MONROE, La.-Georgia State overcame a seven-point second half deficit to earn the Panthers 11th-straight win with a 66-58 victory over UL Monroe on Saturday afternoon at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. Four Panthers finished in double figures as Georgia State tied the school-record for consecutive wins and won for the sixth-straight time on the road, just one shy of a school-record.
Redshirt-junior Ryan Harrow led the Panthers with 18 points and senior Devonta White added 17 including 9-of-10 from the free throw line. White moved into the Panthers top-10 in program history in scoring and now has 1,203 points for his career.
Georgia State (14-6, 7-0 Sun Belt) continued its best ever start in conference play. The Panthers have not lost since an overtime decision at Southern Miss on Dec. 7. The win tied the longest win streak in program history which came just two seasons ago during Ron Hunter's first-season at the helm of GSU.
Redshirt-junior Curtis Washington fell just shy of a double-double with seven points and 11 rebounds, while senior Manny Atkins scored 11 points, pulled down five rebounds and swiping three steals.
R.J. Hunter added 13 points, three blocks and three steals, including a pair late to help secure the win. Georgia State turned the ball over just six times and forced 15 Warhawk turnovers.
Despite 27 points from Tylor Ongwae, ULM fell to 6-9 overall and 3-4 in Sun Belt play. Ongwae scored 17 of his 27 in the first half and added 10 rebounds.
“Winning on the road is hard,” Hunter said. “Coach Richard did a great job getting his team ready with little time between the game today and their game on Thursday night.
“Sometimes when you are a championship team, you just have to try and figure out a way to win and today we were able to do that. It was great to get a pair of wins on the road in Louisiana.”
Trailing 50-43 after Ongwae hit a 3-pointer off the glass as the shot clock expired, Georgia State used a 10-3 run to tie the score at 53-53 with 5:35 to play.
Harrow used one of the Panthers 11 steals to hit a lay-up and give GSU a 57-55 lead with 3:10 to play, a lead the Panthers would never relinquish.
Following a pair of free throws by White, ULM's Daniel Grieves hit a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to get the Warhawks within one, 59-58, with 1:38 to play.
On the Panthers next two possessions, Atkins went a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line to push the Panthers lead to five, 63-58, with 30-seconds to play.
Georgia State finished the game 17-of-21 from the free throw line to overcome shooting 38.6-percent from the floor and just 5-of-17 from 3-point range.
Jayon James added 11 points for ULM while Greaves finished with 10.
Sophomore Markus Crider finished with 21 minutes off the bench for GSU, pulling down three rebounds and swiping two steals.
ULM controlled the pace in the first half leading by as many as six just under five minutes into the game. The Panthers shot just 31.3-percent in the half, but a 3-pointer by Harrow as time expired sent the two teams into the locker room tied at 26-26.
Georgia State will return home for a pair of games facing South Alabama on Thursday at 7 p.m. and UT Arlington on Feb. 1 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by calling 1-866-GA-STATE or visiting GeorgiaStateSports.com