ATLANTA -- Alisha Andrews scored 20 points and Brittany Logan notched career highs with 17 points and 17 rebounds to lead Georgia State to an 85-77 victory over Sun Belt foe UL Monroe Wednesday at the GSU Sports Arena.
Georgia State won for the second time this week in its three-game homestand and has won seven of its last 10 games. It gave GSU a season sweep over ULM.
In this back-and-forth game with eight lead changes and seven ties, the Panthers broke from the last tie at 58-58 at 8:40 with a 6-0 run to go up 64-58 with 6:30. ULM squeezed back to 66-64 at 4:30, but host GSU again went ona 6-0 burst to make it 72-64 with 2:58.
Georgia State (8-5 Sun Belt, 12-13 overall) continued to make its free throws down the stretch, making 19 of 21 charity tosses in the second half and 28 of 35 for the game.
Five Panthers scored in double figures as high-scoring GSU topped 75 points for a fourth straight game and 80 points for a third consecutive game. Point guard Andrews netted her 20 points, thanks to 8-for-8 free throws to run her streak to 18 consecutive made.
Logan, the 6-foot-4 junior center in her first year at GSU, had the 17 points,17 rebounds and four blocked shots to best her equally impressive 16-point, 15-rebound on Jan. 23 against UL Lafayette. Logan added 9-of-11 free throws, with 7-of-9 made in the second half.
Sophomore forward Morgan Jackson stepped up with a personal-best 15 points, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Leading scorer Kendra Long added 13 more points and five assists as she became the 13th GSU player to ever score 1,200 or more points. Junior guard Ashley Watson added 11 more points and four more assists.
ULM (5-8, 9-16) had four players in double figures, paced by guard Alexar Tuglar's 18 points on 5-of-7 from 3-point range. The Warhawks hurt themselves by making just 15-of-27 free throws (55.6%).
Georgia State dominated on the boards with a 47-36 rebound advantage and blocked four shots. The Panthers' presence held ULM to 37.8% shooting in the second half and 39.1% for the game.
"You need to win at home and it's a good start to get the two so far this week," coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener said as the Panthers improve to 5-2 at home in Sun Belt play. "We're playing to win at the end and making the free throws and getting the rebounds now when we need to. Sometimes you can win games at the free throw line and tonight was probably one of those by cashing in like we did in the second half."
Logan, a junior college transfer who did not play last year, is rounding back into her NJCAA All-American form. She has scored in double figures in seven of the last nine games, had double-figure rebounds in six of the nine and had six double-double games in the past nine.
GSU used its team speed to score 28 fast-break points tonight. The Panthers also shot well outside the 3-point line, making 9-of-21 (42.9%) for a seventh game with eight or more made this season, upping the season total to 135 made.
The Panthers finish the home stand on Saturday at 6 p.m. against UL Lafayette. That game is part of a televised doubleheader with the GSU men on Comcast (CSS) TV. It is also Alumni Day and Smyrna Day, in honor of Coach Baldwin-Tener's hometown.
