Road Trip Continues at ULM Saturday

ATLANTA-Coming off a key Sun Belt Conference victory on Thursday night, the Georgia State men's basketball team will close out a road trip to Louisiana on Saturday afternoon at Fant-Ewing Coliseum facing ULM at 3 p.m. ET.

Georgia State (7-9, 1-4 Sun Belt) has had a great deal of success in the state of Louisiana since 2013 going a combined 18-8 in the state, including a 4-2 mark at ULM (10-11, 2-7 Sun Belt). The state was also the site of all three of the Panthers conference championships since 2015.

Since returning from injury, senior Eliel Nsoseme has been heating up while averaging 9.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. He recorded his first double-double of the season with 19 points and 15 rebounds against Coastal Carolina last Saturday. After 10 rebounds on Thursday night the senior has recorded double-digit rebounding efforts in the last three games.

Senior Corey Allen leads the Panthers averaging 14.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game with a team-high 35 3-pointers. The All-Sun Belt Preseason First Team member is also tied for first on the team in steals and second on the team in assists.

Senior Kane Williams, who moved into fifth place on Georgia State's all-time scoring list earlier this month, is now the all-time wins leader, free throws made, and free throws attempted leader in program history. He is averaging 11.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

Senior Justin Roberts is adding 12.3 points per game and shooting 77.5 percent from the free throw line. He scored the final four points against Louisiana on Thursday to secure the win. Along with Williams and Allen, he is one of three Panthers in the starting line-up with at least 1,000 points for his career.

Roberts and Allen are both now within 102 points of becoming the 24^th and 25^th 1,000-point career scorers in GSU program history. Both started their careers at other schools before transferring to GSU.

Broadcast Information

Radio: GSU Mobile App; PbP: Dave Cohen,
Television: ESPN+; PbP: Chris Harris, Color: Mike Vining

Game Notes
• Georgia State and ULM will meet for the first of two regularly scheduled games on Saturday afternoon after not facing off last year due to COVID-19.
• GSU has combined to go 18-8 in the state of Louisiana since rejoining the league in 2013-14.
• GSU has won 99 regular season Sun Belt games since the start of the 2013-14 season, the most in the league, while finishing in the top two of the final regular season conference standings six times in eight seasons.
• Georgia State has a 48-20 (.705) record in the month of January since the start of the 2013-14 season.
• HC Rob Lanier earned his 100th career win on Thursday night at Louisiana.
• In the win over Louisiana, GSU snapped its five-game losing streak which is the program's longest since the 2012-13 season, the second season under former head coach Ron Hunter.
• With the win on Dec. 6, senior Kane Williams became the all-time wins leader in GSU program history moving ahead of Ryann Green and Chris Clerkley. He now has been a part of 90 wins in four-plus seasons.
• Kane Williams has now moved into the top 25 in Sun Belt Conference history with 443 assists.
• Kane Williams broke Terrence Brandon's school record of 531 career free throw attempts last year and now has 614. He broke R.J. Hunter's school record of 448 made free throws on Jan. 20 and now has 459 made free throws attempts.
• Williams is current in 5th on GSU's all-time scoring list with 1,417 career points. He is currently 62 points behind Terrence Brandon for fourth place on the all-time list.
• Corey Allen has 1,804 career points scored which is among the top 30 career active scorers in the country. He has scored 953 of those points at GSU.
• Senior Justin Roberts now has 1,027 career points including 898 in a Panther uniform after surpassing 1,000 career points last Thursday against Appalachian State. He and Allen are looking to become the 24th and 25th 1,000-point scorers in program history.
• The Panthers tied a school-record with 21 steals in the win over Brewton-Parker on opening night. Georgia State also allowed just 10 first half points, a school record and tied for the fewest in the NCAA this year.
• Georgia State is ranked 11th in the country is turnovers forced (17.75) and sixth in turnover margin at +5.6. The Panthers also rank No. 17 with 9.4 steals per game. which is first in the Sun Belt Conference.
• The Panthers rank No. 24 in the nation in fewest turnovers (194) and 16th in fewest fouls (249).
• Freshman Ja'Heim Hudson is ranked No. 75 in the country averaging 2.79 offensive rebounds per contest, while senior Corey Allen is ranked No. 40 in the NCAA averaging 2.00 steals per game.
• Georgia State has won 56-straight games dating back to 1999 when scoring 90 or more points.
• Georgia State is under the leadership of third-year head coach Rob Lanier. His first two-season .648 winning percentage (35-19 record) is the best of any GSU head coach in their first two years leading the program.
• Since 2013-14, GSU has won more games (176) than any other NCAA Division I team in Georgia.

Following the game on Saturday, Georgia State will return home to host Troy on Thursday at 7 p.m. The game will air live on ESPN+ and can be heard on WRAS-FM 88.5.

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