What you need to know:

* Georgia State won a second-straight Sun Belt road game with Saturday's 84-78 win at South Alabama.

* Four Panthers scored in double figures and two players had double-double games: Alisha Andrews had 15 points, 10 assists, while Kennesha Nichols had 10 rebounds and 10 points.

* The Panthers shot better than 50 percent in both halves to run the streak to four straight halves shooting better than 50 percent.

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MOBILE, ALA -  Georgia State roared to a 84-78 win over South Alabama Saturday at the Mitchell Center in Sun Belt women's basketball.

For GSU, it was a double-day of fun as it marked a second-straight conference road win scoring more than 80 points. Point guard Alisha Andrews had a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists. Freshman forward Kennesha Nichols added a double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 points. A pair came off the bench to score in double figures as freshman Makeba Ponder drilled a team-high 19 points with 5 of 10 3-point shots, while senior Brittany Logan pounded in 16 points in the paint with eight rebounds.

GSU's double pleasure included shooting over 50 percent in both halves, with 56.3 (18 of 32 in the first half) and then 58.3 (14 of 24) in the second half. That added up to a 57.1 percent for the game. This was a second straight game over 50 percent (55.1 in Thursday's road win). The Panthers were 47 percent outside the 3-point line (47.1%). This win was the 250^th career head coaching win for Sharon Baldwin-Tener.

Georgia State (10-12, 5-8) had substantial leads most of the way, but South Alabama kept fighting back thanks to 37 points from guard Marquita Daniels. Visiting GSU got the lead into double figures midway through the first half (28-18 at 9:37) and had it at 13 points at 34-21. But, Daniels got hot and cut the lead back to 34-32 at 5:38. GSU went into the locker room with a 43-39 lead.

In the second half, it was déjà vu as GSU built a quick 10-point lead at 55-45 (14:27) only to see the host Jaguars zoom right back to 61-60 at 7:43. Georgia State then went on an 11-0 run to open it back to 72-60 with five minutes to go. USA made its final surge back to 77-72 at 1:53 and then Andrews softly banked in a 12-footer from the side to build the cushion back.

The Panthers held a 34-27 rebound advantage with 12 offensive boards. GSU passed the ball well with 20 assists. GSU's biggest problem was 23 fouls called that saw three players with four fouls (Andrews, Logan and Gerrin) down the stretch and limited their minutes.

“We did a great job as a team today and everyone was doing what they were supposed to do in their specific roles,” coach Baldwin-Tener said. “We are not a one-person team and I am proud of them to win two straight on the road in February. We need to take care of ourselves physically with this Thursday without a game and get ready to battle for the final seven conference games and tournament seeding.”

Georgia State will enjoy its bye Thursday and return to action next Saturday at Texas State.

NOTEBOOK:

• Makeba Ponder led Saturday with 19 points to follow Thursday's 20-point game after missing the previous two games. She made 5 of 10 3-pointers today and had 4 of 9 Thursday.
• Alisha Andrews had her sixth career game with 10 or more assists.
• Andrews had two more steals to leave her four shy of 300 for her career. When she gets those, she will be just the second active player in the NCAA (Brittany Boyd, Cal) to have 1,000 points, 500 assists, 300 rebounds and 300 steals. She has 1,167 points, 547 assists, 324 rebounds and 296 steals.
• Andrews hit two 3-pointers Saturday to give her 193 of those. With seven more, she joins only one other player with the 1,000/500/300/300 and 200 3's.(Brittany Hrynko, DePaul).
  
• Ponder has 50 3-point baskets this season, marking the eighth time a player has made 50 or more in a season. She season record is 69.
• This was GSU's fifth game with 80 or more points this season and 12th of the 22 games with 70 or more points.
• The Panthers had a rebound advantage again Saturday. It was the 13th time this season with a rebound advantage and a 25th time in the last 36 games.
• Kayla Nolan's streak of 111 consecutive games played ended Saturday when she missed with an injury.
• GSU has made 121 3-point baskets (second in Sun Belt) at 5.5 per game. They are second in percentage of 3's made (34.7%).
  
• With another 75% free throw game (12 of 16), GSU is second in the Sun Belt for the season at 71.8 percent.
• The Panthers lead the Sun Belt in rebound margin per game (+2.8).
• Georgia State is in a Sun Belt pack of seven teams separated by three games (from 8-5 to 5-8) sitting between 3rd and 9th-place in the standings with seven games to go.