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Men's Basketball

Panthers Open Defense of Sun Belt Titles with 83-77 Win Over UT Arlington

Box Score ATLANTA-Coming off a stretch of 12 days without a game, four Panthers scored in double figures as Georgia State earned an 83-77 win over UT Arlington to open defense of its back-to-back Sun Belt Conference titles on Thursday night at the GSU Sports Arena.

Senior Damon Wilson tied a career-high with 22 points and six rebounds, while junior Kane Williams just missed a double-double with 17 points and nine boards. Freshman Jalen Thomas made his third-straight start and scored a career-high 11 points while grabbing five rebounds.

Georgia State (7-3, 1-0 Sun Belt) extended its winning streak to six-straight games and won for the 10th-straight time at home dating back to last season. The 10-game stretch is tied for the fourth-longest in school history.

UT Arlington (4-8, 0-1 Sun Belt) lost for the fourth-straight time and for the fifth-straight time to the Panthers, including the last two Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship games.

The Mavericks were led by David Azore who scored 23 points as UTA went a perfect 17-of-17 from the free throw line, but in turning the ball over 20 times proved to be too much to overcome.

"Always good to win a conference game and always important to win a conference game at home," head coach Rob Lanier said. "With that said, it was a frustrating game. Coach Ogden is a very good coach who I coached when he was in college and then coached with him. I thought he did a great job of keeping us off balance with some of the things they did defensively. I felt like our offense started to effect our defense and that is a credit to them."

Trailing by two, Georgia State used an early 14-0 run to take a 20-8 lead halfway through the first half.

The Panthers pushed the lead to as many as 11 before the Mavericks bounced back with a 6-0 run to cut Georgia State's lead to 25-20 with 6:17 to play. UT Arlington used an 10-0 run just minutes later to take a 33-29 lead with 2:44 to play in the half before Thomas knocked down one of two free throws to stop the run.

The Mavericks went into the locker room leading 35-33 as neither team shot better than 35 percent in the opening half.

Tied at 47, Georgia State used a quick 5-0 run to take a 52-47 lead with 10:53 to play causing the Mavericks to call their second timeout of the game. Just minutes later, the Panthers used an 8-0 run to push the lead to 62-52 with 7:23 to play.

UT Arlington would get a close as five points with 6:33 to play but could never cut it to less than a two-possession game.

Wilson's fast break lay-up with 42 seconds to play put the Panthers back up by 10 before finishing with the six-point win.

Redshirt-sophomore Justin Roberts finished with 15 points, six rebounds, six assists, and five steals. Sophomore Nelson Phillips came off the bench to score nine points.

Brian Warren added 19 points and five rebounds for the Mavericks, while TiAndre Jackson-Young scored 16 points.

Notes:
  • Georgia State won its 79th regular season conference game since the start of the 2013-14 season, the most wins of any team in the league over that stretch.
  • Georgia State head coach Rob Lanier coached UTA head coach Chris Ogden during his first two years at Texas. The two have also coached together for a total of five years.
  • With a 3-pointer tonight, Georgia State has made at least one 3-pointer in 758 games dating back to Feb. 18, 1995.
  • Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Panthers have won 141 games, the most of any NCAA Division 1 program in the state of Georgia.
Georgia State will remain home hosting Texas State on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the GSU Sports Arena. Tickets can be purchased by visiting GeorgiaStateSports.com/Tix or by calling 404-413-4020 during normal business hours.
 
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Players Mentioned

Nelson Phillips

#10 Nelson Phillips

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6' 4"
Sophomore
Justin Roberts

#2 Justin Roberts

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5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
Jalen Thomas

#25 Jalen Thomas

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6' 10"
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6' 3"
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Damon Wilson

#1 Damon Wilson

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Nelson Phillips

#10 Nelson Phillips

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Justin Roberts

#2 Justin Roberts

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Redshirt Sophomore
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Jalen Thomas

#25 Jalen Thomas

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Freshman
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Kane Williams

#12 Kane Williams

6' 3"
Junior
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Damon Wilson

#1 Damon Wilson

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Redshirt Senior
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