ATLANTA -- Toneari Lane scored a career-high 23 points and four other players scored in double figures to lead Georgia State to an 88-77 victory over Little Rock Sunday at the GSU Convocation Center.
Lane nailed six of the Panthers' nine 3-pointers. Dwon Odom and Jamaine Mann scored 15 points each, Lucas Taylor chipped in 14 and Jay'Den Turner scored 11, along with seven rebounds. Odom also had seven rebounds and five assists.
The game was tied at 40-all at the intermission, but Georgia State (2-2) outscored the Trojans 48-37 in the second half.
Little Rock (1-3) moved ahead 45-44 early in the second half before Georgia State took control with an 8-0 run on a pair of 3-pointers by Lane sandwiched around a bucket by Taylor. That surge gave the Panthers a 52-45 lead with 16 minutes to play, and GSU never trailed again.
Lane, the sophomore transfer from Winthrop, had four of his 3-pointers in the first half, including back-to-back treys that gave Georgia State a 40-28 lead with 3:32 to play. But Little Rock scored 12 straight points to even the game at the half.
Game Notes
» Georgia State outscored Little Rock 48-37 in the second half after a halftime tie to pick up the victory.
» Toneari Lane led the Panthers with a career-high 23 points.
» Five Georgia State players scored in double figures, including Jamaine Mann and Dwon Odom, who came off the bench to score 15 points apiece.
» Georgia State hit nine treys in the game.
» The Panthers shot 46.7 percent for the game while holding the Trojans to 38.7 percent shooting from the field.
» Georgia State turned the ball over just six times while dishing out 16 assists.
» Georgia State got seven rebounds from both Jay'Den Turner and Dwon Odom.
Georgia State and the Trojans will meet again Wednesday in a 1 p.m. game at Little Rock.
