GEORGIA STATE (13-15, 7-9) vs. JAMES MADISON (26-3, 13-3)
Wednesday, Feb. 28 | 7 p.m. | GSU Convocation Center

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THE TIPOFF: Georgia State concludes the regular season with a pair of home games this week, beginning Wednesday against second-place James Madison in a 7 p.m. game at the GSU Convocation Center.

> Georgia State, which has won four of its last six games, then finishes the regular-season Friday vs. Marshall on Senior Night (7 p.m.).

> The Panthers won back-to-back games over Old Dominion (Feb. 17) and Coastal Carolina (Feb. 21) despite trailing by seven points in the last eight minutes of both games.

> Toneari Lane's 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left gave Georgia State a 72-71 win over Coastal Carolina last Thursday at the GSU Convocation Center. Dwon Odom hit the tying 3-pointer with 31 seconds left and then fed Lane for the game-winner. The Panthers trailed 67-61 with 1:30 left. Lane led GSU with 16 points, including three 3-pointers in the final five minutes. Odom had 14 points, five rebounds, seven assists and two steals, and Jay'Den Turner contributed eight points, eight rebounds and five steals.

> On Feb. 17 at Old Dominion, Georgia State scored the final seven points of the game to rally for the 68-65 win. Julian Mackey came off the bench to score a game-high 16 points, none bigger than his 3-pointer that gave the Panthers a 66-65 lead with 1:23 to play. Georgia State scored the game's last seven points and held ODU scoreless for the final 4:41. Jay'Den Turner sealed the win as he stole an inbounds pass under the ODU basket with four seconds left and then sank two clinching free throws.

> Mackey's 16-point game vs. Old Dominion followed a career-high 18 points one game earlier at James Madison.

> Senior post player Leslie Nkereuwem is just one point away from 1,000 for his career. He would become the fourth current Panther to hit the milestone, along with Brenden Tucker, Jay'Den Turner and Dwon Odom.

> Georgia State is No. 6 in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 28.5 percent from beyond the arc.

> Dwon Odom scored a career-high 30 points Jan. 27 at Coastal Carolina for the first 30-point game by a Panthers since 2019. That followed a 21-point effort at Marshall.

> Odom, the Preseason All-Sun Belt guard and GSU's top returning scorer, is averaging 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds (second on team) and 4.5 assists per game. He is third in the Sun Belt in assists and second assist-to-turnover ratio at +2.7. The 6-2 guard is also third on the team with 16 blocked shots.

> Odom is the only Sun Belt player who is averaging at least four assists AND five rebounds per game. He has three double-figure rebounding games, and he approached a triple-double vs. Old Dominion with 14 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.

> Lucas Taylor is the Panthers' leading scorer at 13.8 points per game, which ranks 11th in the Sun Belt. Taylor scored a career-high 28 points against Georgia Southern. In his second game in a GSU uniform, the Wake Forest transfer scored 27 points in the 77-70 win at Western Michigan, and he added 22 points in the win at South Alabama and 22 vs. Troy.

> Toneari Lane leads the Sun Belt in 3-point percentage (.332) and 3-pointers per game (2.8). His 79 3-pointers are the ninth-highest season total in GSU history.

> Jay'Den Turner leads the Panthers and ranks No. 5 in the Sun Belt with 8.5 rebounds per game, along with 9.4 points. He is averaging 9.4 rebounds in Sun Belt games. 

> Turner has grabbed double-figure rebounds 11 times this season, including nine conference games. He had six straight double-figure efforts to open Sun Belt play, a streak that is the longest by a Panther since 1990.

> Four of the Panthers' top five scorers are transfers: Lucas Taylor (13.8), Toneari Lane (13.0), Jay'Den Turner (9.4) and Leslie Nkereuwem (8.2). Dwon Odom is third on the team at 12.0 ppg.

> Georgia State leads the Sun Belt in free throw percentage at .758. Dwon Odom is third in the Sun Belt at .849. 

SERIES NOTES: Georgia State and James Madison are playing for the second time in 14 days. The Dukes won 83-63 in Harrisonburg on Feb. 15. Julian Mackey scored a career-high 18 points for the Panthers, and Leslie Nkereuwem had 15 points and eight rebounds.

> Georgia State leads the series 9-8, and the Panthers have won seven of the last 11 meetings.

> JMU has won three straight since joining the Sun Belt in 2022-23, including both games last season, 63-47 in Atlanta and 90-69 in Harrisonburg.

> Georgia State is 4-3 against the Dukes in Atlanta.

> The two schools were previously conference foes in the Colonial Athletic Association from 2005-06 through 2012-13.