February 20 at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA
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Sometimes you need contributions from unexpected players to win.
Devin Mitchell provided that much-needed spark for GSU, knocking down three 3-pointers on his way to 14 points in a 67-51 victory. The Panthers needed a win badly, having lost three consecutive games coming into the night, including a devastating home loss February 18 to Sun Belt leader UT-Arlington in which they blew a 15-point, second half lead.
There was no such collapse on Monday and Mitchell was a big reason why.
At about the 11-minute mark of the second and the Panthers clinging to a six-point lead that felt like much less, Mitchell had a strong drive for a lay-up, then followed that with consecutive 3-pointers. The last long ball was a transition three that came off a Texas State turnover and made it a 51-37 game with 10 minutes left.
The lead wouldn't fall below eight the rest of the night.
Mitchell, a redshirt-sophomore transfer from Alabama, was averaging just 4.2 points before the double-digit outburst. Not only was Mitchell big off the bench (helping GSU finish with a 25-7 advantage in bench production), but D'Marcus Simonds was fantastic in the second half (14 of his 18 points), and leading scorer Jeremy Hollowell, held to just two first-half points, came alive with a 14-point second half.
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