GEORGIA STATE (9-13, 4-7) at LOUISIANA (15-8, 8-3)
Wednesday, Feb. 7 | 8 p.m. ET | Lafayette, La.  

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THE TIPOFF: Georgia State continues its "tour" of the top of the Sun Belt Conference standings with a trip to third-place Louisiana Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET at the Cajundome.

> Playing on the road for the fifth time in their last seven games, the Panthers are coming off back-to-back games against Sun Belt leader App State and second-place Troy. App State, Troy and Louisiana have combined to win 19 straight games, including seven consecutive wins for the Ragin' Cajuns.

> Last time out, Lucas Taylor scored 22 points and three other Panthers reached double figures but Georgia State fell 78-74 to Troy Saturday at the GSU Convocation Center.

> Dwon Odom scored a career-high 30 points last 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 scored 12 points Saturday vs. Troy, including the 1,000-point of his career.

> Odom, the Preseason All-Sun Belt guard and GSU's top returning scorer, is averaging 12.4 points, 5.1 rebounds (second on team) and 4.5 assists per game. He is third in the Sun Belt in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio at +2.6.

> 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

> Toneari Lane leads the Sun Belt in 3-point percentage (.330) while ranking second with 2.6 3-pointers per game. 

> Jay'Den Turner leads the Panthers and ranks No. 5 in the Sun Belt with 8.9 rebounds per game (No. 36 in DI), along with 10.2 points. He is averaging 10.1 rebounds in Sun Belt games. 

> Turner has grabbed double-figure rebounds in seven of the last 11 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 (14.8), Toneari Lane (12.9), Jay'Den Turner (10.2) and Leslie Nkereuwem (7.8). Dwon Odom is third on the team at 12.4 ppg.

> Lucas Taylor is the Panthers' leading scorer at 14.8 points per game, which ranks ninth 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.

> In Georgia State's three straight wins over South Alabama, Old Dominion and Georgia Southern, Toneari Lane averaged 20.3 points while going 14-for-33 (43 percent) from 3-point range. Lane scored 20 points at South Alabama (6-for-12 3P) and followed with 23 points (5-for-12 3P) vs. ODU and 18 vs. Georgia Southern. Earlier this season, he also scored 23 points, his career high, in each of the back-to-back wins over Little Rock.

> Senior Brenden Tucker scored in double figures in GSU's four straight road games, including a season-high 19 points at Georgia Southern. He added 12 points at App State and 11 at Marshall and 11 at Coastal Carolina.

> Georgia State leads the Sun Belt and ranks No. 47 in Division I in free throw percentage at .752. Dwon Odom is second in the Sun Belt at .866. Lucas Taylor is second on the team at .824.

SERIES NOTES: Georgia State holds a 17-8 lead in the series with Louisiana.

> Louisiana won last year's game, 78-70 on Jan. 13 at the Cajundome, but the Panthers have won four of the last five games in the series, including an 80-71 in the 2022 Sun Belt Conference championship game in Pensacola.

> Since rejoining the Sun Belt for the 2013-14 season, Georgia State is 15-6 against the Ragin' Cajuns, including a 4-4 mark at Louisiana. The Panthers' last win at the Cajundome was a 68-64 decision in 2021-22.