Panthers Set for Rematch with South Alabama Saturday

ATLANTA-Looking to avenge a loss from last month, the Georgia State men's basketball team will host South Alabama on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the GSU Sports Arena.

Georgia State (8-10, 2-5 Sun Belt) has won two of its last three games but will now look to split the season series with South Alabama (15-7, 5-4 Sun Belt) following a 74-65 loss to the Jaguars in Mobile in January. The Panthers have won seven of the last nine meetings in the series between the two teams.

Since returning from injury, senior Eliel Nsoseme has been heating up while averaging 9.7 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. He has recorded a pair of double-doubles in his first six starts back and garnered double figure rebound totals in the last five games, including 13 on Thursday night against Troy.

Senior Corey Allen leads the Panthers averaging 14.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game with a team-high 42 3-pointers after making six against ULM last Saturday. The All-Sun Belt Preseason First Team member is also third 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 last month, is now the all-time wins leader, free throws made, and free throws attempted leader in program history. He is averaging 11.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 77.8 percent from the free throw line.

Senior Justin Roberts, who scored a team-high 17 points against Troy on Thursday, is adding 12.1 points per game and shooting 74.4 percent from the free throw line. 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 100 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, Color: LaMont McIntosh
Television: ESPN+; PbP: Dave Cohen, Color: LaMont McIntosh

Game Notes
• Georgia State and South Alabama, original members of the Sun Belt Conference, will be meeting for the second time this year and for the 37th time overall.
• South Alabama took the first match-up this year in Mobile 74-65, however, the Panthers have won seven of the last nine games in the series.
• GSU has won 100 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.
• Georgia State has a 37-25 (.597) record in the month of February since the start of the 2013-14 season.
• Head coach Rob Lanier earned his 100th career win last Thursday night at Louisiana.
• Three of Georgia State's Top 31 scorers all-time are currently on the team. Kane Williams is 5th with 1,438 points, Corey Allen is No. 28 with 986 points, and Justin Roberts is No. 31 with 920 career points.
• With the win on Dec. 6, senior 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 91 wins in four-plus seasons.
• Williams has now moved into the top 20 in Sun Belt Conference history with 449 assists.
• Kane Williams broke Terrence Brandon's school record of 531 career free throw attempts last year and now has 619. He broke R.J. Hunter's school record of 448 made free throws on Jan. 20 and now has 465 made free throws attempts.
• Jalen Thomas is now No. 9 on GSU's all-time blocked shots list with 95, more than halfway to Zavian Smith's school record of 182.
• Corey Allen has 1,837 career points scored which is among the top 30 career active scorers in the country.
• Allen has moved into 8th place on GSU's career 3-pointers list with 175.
• Senior Justin Roberts now has 1,049 career points. 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 7th in the country is turnovers forced (17.94) and fourth in turnover margin at +5.8. The Panthers also rank No. 11 with 9.6 steals per game, which is first in the Sun Belt Conference.
• The Panthers rank No. 27 in the nation in fewest turnovers (218) and 20th in fewest fouls (286).
• Freshman Ja'Heim Hudson is ranked No. 75 in the country averaging 2.75 offensive rebounds per contest, which is helping GSU to 13.72 offensive rebounds per game which is ranked 8th in the country.
• 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 (177) than any other NCAA Division I team in Georgia.

Following the game on Saturday, Georgia State return to the road starting a two-game road trip at Coastal Carolina 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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