February 6 at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA
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It's still extremely tight atop the Sun Belt Conference as GSU's 69-55 win only allowed the 9-2 Panthers to remain tied with Georgia Southern and Arkansas State, also winners at home Monday night, for first place.
Jeremy Hollowell is Georgia State's best offensive player and the senior was great in this one, scoring 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting. And the key tonight for GSU was the work of Hollowell and the other four starters, who scored all but seven of the team's points.
The bench has been huge in many games this season, but struggled tonight (2-of-13 from the field), and it was starters Hollowell and the ever-improving Malik Benlevi (14 points, 4-of-7 from three-point range) and D'Marcus Simonds (10 points, six rebounds, four assists) who carried the team to its eighth consecutive win.
The GSU defense also had eight blocked shots, nine steals and forced 15 turnovers in holding just its second opponent to less than 60 points since the start of the new year.
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