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That may have been the greatest/most ridiculous win in program history.
Georgia State allowed 60 percent shooting in the first half & went down 21 at halftime, yet found a way to pull the stunner, 83-80.
Malik Benlevi capped a thrilling come back with a buzzer-beating, 3-pointer that gave GSU two wins against the SEC in the same season for the first time ever.
D'Marcus Simonds struggled in the first half (five points on 2-of-12 shooting), but scored 18 points over the final 20 minutes, and all nine GSU points during a 2 1/2-minute stretch just before Benlevi's three.
Simonds lay-up with 43 seconds left put GSU up 80-78; Alabama scored its final points 20 seconds later on a Dazon Ingram lay-in.
It was the 12th-largest halftime come back in NCAA history.
Ingram had only four of his 17 points after halftime.
Kira Lewis is Alabama's best player, and he showed it in the first half hitting four threes on his way to 16 points. But GSU played excellent defense in the second half - the Crimson Tide shot 29% - and Lewis added just three points after the break.
Also, the come back could not have been possible without horrendous free-throw shooting from Alabama, which made 4-of-11 over the final seven minutes & was 18-of-31 for the game.
And GSU finished 79% (15-of-19) from the line, led by Simonds, who was 6-of-6 in the second half.
Benlevi!
The senior continued a strong start to his final season in Atlanta, adding 16 and 8. On the radio post game, Benlevi told 88.5's Dave Cohen that that was the first buzzer beater of his life.
!
What a shot.
What a win.
That may have been the greatest/most ridiculous win in program history.
Georgia State allowed 60 percent shooting in the first half & went down 21 at halftime, yet found a way to pull the stunner, 83-80.
Malik Benlevi capped a thrilling come back with a buzzer-beating, 3-pointer that gave GSU two wins against the SEC in the same season for the first time ever.
D'Marcus Simonds struggled in the first half (five points on 2-of-12 shooting), but scored 18 points over the final 20 minutes, and all nine GSU points during a 2 1/2-minute stretch just before Benlevi's three.
Simonds lay-up with 43 seconds left put GSU up 80-78; Alabama scored its final points 20 seconds later on a Dazon Ingram lay-in.
It was the 12th-largest halftime come back in NCAA history.
Ingram had only four of his 17 points after halftime.
Kira Lewis is Alabama's best player, and he showed it in the first half hitting four threes on his way to 16 points. But GSU played excellent defense in the second half - the Crimson Tide shot 29% - and Lewis added just three points after the break.
Also, the come back could not have been possible without horrendous free-throw shooting from Alabama, which made 4-of-11 over the final seven minutes & was 18-of-31 for the game.
And GSU finished 79% (15-of-19) from the line, led by Simonds, who was 6-of-6 in the second half.
Benlevi!
The senior continued a strong start to his final season in Atlanta, adding 16 and 8. On the radio post game, Benlevi told 88.5's Dave Cohen that that was the first buzzer beater of his life.
!
What a shot.
What a win.
