Game 665 - Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia State

January 12 at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA
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Thank you, D'Marcus Simonds.

Simonds capped a 28-point day with a lay-up with .9 seconds left as GSU survived, 74-73.

The Panthers, who moved to 4-0 in Sun Belt play and won their sixth straight overall, blew a 21-point lead and Monroe took a 73-72 lead with five seconds left. After receiving the in-bounds pass, Kane Williams made a perfect pass to Simonds in stride, and the junior took it the rest of the way, got away with what looked like a travel, and saved GSU from what would've been a horrific loss.

GSU is top-20 nationally in steals and they had 10 Saturday, helping them build that big lead. But Monroe shoots a ton of threes (8-of-31 in the game) and they started making a few of them. Meanwhile, the Panthers again allowed far too many offensive rebounds (13), while the offense disappeared for stretches. That's how a 62-41 lead with about 12 minutes left turns into a deficit after Monroe's Daishon Smith converted a lay-up with five seconds to go.

Smith (11 points) was one of five Warhawks in double figures; JD Williams led the visitors with 19 points.

Nice day for Devin Mitchell as the senior scored 16 points on 4-of-10 shooting from three-point range.

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