seconds. A time out by KSU and a time out by GSU then led to an inbounds play to quick point guard Andrews who streaked as if going down the lane for a lay-up and found Moss open in the corner. Her shot nestled through the rim, the refs reviewed the clock and GSU had its fourth win in its last five games. The soft touch of Moss has seen her make 14-of-27 rainbows beyond the 3-point arc this season.

The game had seven ties and seven lead changes with KSU up 22-20 at the half. Kent State's biggest lead was at 33-27 with 12:57 and GSU's coach had gotten a technical. But, GSU scrapped angrily back to tie at 35 with 10:20 to go.  The Panthers continued the up-tempo attack and built a six-point lead at 7:40 at 43-37. That finished a 16-4 run.

GSU maintained its lead at 48-42 with 5:47, but a 9-3 run pulled Kent State even at 1:19. A Harper lay-up put GSU ahead, a field goal and free throw by Nolan put GSU back up 54-53 at 38.4.

Kent State missed a trey with six seconds left, but in the battle for the rebound, GSU was called for the foul and KSU got the two free throws from Evans to re-gain the lead.

Georgia State's bench scored 37 of its 56 points.

Junior Kayla Nolan scored 16 points on 6-of-9 field goals and 4-of-5 free throws. Moss, who leads the Sun Belt in 3-point field-goal percentage (52%), added nine points. Freshman Ashanti Groover came off the bench to score nine points and grab six rebounds. Starting center Brittany Logan was home with an injury and back-up center Haley Gerrin got hurt with five minutes to go in the first half.  Starting guard Ashley Watson was also back in Atlanta, meaning Moss and Nolan were getting more time as a result.

"Gosh, it is good to win a close game on the road," coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener said. "The team battled hard today and didn't get discouraged when we got down early. They didn't drop their head then and came back. And they didn't drop their head when we lost the lead at the end and knew we could still make a play to win.

"A key today is that everyone seemed to play a key role and we got contributions in so many ways from so many people," Baldwin-Tener said. "We play all 12 people we brought on the trip and at various times, different ones were stepping up."

Sophomore Moss was asked about her shot on the postgame radio: "Honestly, I knew it was going in because it felt good leaving my hand," she said. "It was a great feeling to celebrate with the team in front of our bench. I made that last shot but my teammates got us to the point where this shot even mattered."

Georgia State held a 38-27 rebound advantage. GSU shot 52.2% in the second half (12-of-23) after 26.9% in the first half. GSU leads the Sun Belt in free throw percentage (.708) and upped that today with an 80% performance on 16-of-20. And, those 16-of-20 free throws were all made by the bench as the five starters were 0-for-1 from the free throw line.

Georgia State has a week off for final exams before returning Dec. 18 at San Jose and Dec. 20 at Santa Clara.

NOTEBOOK:

• The Sunday win gives GSU back-to-back road wins for the first time since Nov. 21-23, 2010 at Stetson and Bethune-Cookman.
• The defense has limited back-to-back opponents to 54 and 55-points.
• GSU leads the Sun Belt in free throw percentage for the season (.717) on 131-191.
• Gaby Moss leads the Sun Belt in 3-point pct. (.519) on 14-of-27. That's not too shocking since she shot 43.7% for the season outside the arc as a senior in high school, knocking down 50 3-pointers.
• Kendra Long played in her 100th game at GSU on Sunday. She had scored her 1,000th point in the previous game on Tuesday at Kennesaw State. Her 182 3-point baskets made are an ongoing school record. 
• Junior Kayla Nolan's 16 points were her second-highest of the season, following 25 at Stephen F. Austin. She has 21 career double-figure games. With eight more points, she'll hit 500 points for her career.
• Sophomore Morgan Jackson made a trey Sunday to up her season to 5-of-9 outside the 3-point line (.556), giving the Panthers a rare pair over 50% from beyond the arc.
• Only one player has been able to start all 10 games this season, point guard Alisha Andrews. Long has started nine, Moss has started eight. No one else has started more than five. Andrews, who made the game-winning perfect pass to Moss, is almost 2-to-1 on assists to turnovers (49-25).