282 - Louisiana women at Georgia State
February 4 at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA
That's seven consecutive wins for the Georgia State men, who nearly blew a 20-point lead, but hung on to sweep the season series.
Louisiana got to within 83-82 on a strong baseline drive and lay-up by Johnathan Stove (his only points of the day) with 55 seconds left. That capped a 22-7 run, and after a bad GSU possession, the Ragin Cajuns had a chance to go ahead, but Bryce Washington missed a contested lay-up with eight seconds to go.
D'Marcus Simonds, who had another nice game - 19 points and eight rebounds - drained a pair of free throws and Isaiah Dennis knocked the ball away from Jay Wright in the final seconds to help GSU survive.
Wright was excellent in the second half and finished with 20 points, seven assists and no turnovers.
The Panthers were able to out-score the Sun Belt's top offensive team thanks to big games from Malik Benlevi (17 points) and Jeremy Hollowell (16). They needed every one of those points because the GSU defense had very few answers for Frank Bartley, who doubled his scoring average with a career-high 31 points on 7-of-15 shooting from three-point range.
The hosts led 43-23 on a Willie Clayton three-point play with about five minutes to play in the opening half.
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