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Jalen Thomas Jalen Thomas
Jalen Thomas
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Jordan Rawls Jordan Rawls
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Evan Johnson Evan Johnson
Evan Johnson
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Corey Allen Corey Allen
Corey Allen
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Jamall Clyce Jamall Clyce
Jamall Clyce
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Nelson Phillips Nelson Phillips
Nelson Phillips
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Nelson Phillips Nelson Phillips
Nelson Phillips
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Nelson Phillips Nelson Phillips
Nelson Phillips
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Corey Allen Corey Allen
Corey Allen
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Kalik Brooks Kalik Brooks
Kalik Brooks
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Bench Bench
Bench
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Corey Allen Corey Allen
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Justin Roberts Justin Roberts
Justin Roberts
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Kalik Brooks Kalik Brooks
Kalik Brooks
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Corey Allen Corey Allen
Corey Allen
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Nelson Phillips Nelson Phillips
Nelson Phillips
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Hawkins Arena Hawkins Arena
Hawkins Arena
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Justin Roberts Justin Roberts
Justin Roberts
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Justin Roberts Justin Roberts
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Rob Lanier Rob Lanier
Rob Lanier
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Rob Lanier Rob Lanier
Rob Lanier
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Corey Allen Corey Allen
Corey Allen
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Justin Roberts Justin Roberts
Justin Roberts
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Rob Lanier Rob Lanier
Rob Lanier
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Rob Lanier Rob Lanier
Rob Lanier
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Jalen Thomas Jalen Thomas
Jalen Thomas
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Kane Williams Kane Williams
Kane Williams
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Jalen Thomas Jalen Thomas
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77
Georgia St. GSU 4-3,0-0 Sun Belt
83
Winner Mercer Mercer 5-4,0-0 SoCon
Georgia St. GSU
4-3,0-0 Sun Belt
77
Final
83
Mercer Mercer
5-4,0-0 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Georgia St. GSU 38 39 77
Mercer Mercer 36 47 83

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Panthers Drop Road Contest at Mercer 83-77

MACON, Ga.-A cold-shooting stretch of just over four minutes in the second half led Mercer to an 83-77 win over Georgia State on Saturday afternoon at Hawkins Arena.

Redshirt-junior Nelson Phillips led Georgia State (4-3) with 19 points going 5-of-7 from 3-point range with six rebounds while senior Corey Allen returned to the line-up to score 13 points.

Mercer (5-4) was led by James Glisson III who scored 25 points going 10-of-14 from the floor, while Jalen Johnson just missed a double-double with 19 points and nine rebounds.

The Panthers were coming off a stretch of nearly two weeks where the squad had practiced just twice together after COVID-19 contact tracing protocols held six GSU players out of last week's game at Rhode Island.

Seniors Justin Roberts and Kane Williams each added 14 points for the Panthers which shot 45.0 percent from the floor. Mercer finished the game shooting 53.4 percent while also outrebounding the Panthers 34-28.

Mercer took an early 14-8 lead just eight minutes into the game as the Panthers went just 3-of-12 from the field to start the game.

After taking off his facial mask, Allen knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers and following a jumper by Roberts, the Panthers tied the game 30-30 with 3:40 to play. Allen was wearing a mask following a nasal fracture just over two weeks ago at Richmond.

The 3-pointers continued to drop as Williams and Phillips knocked down back-to-back shots from long range to give Georgia State a 36-33 lead with 42 seconds to play in the first half.

Georgia State went into the locker room with a 38-36 lead and continued to lead early in the second half.

After the Panthers knocked down 3-pointers on three-straight possessions, including two by Phillips and one by Allen, GSU 49-46 with 15:53 to play.

Going a stretch of more than four minutes without a field goal, Mercer used a 10-0 run to take a 70-57 lead with seven minutes to play before a Roberts' 3-pointer stopped the run.

Georgia State mounted one last run and on a 3-pointer by Jalen Thomas, the Panthers trailed just 76-72 with 1:57 to play.

Game Notes
  • Georgia State and Mercer met for the 86th time on Saturday. GSU has faced the Bears more times than any other opponent in program history. The two teams split a pair of games last year.
  • Since the start of the 2013-14 season, Georgia State and Mercer have been the two most successful programs in the state with the Panthers winning 173 games and the Bears garnering 150 wins.
  • This marked the first game of a home-and-home series that will continue in Atlanta next season.
Georgia State will return home to face Voorhees College on Monday at 7 p.m., live on ESPN+ and WRAS-FM 88.5.
 
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