^{­ATLANTA-Senior Ryan Harrow led the Panthers with 22 points and redshirt-junior Kevin Ware scored a career-high 21 points on his 22nd birthday to lead Georgia State to an 82-69 win over UALR on Saturday afternoon at the GSU Sports Arena.}

^{For the second straight game, Georgia State used a late run to secure the win. Leading 61-55 with six minutes to play, Georgia State went on a 15-0 run to take a 76-55 lead with under two minutes to play and never looked back.}

^{Harrow finished 8-of-13 from the floor and knocked down three 3-pointers, dishing out a pair of assists.}

^{Ware shot 8-of-14 from the floor, knocking down 4-of-4 from the free throw line and adding six rebounds and five assists. The Panthers finished the game 22-of-30 from the charity stripe. Ware came off the bench just a minute into the game when senior Ryann Green took an accidental elbow to the mouth and had a tooth displaced.}

^{Georgia State (9-4, 2-0 Sun Belt) extended its home court winning streak to 18 games and have now won 31 of its last 38 games dating back to last season. The 9-4 start is tied for the third-best 13-game start in program history.}

^{The Panthers have also won 19 of their first 20 conference games since returning to the Sun Belt last season.}

^{UALR (5-7, 0-2 Sun Belt) lost its second-straight Sun Belt game, having opened league play facing the two teams predicted to finish 1-2 in conference play.}

^{Junior R.J. Hunter, who was held to just a 3-pointer in the first half, finished with 14 and moved ahead of Devonta White into third-place on Georgia State's all-time scoring list with 1,394 points. He finished 9-of-10 from the free throw line and grabbed three boards.}

^{“UALR did a great job of throwing some defenses at us that we have not seen,” head coach Ron Hunter said. “It took our guys a little bit of time to figure it out, when we did, we were able to utilize Kevin Ware who had a great game for us.}

^{“Kevin's confidence was really high today. He got some early open shots to fall and was able to continue that all game. We have known that play like that was coming, it was just a matter of time.”}

^{UALR took an early 17-12 lead, its biggest of the game, with 12:45 to play as the two teams shared six ties and four lead changes in the first 20 minutes.}

^{Tied at 27-27, Georgia State used a 7-0 run capped by a 3-pointer by Harrow to build its biggest lead of the first half, seven points, with 3:13 to play. The Panthers went into the half leading 37-32 after shooting 58.3 percent from the floor and 57.1 percent from 3-point range.}

^{Harrow finished with 15 points in the opening 20 minutes, while Ware added 10.}

^{Leading 54-51 with 9:14 to play, UALR's Josh Hagins picked up a technical foul on a Harrow lay-up. R.J. Hunter made the two technical free throws, followed by two makes by Harrow to extend the lead to seven. On the next possession, Hunter made one more free throw to push the lead to 59-51 with 8:02 remaining.}

^{Juniors T.J. Shipes and Markus Crider each scored seven points and added three steals. The Panthers finished with 13 steals and forced 17 UALR turnovers.}

^{Freshman Jordan Session added six points and four rebounds in just nine minutes off the bench.}

^{Ben Dillard and James Reid led the Trojans with 14 points each, while James White from nearby Jonesboro, Ga., added 12 points and four blocked shots.}

^{Georgia State will conclude its three-game Sun Belt home-stand on Monday facing Texas State at 7 p.m. ET. Tickets are available by calling 1-866-GA-STATE or by visiting GeorgiaStateSports.com.}