Panthers Look to Stay Hot in Return to Sports Arena Wednesday

Game 8: GEORGIA STATE (4-3, 0-0 SBC) vs. SOUTHERN MISS (4-2, 0-0 CUSA)
Dec. 1 • 5:30 PM • GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga.
TV: ESPN+ • Live Stats: GeorgiaState.StatBroadcast.com

QUICK NOTES
•   Georgia State returns home from a three-game road swing to host Southern Miss Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN+.
•   GSU has won four of their last five games including a 77-66 win at Chattanooga last time out on Saturday. Taniyah Worth led GSU with 16 points in the win.
•   Taylor Henderson has reached double figures in three straight games, scoring 21 points at North Alabama and 15 points at both Alabama A&M and Chattanooga.
•   Ashley Foster leads the team in scoring this season at 11.7 ppg. Taylor Henderson is a close second at 10.3. Foster scored a career-high 19 points in the season-opener at Florida.
•   GSU's three losses this season have been by an average of just six points. Following a 14-point defeat at Florida, the Panthers fell by just three to Tennessee State and suffered a 1-point loss in overtime at North Alabama.
•   The Panthers return five players that started 10 or more games last season. The key returners for GSU include Taniyah Worth (8.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg), Hannah Sadler (8.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg), Tehya Lyons (6.1 ppg, 46 assists), and Kam Dziak (5.0 ppg, 30 3FG made).
•   The Panthers recorded their second winning season in the last three years in 2020-21 and earned the No. 2 seed from the east at the Sun Belt Championship. It was GSU's first No. 2 seed since 2001.
•   GSU returns 10 players overall and welcomes five newcomers. Head coach Gene Hill also welcomed a new assistant coach in the offseason, Roddreka Rogers.
•   Of the 15 Panthers on this year's roster, eight are from Georgia, two from Alabama, two from Florida, one from Maryland, one from Ohio, and one from Israel.
•   Georgia State begins conference play Dec. 30 at home against Little Rock. The Panthers were picked seventh in the preseason coaches' poll.

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