312 - UT Arlington men at Georgia State
February 18 at GSU Sports Arena
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It was another extremely dissapointing, close loss for the mens team, which fell 68-67 on a 3-pointer by Erick Neal with one second to play.
That's three straight defeats by a combined seven points for GSU.
Neal hadn't been a factor at any point in Saturday's game (2-of-9 shooting and just six points before the shot) & had taken THE TWO WORST SHOTS in an afternoon by both teams of worst shots. The miracle three capped a big comeback by the first-place Mavericks, who trailed 53-38 at the 11-minute mark before a 14-0 run cut the deficit to one point.
The Panthers again built a lead and it was up to 65-58 on two of Jeremy Hollowell's game-high 19 points at the 2:09 mark, but Arlington closed the game scoring 10 of the final 12 points.
Arlington's defense had 13 steals and forced 21 turnovers.
311 - UT Arlington women at Georgia State
February 18 at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA
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Huge win for seventh-place Georgia State, which knocked off an Arlington team that came into the game tied for second with Troy in the Sun Belt.
A big reason for the 64-59 win, which moved GSU to 7-8 in league play (Arlington's now 10-4), was the work done on the defensive end on Rebekah VanDijk. The junior started the day second in the conference at 16.2 points, but was held to eight points and attempted only five shots.
GSU has done a fine job on the 6-5 center the last three times the teams have met. In two games last season, VanDijk scored a total of 17 points, and in the three contests shot just 30%.
Meanwhile, the combination of Jada Lewis and Makeba Ponder led the hosts on Saturday. Lewis, a freshman guard from nearby McEachern High School, scored 21 points and Ponder continued to add to her career three-point total (she's second in school history to Kendra Long) knocking down six threes for 20 points of her own.
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