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2010-11 RECORD: 12-19, 6-12 CAA (T-9th) 8-6 Home, 2-12 Away, 2-1 Neutral

Date Opponent W/L Score Att TEAM STATISTICS ...... GSU OPP SCORING ...... 1919 1988 11/16/10 at McNeese State aL 62-68 621 Points per game ...... 61.9 64.1 11/19/10 TROY hW 80-70 1296 Scoring margin ...... -2.2 11/23/10 UTAH VALLEY hW 69-56 532 FIELD GOALS-ATT ...... 707-1676 627-1548 Field goal pct ...... 422 .405 11/27/10 SAMFORD ot hL 61-70 611 3 POINT FG-ATT ...... 179-512 178-539 11/30/10 at Hampton ot aL 56-60 3562 3-point FG pct ...... 350 .330 3-pt FG made per game ...... 5.8 5.7 12/4/10 JAMES MADISON * hW 64-63 829 FREE THROWS-ATT ...... 326-549 556-783 12/11/10 WESTERN MICHIGAN hL 59-61 901 Free throw pct ...... 594 .710 12/18/10 FLORIDA A&M hW 76-67 757 Free Throws made per game ...... 10.5 17.9 REBOUNDS ...... 1103 1022 12/22/10 at Georgia Southern ot aL 72-74 1467 Rebounds per game ...... 35.6 33.0 12/29/10 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1) nW 72-42 2768 Rebounding margin ...... +2.6 - ASSISTS ...... 404 350 12/30/10 at Chattanooga (1) aW 81-76 2768 Assists per game ...... 13.0 11.3 1/3/11 VCU * hW 76-66 852 TURNOVERS ...... 463 418 Turnovers per game ...... 14.9 13.5 1/5/11 at UNC Wilmington * aL 56-59 3523 Turnover margin ...... -1.5 - 1/8/11 TOWSON * hW 73-65 805 Assist/turnover ratio ...... 0.9 0.8 1/13/11 at James Madison * aL 67-79 4445 STEALS ...... 201 208 Steals per game ...... 6.5 6.7 1/15/11 at George Mason * aL 51-66 5714 BLOCKS ...... 148 105 1/19/11 at VCU * aL 54-71 6531 Blocks per game ...... 4.8 3.4 ATTENDANCE ...... 12813 59043 1/22/11 DELAWARE * hL 62-64 949 Home games-Avg/Game ...... 14-915 14-3258 1/24/11 at Drexel * aL 33-57 1414 Neutral site-Avg/Game - ...... 3-4478 1/26/11 OLD DOMINION * hL 48-51 967 SCORE BY PERIODS ...... 1st 2nd OT Total Avg 1/29/11 at Northeastern * aL 65-70 1496 Georgia State ...... 864 1011 44 1919 61.9 2/2/11 UNC WILMINGTON * ot hW 63-58 932 Opponents ...... 878 1059 51 1988 64.1 2/5/11 at Towson * aW 63-60 1371 FINAL 2010-11 CAA STANDINGS 2/9/11 HOFSTRA * hL 68-79 1115 2/12/11 NORTHEASTERN * ot hW 74-71 1140 Conference Overall 2/15/11 at Old Dominion * aL 43-60 7307 W L Pct. W L Pct. 2/19/11 at Louisiana Tech (2) aL 45-51 3162 George Mason 16 2 .889 27 7 .794 2/23/11 at William & Mary * aL 65-69 2228 Old Dominion 14 4 .778 27 7 .794 2/26/11 GEORGE MASON * hL 58-65 1127 Hofstra 14 4 .778 21 12 .636 3/4/11 vs UNC Wilmington (3) nW 58-52 2852 VCU 12 6 .667 28 12 .700 3/5/11 vs. George Mason (3) nL 45-68 7814 Drexel 11 7 .611 21 10 .677 James Madison 10 8 .556 21 12 .636 * CAA Game Delaware 8 10 .444 14 17 .452 1 - Dr Pepper Classic, McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tenn. UNC Wilmington 7 11 .389 13 18 .419 2 - ESPN Bracketbuster 3 - CAA Championship, Richmond (Va.) Coliseum Georgia State 6 12 .333 12 19 .387 Northeastern 6 12 .333 11 20 .355 William & Mary 4 14 .222 10 22 .313 Towson 0 18 .000 4 26 .133

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FINAL 2010-11 STATISTICS - ALL GAMES

Player ...... G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off- Def Reb Avg PF- DQ A TO Bl St Pts Avg Buckner, Eric ...... 31-28 754 24.3 115-210 .548 0-0 .000 60-103 .583 68 107 175 5.6 98 3 11 55 49 19 290 9.4 McGee, Brandon ...... 31-10 597 19.3 90-200 .450 21-60 .350 40-68 .588 55 95 150 4.8 35 0 26 41 7 15 241 7.8 Ali, Jihad ...... 30-19 767 25.6 88-244 .361 29-86 .337 12-26 .462 44 99 143 4.8 60 0 32 37 19 24 217 7.2 Micheaux, Josh...... 30-10 616 20.5 72-156 .462 4-12 .333 48-89 .539 44 66 110 3.7 61 0 72 69 11 32 196 6.5 Curry, Dante ...... 28-9 417 14.9 56-164 .341 53-143 .371 17-24 .708 6 27 33 1.2 31 0 12 15 1 9 182 6.5 Maynor, Javonte ...... 30-11 525 17.5 57-149 .383 51-131 .389 11-16 .688 16 18 34 1.1 57 0 19 19 1 11 176 5.9 Fields, James...... 31-28 857 27.6 57-141 .404 2-10 .200 56-89 .629 22 71 93 3.0 92 2 94 64 3 33 172 5.5 White, Devonta ...... 20-5 315 15.8 35-98 .357 10-38 .263 24-35 .686 9 20 29 1.5 35 0 47 37 1 14 104 5.2 Johnson, Marques .....31-23 640 20.6 67-144 .465 6-18 .333 20-27 .741 11 69 80 2.6 59 1 73 44 5 12 160 5.2 Vincent, James ...... 28-3 315 11.3 36-67 .537 0-0 .000 12-28 .429 33 55 88 3.1 47 0 1 31 36 7 84 3.0 Doby, Harold ...... 26-5 321 12.3 23-64 .359 0-1 .000 19-34 .559 23 32 55 2.1 57 0 11 20 11 18 65 2.5 Taylor, Jamar ...... 16-4 94 5.9 4-11 .364 0-0 .000 7-10 .700 7 13 20 1.3 13 0 0 9 4 2 15 0.9 Richardson, Rashaad ..25-0 105 4.2 7-27 .259 3-13 .231 0-0 .000 2 3 5 0.2 12 0 6 6 0 5 17 0.7 Brown, Daniel ...... 2-0 2 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team ...... 46 42 88 16 Total ...... 31 6325 707-1676 .422 179-512 .350 326-549 .594 386 717 1103 35.6 658 6 404 463 148 201 1919 61.9 Opponents ...... 31 6325 627-1548 .405 178-539 .330 556-783 .710 330 692 1022 33.0 508 - 350 418 105 208 1988 64.1 FINAL 2010-11 STATISTICS - CAA GAMES ONLY Player ...... G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off- Def Reb Avg PF- DQ A TO Bl St Pts Avg Buckner, Eric ...... 18-16 423 23.5 58-122 .475 0-0 .000 42-64 .656 39 53 92 5.1 52 2 5 25 26 12 158 8.8 Micheaux, Josh...... 17-7 360 21.2 51-102 .500 2-6 .333 27-51 .529 29 33 62 3.6 29 0 39 39 7 18 131 7.7 McGee, Brandon ...... 18-4 333 18.5 52-115 .452 11-34 .324 22-36 .611 32 49 81 4.5 21 0 16 22 5 9 137 7.6 Ali, Jihad ...... 18-11 456 25.3 53-148 .358 15-47 .319 6-10 .600 24 57 81 4.5 39 0 18 22 12 15 127 7.1 Maynor, Javonte ...... 18-5 351 19.5 40-97 .412 36-86 .419 9-11 .818 14 12 26 1.4 35 0 13 13 1 7 125 6.9 Curry, Dante ...... 16-8 278 17.4 31-102 .304 29-86 .337 11-18 .611 4 17 21 1.3 20 0 4 11 1 6 102 6.4 Johnson, Marques .....18-13 393 21.8 42-87 .483 0-8 .000 16-18 .889 7 48 55 3.1 36 1 40 27 2 9 100 5.6 Fields, James...... 18-17 479 26.6 30-86 .349 2-8 .250 31-48 .646 11 38 49 2.7 56 2 56 41 3 22 93 5.2 Vincent, James ...... 18-2 208 11.6 24-47 .511 0-0 .000 8-18 .444 23 35 58 3.2 30 0 1 16 26 4 56 3.1 White, Devonta ...... 8-1 86 10.8 5-21 .238 2-10 .200 4-5 .800 1 1 2 0.3 9 0 15 9 0 3 16 2.0 Doby, Harold ...... 14-2 137 9.8 8-26 .308 0-0 .000 6-13 .462 10 10 20 1.4 26 0 5 9 6 9 22 1.6 Taylor, Jamar ...... 11-4 71 6.5 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 5 12 17 1.5 11 0 0 7 4 1 8 0.7 Richardson, Rashaad ..16-0 75 4.7 3-19 .158 2-10 .200 0-0 .000 2 3 5 0.3 8 0 4 4 0 4 8 0.5 Team ...... 24 29 53 7 Total ...... 18 3650 399-980 .407 99-295 .336 186-296 .628 225 397 622 34.6 372 5 216 252 93 119 1083 60.2 Opponents ...... 18 3650 373-903 .413 110-305 .361 317-432 .734 197 410 607 33.7 275 - 216 239 68 110 1173 65.2

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GAME DATE SCORE Johnson Fields White Curry Ali Maynor Buckner Vincent at McNeese State 11/16/10 62-68 L 7-2-2 11-1-2 0-1-0 DNP 5-1-1 6-3-3 6-12-1 0-1-0 TROY 11/19/10 80-70 W 10-1-7 7-4-3 8-2-3 15-1-0 10-8-3 15-1-0 3-2-0 2-5-0 UTAH VALLEY 11/23/10 69-56 W 12-1-3 8-4-3 11-2-1 0-1-1 0-5-0 3-2-0 15-7-1 3-4-0 SAMFORD 11/27/10 61-70 L 8-5-4 7-7-2 0-1-3 8-1-0 6-5-1 12-0-0 4-7-1 0-0-0 at Hampton 11/30/10 56-60 L 0-0-0 4-3-2 14-6-5 3-1-0 11-6-0 0-0-0 20-10-1 0-2-0 JAMES MADISON 12/4/10 64-63 W 6-7-4 3-2-2 4-0-3 DNP 8-10-2 0-0-0 8-7-0 2-3-0 WESTERN MICHIGAN 12/11/10 59-61 L 0-4-0 9-3-1 2-0-4 5-2-2 12-2-3 DNP 5-3-0 6-5-0 FLORIDA A&M 12/18/10 76-67 W 2-0-0 3-3-4 13-5-3 4-0-2 15-8-1 4-2-0 8-5-0 0-2-0 at Georgia Southern 12/22/10 72-74 L 0-0-1 4-2-4 7-2-1 6-0-1 7-6-5 2-0-0 14-6-0 DNP vs. Tex.A&M-Corpus Christi 12/29/10 72-42 W 0-2-3 4-1-3 14-3-5 18-4-0 0-1-0 3-0-3 8-4-1 DNP at Chattanooga 12/30/10 81-76 W 3-0-1 5-7-5 10-2-4 21-0-1 DNP 0-0-0 23-8-0 DNP VCU 1/3/11 76-66 W 12-5-0 0-3-2 0-0-0 9-2-0 2-4-2 0-0-1 8-12-0 0-1-0 at UNC Wilmington 1/5/11 56-59 L 8-5-3 1-1-3 DNP 27-2-0 2-5-0 0-1-0 8-12-0 1-2-0 TOWSON 1/8/11 73-65 W 4-3-5 6-0-9 DNP 12-1-0 11-4-1 9-0-0 7-5-2 11-7-0 at James Madison 1/13/11 67-79 L 12-5-4 6-3-2 DNP 9-3-0 1-5-0 14-1-1 11-3-0 4-0-0 at George Mason 1/15/11 51-66 L 10-3-3 6-0-0 DNP 12-4-0 2-1-1 5-20-0 0-3-0 2-2-0 at VCU 1/19/11 54-71 L 4-1-0 13-5-3 DNP 8-2-0 8-7-1 2-0-0 6-4-0 0-2-0 DELAWARE 1/22/11 62-64 L 6-3-3 6-5-1 DNP 0-0-0 16-7-3 5-1-0 18-6-0 0-0-0 at Drexel 1/24/11 33-57 L 8-2-1 0-4-2 DNP 6-2-1 4-3-0 3-0-1 8-4-0 1-2-0 OLD DOMINION 1/26/11 48-51 L 0-2-3 4-2-5 DNP 10-0-0 2-6-1 11-1-2 5-4-1 0-1-0 at Northeastern 1/29/11 65-70 L 0-0-2 10-4-7 DNP 0-1-3 11-1-1 12-1-1 13-7-0 0-0-0 UNC WILMINGTON 2/2/11 63-58 W 2-2-0 10-5-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 7-7-2 11-2-4 18-7-0 0-1-0 at Towson 2/5/11 63-60 W 6-2-1 8-1-4 0-0-1 0-1-0 8-7-1 8-5-2 0-0-0 12-7-0 HOFSTRA 2/9/11 68-79 L 0-0-0 4-1-2 4-1-6 0-1-1 19-5-2 12-3-0 11-8-0 6-7-0 NORTHEASTERN 2/12/11 74-71 W 2-2-2 7-2-2 3-0-1 0-1-0 0-2-1 3-1-1 9-3-0 4-6-0 at Old Dominion 2/15/11 43-60 L 4-1-1 2-6-2 0-1-2 6-0-0 14-2-0 0-1-0 0-4-0 11-11-1 at Louisana Tech 2/19/11 45-51 L 5-2-4 6-2-2 DNP 0-2-1 8-6-0 6-0-0 4-4-1 6-6-0 at William & Mary 2/23/11 65-69 L 8-6-3 3-2-6 5-0-2 3-1-0 2-5-0 21-2-0 8-5-0 2-5-0 GEORGE MASON 2/26/11 58-65 L 8-6-5 4-3-1 DNP DNP 10-0-0 9-5-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 vs. UNC Wilmington 3/4/11 58-52 W 4-3-7 8-3-3 5-2-2 0-0-0 9-11-1 0-0-0 12-8-0 6-3-0 vs. George Mason 3/5/11 45-68 L 9-5-1 3-4-4 4-1-1 0-0-0 7-3-0 0-0-0 10-7-0 5-2-0

GAME DATE SCORE Micheaux McGee Richardson Doby Taylor Brown at McNeese State 11/16/10 62-68 L 6-0-2 2-3-0 0-0-1 19-5-0 0-0-0 DNP TROY 11/19/10 80-70 W 2-2-1 2-1-0 DNP 6-11-1 DNP DNP UTAH VALLEY 11/23/10 69-56 W 5-3-1 12-5-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 SAMFORD 11/27/10 61-70 L 4-2-2 9-7-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP at Hampton 11/30/10 56-60 L 3-6-2 0-1-0 DNP 1-1-0 0-0-0 DNP JAMES MADISON 12/4/10 64-63 W 12-1-0 15-6-2 0-0-1 6-3-0 0-1-0 DNP WESTERN MICHIGAN 12/11/10 59-61 L 4-5-1 16-8-1 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP FLORIDA A&M 12/18/10 76-67 W 6-3-3 14-11-0 0-0-0 7-3-0 DNP DNP at Georgia Southern 12/22/10 72-74 L 3-1-0 23-10-2 0-0-1 6-4-2 DNP DNP vs. Tex.A&M-Corpus Christi 12/29/10 72-42 W 5-4-3 9-9-1 2-0-0 2-2-1 7-1-0 DNP at Chattanooga 12/30/10 81-76 W 8-6-7 7-6-2 2-0-0 2-4-2 0-0-0 DNP VCU 1/3/11 76-66 W 14-5-2 9-5-3 0-0-0 0-2-1 2-1-0 DNP at UNC Wilmington 1/5/11 56-59 L 4-3-1 2-3-0 3-2-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP TOWSON 1/8/11 73-65 W 8-5-2 5-3-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP at James Madison 1/13/11 67-79 L 0-4-3 4-4-1 2-1-0 4-1-1 DNP DNP at George Mason 1/15/11 51-66 L 0-0-0 10-7-2 0-0-0 2-2-0 2-0-0 DNP at VCU 1/19/11 54-71 L 8-3-1 0-3-1 0-0-0 3-0-0 2-7-0 DNP DELAWARE 1/22/11 62-64 L 0-0-0 11-8-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-2 DNP at Drexel 1/24/11 33-57 L DNP 0-3-0 3-0-0 0-2-2 0-1-0 DNP OLD DOMINION 1/26/11 48-51 L 2-0-0 14-5-2 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP at Northeastern 1/29/11 65-70 L 7-7-5 9-5-0 0-0-0 3-3-31 0-0-0 DNP UNC WILMINGTON 2/2/11 63-58 W 15-7-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP at Towson 2/5/11 63-60 W 9-5-5 12-6-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP HOFSTRA 2/9/11 68-79 L 10-9-6 2-2-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP NORTHEASTERN 2/12/11 74-71 W 13-5-4 31-13-1 DNP 2-2-0 DNP DNP at Old Dominion 2/15/11 43-60 L 4-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-4-0 0-0-0 DNP at Louisana Tech 2/19/11 45-51 L 2-5-3 6-4-1 2-0-0 DNP DNP DNP at William & Mary 2/23/11 65-69 L 8-2-1 5-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 DNP DNP GEORGE MASON 2/26/11 58-65 L 17-4-4 8-7-0 0-0-0 DNP 2-5-0 DNP vs. UNC Wilmington 3/4/11 58-52 W 14-5-4 0-1-1 DNP 0-3-0 DNP DNP vs. George Mason 3/5/11 45-68 L 3-6-4 4-3-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-0-0

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GEORGIA STATE TOTALS ...... Date Result FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR DR Reb PF A TO Bl St 1-2-OT Pts at McNeese State ...... 11/16/10 62-68 L 21-45 .467 4-13 .308 16-27 .593 14 20 34 24 12 18 3 6 32-30 62 TROY ...... 11/19/10 80-70 W 27-56 .482 11-23 .478 15-25 .600 11 27 38 27 18 16 2 7 37-43 80 UTAH VALLEY ...... 11/23/10 69-56 W 24-54 .444 6-14 .429 15-22 .682 16 20 36 19 12 16 5 9 33-36 69 SAMFORD ...... 11/27/10 61-70 L 22-63 .349 8-23 .348 9-17 .529 13 26 39 28 13 11 4 4 31-25-5 61 at Hampton ...... 11/30/10 56-60 L 22-57 .386 3-15 .200 9-20 .450 15 26 41 26 10 18 4 2 25-24-7 56 JAMES MADISON ...... 12/4/10 64-63 W 26-58 .448 2-9 .222 10-20 .500 11 31 42 23 14 16 9 13 32-32 64 WESTERN MICHIGAN ...... 12/11/10 59-61 L 24-55 .436 5-9 .556 6-11 .545 8 29 37 18 12 16 6 4 29-30 59 FLORIDA A&M ...... 12/18/10 76-67 W 25-62 .403 6-15 .400 20-35 .571 20 24 44 23 13 17 7 10 31-45 76 at Georgia Southern ...... 12/22/10 72-74 L 28-55 .509 6-22 .273 10-19 .526 11 20 31 19 16 21 2 9 31-32-9 72 vs. Tex.A&M-Corpus Christi 12/29/10 72-42 W 28-53 .528 9-20 .450 7-13 .538 13 20 33 21 20 12 4 7 37-35 72 at Chattanooga ...... 12/30/10 81-76 W 30-55 .545 10-24 .417 11-20 .550 9 27 36 20 22 14 2 5 39-42 81 VCU ...... 1/3/11 76-66 W 27-53 .509 1-8 .125 21-30 .700 14 29 43 17 13 18 5 4 34-42 76 at UNC Wilmington ...... 1/5/11 56-59 L 21-56 .375 8-18 .444 6-18 .333 13 24 37 17 9 7 6 4 25-31 56 TOWSON ...... 1/8/11 73-65 W 28-56 .500 11-25 .440 6-13 .462 9 25 34 21 21 11 5 3 33-40 73 at James Madison ...... 1/13/11 67-79 L 24-67 .358 7-18 .389 12-15 .800 13 19 32 22 12 10 4 5 23-44 67 at George Mason ...... 1/15/11 51-66 L 17-49 .347 6-24 .250 11-14 .786 12 17 29 24 6 20 0 5 21-30 51 at VCU ...... 1/19/11 54-71 L 15-42 .357 4-14 .286 20-27 .741 11 27 38 22 6 24 5 8 18-36 54 DELAWARE ...... 1/22/11 62-64 L 20-49 .408 3-10 .300 19-26 .731 10 23 33 14 9 8 5 6 25-37 62 at Drexel ...... 1/24/11 33-57 L 14-48 .292 4-12 .333 1-4 .250 4 21 25 17 7 14 6 4 13-20 33 OLD DOMINION ...... 1/26/11 48-51 L 17-41 .415 8-19 .421 6-8 .750 8 17 25 21 14 15 1 5 23-25 48 at Northeastern ...... 1/29/11 65-70 L 23-62 .371 8-24 .333 11-17 .647 15 17 32 20 20 13 6 10 23-42 65 UNC WILMINGTON ...... 2/2/11 63-58 W 22-54 .407 5-21 .238 14-20 .700 11 22 33 17 11 15 4 12 32-20-11 63 at Towson ...... 2/5/11 63-60 W 26-59 .441 2-11 .182 9-15 .600 14 22 36 22 15 8 7 6 37-26 63 HOFSTRA ...... 2/9/11 68-79 L 27-63 .429 5-15 .333 9-13 .692 18 21 39 21 16 16 1 6 26-42 68 NORTHEASTERN ...... 2/12/11 74-71 W 25-54 .463 6-19 .316 18-26 .692 16 23 39 22 12 18 8 10 29-33-12 74 at Old Dominion ...... 2/15/11 43-60 L 17-52 .327 4-14 .286 5-11 .455 16 21 37 24 9 13 5 4 20-23 43 at Louisana Tech ...... 2/19/11 45-51 L 17-50 .340 7-21 .333 4-10 .400 11 23 34 20 12 17 5 7 23-22 45 at William & Mary ...... 2/23/11 65-69 L 26-62 .419 9-22 .409 4-9 .444 14 19 33 29 12 13 8 10 19-46 65 GEORGE MASON ...... 2/26/11 58-65 L 24-55 .436 6-12 .500 4-10 .400 16 19 35 19 10 13 8 4 26-32 58 vs. UNC Wilmington ...... 3/4/11 58-52 W 23-48 .479 3-8 .375 9-17 .529 9 33 42 16 18 14 8 8 28-30 58 vs. George Mason ...... 3/5/11 45-68 L 17-43 .395 2-10 .200 9-17 .529 11 25 36 25 10 21 3 4 29-16 45

OPPONENT TOTALS...... Date Result FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR DR Reb PF A TO Bl St 1-2-OT Pts at McNeese State ...... 11/16/10 62-68 L 20-47 .426 5-10 .500 23-31 .542 11 15 26 19 11 12 1 8 38-30 68 TROY ...... 11/19/10 80-70 W 21-53 .396 9-23 .391 19-37 .514 16 22 38 22 15 16 4 9 29-41 70 UTAH VALLEY ...... 11/23/10 69-56 W 16-40 .400 6-12 .500 18-22 .818 5 20 25 21 9 20 4 7 29-27 56 SAMFORD ...... 11/27/10 61-70 L 20-46 .435 7-19 .368 23-30 .767 4 33 37 19 13 13 0 3 24-32-14 70 at Hampton ...... 11/30/10 56-60 L 15-45 .333 4-17 .235 26-39 .667 10 25 35 17 8 12 4 9 22-27-11 60 JAMES MADISON ...... 12/4/10 64-63 W 19-61 .311 6-18 .333 19-29 .655 18 25 43 16 8 18 4 5 30-33 63 WESTERN MICHIGAN ...... 12/11/10 59-61 L 21-58 .362 1-12 .083 18-22 .818 9 23 32 14 9 9 4 6 22-39 61 FLORIDA A&M ...... 12/18/10 76-67 W 20-59 .339 5-21 .238 22-25 .880 16 22 38 28 7 20 8 6 29-38 67 at Georgia Southern ...... 12/22/10 72-74 L 29-52 .558 5-12 .417 11-16 .688 8 20 28 18 12 18 3 15 27-36-11 74 vs. Tex.A&M-Corpus Christi 12/29/10 72-42 W 14-42 .333 1-14 .071 13-27 .481 14 15 29 12 8 17 2 6 19-23 42 at Chattanooga ...... 12/30/10 81-76 W 25-58 .431 8-34 .235 18-26 .692 13 21 34 19 14 11 0 6 31-45 76 VCU ...... 1/3/11 76-66 W 19-57 .333 6-23 .261 22-26 .846 10 15 25 23 10 13 1 5 30-36 66 at UNC Wilmington ...... 1/5/11 56-59 L 20-47 .426 6-19 .316 13-17 .765 7 29 36 15 11 11 3 3 30-29 59 TOWSON ...... 1/8/11 73-65 W 24-53 .453 7-16 .438 10-19 .526 9 23 32 14 12 13 4 1 32-33 65 at James Madison ...... 1/13/11 67-79 L 26-44 .591 10-16 .625 17-26 .654 4 29 33 12 16 16 6 6 32-47 79 at George Mason ...... 1/15/11 51-66 L 19-41 .463 3-12 .250 25-31 .806 9 23 32 13 10 13 3 9 24-42 66 at VCU ...... 1/19/11 54-71 L 23-58 .397 10-28 .357 15-22 .682 12 20 32 23 13 12 4 13 35-36 71 DELAWARE ...... 1/22/11 62-64 L 22-51 .431 9-17 .529 11-16 .688 9 22 31 19 15 12 1 4 35-29 64 at Drexel ...... 1/24/11 33-57 L 21-46 .457 4-11 .364 11-23 .478 9 32 41 8 9 12 4 2 18-39 57 OLD DOMINION ...... 1/26/11 48-51 L 16-44 .364 2-14 .143 17-23 .739 13 17 30 12 10 11 2 9 24-27 51 at Northeastern ...... 1/29/11 65-70 L 23-47 .489 5-9 .556 19-22 .864 9 27 36 19 15 20 3 7 33-37 70 UNC WILMINGTON ...... 2/2/11 63-58 W 18-59 .305 4-23 .174 18-21 .857 20 25 45 17 5 20 2 10 19-33-6 58 at Towson ...... 2/5/11 63-60 W 16-42 .381 5-16 .313 23-26 .885 5 22 27 14 12 10 4 3 26-34 60 HOFSTRA ...... 2/9/11 68-79 L 28-55 .509 9-19 .500 14-19 .737 8 20 28 19 19 10 7 8 38-41 79 NORTHEASTERN ...... 2/12/11 74-71 W 23-52 .442 6-17 .353 19-26 .731 11 15 26 18 11 15 2 8 33-29-9 71 at Old Dominion ...... 2/15/11 43-60 L 17-48 .354 5-15 .333 21-28 .750 16 22 38 11 12 9 7 8 25-35 60 at Louisana Tech ...... 2/19/11 45-51 L 14-38 .368 6-17 .353 17-27 .630 8 25 33 13 10 16 0 6 26-25 51 at William & Mary ...... 2/23/11 65-69 L 17-45 .378 6-22 .273 29-37 .784 14 25 39 11 14 15 5 5 30-39 69 GEORGE MASON ...... 2/26/11 58-65 L 22-53 .415 7-11 .636 14-21 .667 14 19 33 11 14 9 6 4 31-34 65 vs. UNC Wilmington ...... 3/4/11 58-52 W 18-61 .295 6-29 .207 10-20 .500 16 22 38 17 7 9 4 6 26-26 52 vs. George Mason ...... 3/5/11 45-68 L 21-46 .457 5-14 .357 21-29 .724 3 19 22 14 11 6 3 11 31-37 68

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TEAM SUPERLATIVES ALL GAMES CAA GAMES Most Points Scored 81 Chattanooga, 12-30-10 79 James Madison, 1-13-11 Fewest Points Scored 33 Drexel, 1-25-11 33 Drexel, 1-25-11 Most Points Allowed 79 James Madison, 1-13-11, Hofstra, 2-9-11 79 James Madison, 1-13-11, Hofstra, 2-9-11 Fewest Points Allowed 42 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 12-29-10 51 Old Dominion, 1-26-11 Most Points Scored - Half 46 William & Mary, 2-23-11 (2nd) 46 William & Mary, 2-23-11 (2nd) Fewest Points Scored - Half 13 Drexel, 1-24-11 (1st) 13 Drexel, 1-24-11 (1st) Most Points Allowed - Half 47 James Madison, 1-13-10 (2nd) 47 James Madison, 1-13-10 (2nd) Fewest Points Allowed - Half 18 Drexel, 1-24-11 (1st) 18 Drexel, 1-24-11 (1st) Margin of Victory 30 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 12-29-10 10 VCU, 1-3-11 Margin of Defeat 24 Drexel, 1-24-11 24 Drexel, 1-24-11 Field Goals Made 30 Chattanooga, 12-30-10 (30-55) 28 Hofstra, 2-9-11 (28-63), Towson, 1-8-11 (28-56) Fewest Field Goals Made 14 Drexel, 1-24-11 (14-48) 14 Drexel, 1-24-11 (14-48) FG Attempts 67 James Madison, 1-13-11 (24-67) 67 James Madison, 1-13-11 (24-67) FG% .558 Georgia Southern, 12-22-10 (29-52) .509 VCU, 1-3-11 (27-53) Lowest FG% .292 Drexel, 1-24-11 (14-48) .292 Drexel, 1-24-11 (14-48) Lowest FG% Allowed .305 UNC Wilmington, 2-2-11 (18-59) .305 UNC Wilmington, 2-2-11 (18-59) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 11 Troy, 11-19-10 (11-23), Towson, 1-8-11 (11-25) 11 Towson, 1-8-11 (11-25) 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 25 Towson, 1-8-11 (11-25) 25 Towson, 1-8-11 (11-25) 3-Pt FG% (Minimum 3 made) .556 Western Michigan, 12-11-10 (5-9) .500 George Mason, 2-26-11 (6-12) Free Throws Made 21 VCU, 1-3-11 (21-30) 21 VCU, 1-3-11 (21-30) Free Throw Attempts 35 Florida A&M, 12-18-10 (20-35) 30 VCU, 1-3-11 (21-30) Free Throw % .800 James Madison, 1-13-11 (12-15) .800 James Madison, 1-13-11 (12-15) Rebounds 44 Florida A&M, 12-18-10 43 VCU, 1-3-11 Rebound Margin +18 VCU, 1-3-11 +18 VCU, 1-3-11 Assists 22 Chattanooga, 12-30-10 21 Towson, 1-8-11 Steals 13 James Madison, 12-4-10 13 James Madison, 12-4-10 Most Turnovers 24 VCU, 1-19-11 24 VCU, 1-19-11 Fewest Turnovers 7 UNC Wilmington, 1-5-11 7 UNC Wilmington, 1-5-11 Blocked Shots 9 James Madison, 12-4-10 9 James Madison, 12-4-10 Most Fouls 29 William & Mary, 2-23-11 29 William & Mary, 2-23-11 Fewest Fouls 14 Delaware, 1-22-11 14 Delaware, 1-22-11

INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES ALL GAMES CAA GAMES Most Points Scored 31 Brandon McGee vs. Northeastern, 2-12-11 31 Brandon McGee vs. Northeastern, 2-12-11 Field Goals Made 12 Eric Buckner vs. VCU, 1-3-11 (12-16) 12 Eric Buckner vs. VCU, 1-3-11 (12-16) FG Attempts 21 Brandon McGee vs. Northeastern, 2-12-11 (11-21) 21 Brandon McGee vs. Northeastern, 2-12-11 (11-21) FG% (minimum 5 made) 1.000 James Vincent vs. Towson, 1-16-10 (5-5) 1.000 James Vincent vs. Towson, 1-16-10 (5-5) Marques Johnson vs. VCU, 1-3-11 (5-5) Marques Johnson vs. VCU, 1-3-11 (5-5) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 7 Javonte Maynor vs. William & Mary, 2-23-11 (7-10) 7 Javonte Maynor vs. William & Mary, 2-23-11 (7-10) Dante Curry vs. UNC Wilmington, 1-5-11 (7-10) Dante Curry vs. UNC Wilmington, 1-5-11 (7-10) Dante Curry vs. Chattanooga, 12-30-10 (7-12) 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 13 Dante Curry vs. Towson, 1-8-11 (4-13) 13 Dante Curry vs. Towson, 1-8-11 (4-13) Free Throws Made 8 Eric Buckner vs. Delaware, 1-22-11 (8-12) 8 Eric Buckner vs. Delaware, 1-22-11 (8-12) Free Throw Attempts 12 Eric Buckner vs. Delaware, 1-22-11 (8-12) 12 Eric Buckner vs. Delaware, 1-22-11 (8-12) Rebounds 13 Brandon McGee vs. Northeastern, 2-12-11 13 Brandon McGee vs. Northeastern, 2-12-11 Assists 9 James Fields vs. Towson, 1-8-11 9 James Fields vs. Towson, 1-8-11 Steals 4 James Fields vs. Northeastern, 2-12-11 4 James Fields vs. Northeastern, 2-12-11 Josh Micheaux vs. UNC Wilmington, 2-2-11 Josh Micheaux vs. UNC Wilmington, 2-2-11 James Fields vs. James Madison, 12-4-10 James Fields vs. James Madison, 12-4-10 Blocked Shots 5 James Vincent vs. Towson, 2-5-11 5 James Vincent vs. Towson, 2-5-11 Eric Buckner vs. Florida A&M, 12-18-10

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Game 1: Nov. 16, 2010, 7 p.m. Game 2: Nov. 19, 2010, 7 p.m. MCNEESE STATE 68, GEORGIA STATE 62 GEORGIA STATE 80, TROY 70 Burton Coliseum • Lake Charles, La. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Despite 19 points from freshman Harold Doby in his collegiate debut, Senior Dante Curry and freshman Javonte Maynor combined for 30 points Georgia State opened the season with a 68-62 loss at McNeese State in Burton and nine of Georgia State’s 11 three-pointers as the Panthers defeated Troy, 80-70, Memorial Coliseum. in their home opener Friday at the GSU Sports Arena. Doby, a native of Augusta, Ga., came off the bench to play 30 minutes, shoot- Curry scored a game-high 15 points on fi ve treys, and Maynor, the rookie ing 7-of-10 from the fi eld and knocking down 5-of-7 from the line. He fi nished from South Gwinnett High, also scored 15 with four treys. Senior Marques John- the game with fi ve rebounds and a pair of steals. son and junior Jihad Ali also reached double fi gures for the Panthers (1-1) with “Harold Doby is a very good freshman,” commented head coach Rod Barnes. 10 points each. Harold Doby led GSU on the boards with 11 rebounds, along with “He played really well tonight and made good adjustments when he needed. six points. Aft er scoring 23 points in the fi rst half for the Cowboys, the Panthers held Georgia State’s 11 three-pointers, which came on 23 attempts, are the most by Deigo Kapelan to just two second half points, but 18 total Panther turnovers the Panthers since 2007-08 and their second highest total under head coach Rod proved to be the diff erence. Barnes. Trailing by as many as nine in the fi rst half and by six early in the second half, freshman Javonte Maynor hit back-to-back three-pointers with 15:34 remaining “It was a great win for us,” commented Barnes. “I have been telling the team to tie the score at 40. Maynor, who made the start in his debut, was limited in the that we don’t need to worry about winning and losing as much as we need to work fi rst half aft er picking up two fouls 11 seconds apart, each before the fi rst media on getting better. We needed to play better than we played on Tuesday night. I timeout. thought we had a great team eff ort and played much better this evening.” Maynor fi nished the game playing 17 minutes, scoring six points and pulling Levan Patsatsia scored 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting to lead Troy (1-2). down three rebounds. Th e Trojans dropped their second in a row aft er winning their season opener. Junior Eric Buckner, making his fi rst appearance in a Panther uniform scored Will Weathers added 14 points, four rebounds and four assists while making 8-of- six points on 3-of-6 shooting, pulling down a game-high 12 rebounds. Buckner 12 free throws. added all three GSU block shots in a team-high 32 minutes. In a fi rst half that featured seven lead changes, the Panthers trailed 24-23 with Late in the second half, Doby’s made a lay-up with 2:49 remaining to cut the six minutes to play in the period before closing the half on a 14-5 run. A jumper Cowboys lead to three, but that was as close as the Panthers would get. by Maynor gave GSU the lead for good at 25-24, and Curry hit a pair of treys Junior James Fields fi nished the game with 11 points, fi nishing 7-of-10 from down the stretch, including one with three seconds left to send the Panthers into the free throw line. Th e Panthers hit just 59.3% from the free throw line, making the locker room with a 37-29 advantage. just 16-of-27 shots. Aft er Troy scored the fi rst bucket of the second half to pull within 37-29, Patrick Richard, an all-Southland Conference preseason selection, led the Georgia State exploded for four straight three-pointers, three in a row by Maynor Cowboys at the line, going 10-of-12, fi nishing the game with 17 points. He added and then one by Curry to push its lead to 49-31 with 15 minutes to play. From fi ve rebounds and dished out four assists in the win. there, the Panthers maintained a double-digit advantage the rest of the way. Despite fouling out, Daniel Richard added seven points and three rebounds Th e Panthers were effi cient on off ense, connecting on 48 percent from the for the Cowboys who were outrebounded 34-26. Th e Panthers’ benched out- fi eld and collecting 18 assists on 27 baskets. scored McNeese State 36-15. Th e Panthers will play fi ve of their next six games at home, with the lone trip to GEORGIA STATE 62 (0-1) face Hampton in Virginia. State has won 5-of-7 at home dating back to the end Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min of last season. Ali, Jihad, f ...... 2-13 1-4 0-0 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 28 TROY 70 (1-2) Buckner, Eric, f ...... 3-6 0-0 0-4 2 10 12 4 6 1 4 3 2 32 McGee, Brandon, f ...... 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 10 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Johnson, Marques, g ...... 3-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 7 2 1 0 0 23 Toombs, Bernard, c ...... 3-5 0-0 0-1 4 4 8 3 6 1 2 3 1 23 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 2-5 2-5 0-0 2 1 3 2 6 3 0 0 0 17 Weathers, Will, g ...... 2-9 2-4 8-12 0 4 4 4 14 4 4 0 3 34 Fields, James ...... 2-3 0-0 7-10 1 0 1 4 11 2 3 0 1 31 Taylor, Vernon, g ...... 2-8 1-4 2-6 2 3 5 4 7 4 5 1 2 29 White, Devonta ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 Patsatsia, Levan, g ...... 8-12 2-4 4-7 2 2 4 3 22 2 1 0 2 37 Vincent, James ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Huddleston, Regis, g ...... 1-6 1-4 0-0 2 3 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 24 Micheaux, Josh ...... 2-2 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 3 6 2 5 0 1 17 Ross, DeAndrae ...... 2-6 1-4 3-4 0 1 1 4 8 3 2 0 1 25 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 Patterson, Shawntez ...... 2-5 2-3 1-3 0 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 0 14 Doby, Harold ...... 7-10 0-0 5-7 2 3 5 3 19 0 0 0 2 30 Owens, Tim ...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cunningham, Steven ...... 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 Totals ...... 21-45 4-13 16-27 14 20 34 24 62 12 18 3 6 200 Totals ...... 21-53 9-23 19-37 16 22 38 22 70 15 16 4 9 200 FG% 1st: 10-21 47.6% 2nd: 11-24 45.8% Game: 46.7% FG% 1st: 10-22 45.5% 2nd: 11-31 35.5% Game: 39.6% 3P% 1st: 1-3 33.3% 2nd: 3-10 30.0% Game: 30.8% 3P% 1st: 5-10 50.0% 2nd: 4-13 30.8% Game: 39.1% FT% 1st: 4-10 40.0% 2nd: 15-27 55.6% Game: 51.4% FT% 1st: 11-17 64.7% 2nd: 5-10 50.0% Game: 59.3% MCNEESE STATE 68 (1-0) GEORGIA STATE 80 (1-1) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 1-3 0-0 1-3 0 2 2 4 3 0 2 0 0 16 Alawoya, P.J., f ...... 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 3 2 0 2 0 1 21 Doby, Harold, f ...... 2-4 0-0 2-3 2 9 11 3 6 1 2 0 2 22 Richard, Danield, f ...... 3-6 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 5 7 0 2 0 1 30 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 4-6 1-1 1-2 1 0 1 4 10 7 1 0 0 22 Kapelan, Diego, g ...... 7-12 3-7 8-10 0 0 0 0 25 0 3 0 2 33 Fields, James, g ...... 1-3 0-0 5-8 1 3 4 4 7 3 3 0 0 27 Richard, Patrick, g ...... 3-10 1-2 10-12 2 3 5 0 17 4 2 1 0 35 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 5-10 4-8 1-2 0 1 1 3 15 0 1 0 1 26 Collins, C.J., g ...... 1-5 0-0 0-3 1 2 3 1 2 7 0 0 3 35 White, Devonta ...... 3-7 0-3 2-3 1 1 2 2 8 3 2 0 2 14 Mitchell, Jeremie ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Curry, Dante ...... 5-8 5-8 0-0 1 0 1 1 15 0 1 0 1 13 Regis, Brandon ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ali, Jihad ...... 4-8 1-3 1-2 2 6 8 2 10 3 0 1 1 30 Fields, Adrian ...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 Vincent, James ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 15 Martin, Stephan ...... 2-2 1-1 2-2 0 2 2 1 7 0 1 0 0 15 Micheaux, Josh ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 7 Konate, Mari ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 McGee, Brandon ...... 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 David, Preston ...... 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 5 6 0 0 0 1 13 Totals ...... 27-56 11-23 15-25 11 27 38 27 80 18 16 2 7 200 Queen, Tyson ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals ...... 20-47 5-10 23-31 11 15 26 19 68 11 12 1 8 200 FG% 1st: 13-29 44.8% 2nd: 14-27 51.9% Game: 48.2% FG% 1st: 11-25 44.0% 2nd: 9-22 40.9% Game: 42.6% 3P% 1st: 7-15 46.7% 2nd: 4-8 50.0% Game: 47.8% 3FP% 1st: 3-5 60.0% 2nd: 2-5 40.0% Game: 50.0% FT% 1st: 4-7 57.1% 2nd: 11-18 61.1% Game: 60.0% FT% 1st: 13-19 68.4% 2nd: 10-12 83.3% Game: 74.2% Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Sam Croft, Sidney Cohen, Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Ron Groover, Matt Potter, Troy ...... 29 41 70 Chuck Jones Georgia State ...... 32 30 62 Brian Shay Georgia State ...... 37 43 80 Attendance: 1,296 McNeese State ...... 38 30 68 Attendance: 621

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Game 3: Nov. 23, 2010, 7 p.m. Game 4: Nov. 27, 2010, 7 p.m. GEORGIA STATE 69, UTAH VALLEY 56 SAMFORD 70, GEORGIA STATE 61, OT Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Eric Buckner scored 15 points and Brandon McGee and Marques Johnson Georgia State fell to Samford, 70-61, in overtime at the Sports Arena on Satur- added 12 points each as Georgia State won its second straight game with a 69-56 day night. Th e Panthers led 52-45 with a 1:10 to play in regulation, but Samford’s victory over Utah Valley in the GSU Sports Arena. Andy King hit a game-tying three-pointer with 11 seconds left , and GSU had a Buckner, the 6-10 junior college transfer, went 5-for-6 from the fi eld and game-winning basket waved off for a player control foul with three seconds left . 5-for-5 from the free throw line. He also grabbed seven rebounds and blocked Samford (4-3) scored the fi rst seven points in the overtime and held on for three shots to lead a solid defensive eff ort for the Panthers (2-1). the victory. “Eric did a really good job, especially at the free throw line,” said GSU head Freshman Javonte Maynor led Georgia State (2-2) with 12 points. Junior- coach Rod Barnes. “He had been struggling at the line, but he has been working transfer Brandon McGee contributed nine points and seven rebounds, and senior at it, and tonight it showed. Marques Johnson added eight points, fi ve rebounds and four assists. Georgia State led the entire second half and held a 55-50 advantage with 41 “Th is was a tough, physical game, and our guys really fought through it, so seconds left aft er Dante Curry hit a pair of free throws for the Panthers. Samford’s it was a good win,” continued Barnes. “Our depth really helped us, especially up Josh Bedwell managed to draw a foul on a three-point attempt with 21 seconds to front.” play and hit all three, pulling the Bulldogs within 55-53. Georgia State led 37-34 early in the second half when McGee scored eight GSU’s Johnson sank one free throw for a three-point advantage, but when he straight points with a pair of three-pointers sandwiched around a layup to push missed the second, King was able to tie the game with his three-pointer. Jihad Ali the GSU lead to 45-37 with 11 minutes left . drove to the basket and scored what appeared to be the winning basket with 3.7 With the Panthers still holding just a six-point lead at 52-46 with seven seconds left , but he was called for the charge, sending the game to overtime. minutes to go, freshman Devonta White, who fi nished with 10 points, nailed a In the extra session, aft er Samford hit a pair of fi eld goals, the Bulldogs pulled three-pointer and then Buckner completed a three-point play that put GSU ahead, away as Jeff rey Merritt threw up a desperation heave as the shot clock expired. Th e 58-48, with 6:35 to play. From there, GSU maintained its double-digit lead the rest ball bounced off the glass and around the rim before dropping through the net for of the way. a three-pointer and a seven-point Samford lead with 1:53 left in the overtime. Georgia State shot 44 percent from the fi eld, including 6-for-14 from three- Samford went 23-for-30 at the free throw line. point range, forced 20 Utah Valley turnovers and outrebounded the Wolverines, It marked the sixth time the two squads have gone to overtime over the 47 36-20, including 16 off ensive rebounds. times the two have met-up. With the win, the Bulldogs tied the overtime match- “We had some guys really go to the glass tonight, and that was one of the ups 3-3 and closed the series to 24-23 in favor of the Panthers. Samford has now diff erences in the game,” said Barnes. won three straight dating back to 2003. Holton Hunsaker scored 12 points to lead Utah Valley (0-3). Th e Panthers led by as many as 11 points in the fi rst half as they connected on With the game tied at 27-27 late in the fi rst half, GSU scored six straight 50 percent from the fi eld, including fi ve three-pointers. In the second half, GSU points, including Javonte Maynor’s three-pointer that put the Panthers ahead 33- managed to shoot just 32 percent, allowing the Bulldogs to remain within striking 27 with 29 seconds left . Rory Fannon hit a jumper at the buzzer for Utah Valley, distance. sending Georgia State to the locker room with a 33-29 lead. SAMFORD 70 (4-3) UTAH VALLEY 56 (0-3) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Windler, Drew, f ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 Robinson, Geddes, f...... 2-3 0-0 1-2 3 2 5 1 5 0 3 1 2 26 Davis, Josh, f ...... 3-8 0-3 1-2 1 4 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 31 Aird, Ben, c ...... 2-5 0-0 4-5 1 2 3 5 8 0 1 3 1 19 Bermudez, Gaby, g ...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 4 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 19 Williams, Isiah, g ...... 3-10 2-5 2-2 0 2 2 3 10 2 2 0 0 28 Merritt, Jeffrey, g ...... 3-7 1-2 0-1 0 7 7 5 7 3 2 0 1 25 Hunsaker, Holton, g...... 3-8 2-4 4-4 0 1 1 2 12 1 5 0 1 29 Bedwell, Josh, g ...... 2-3 1-2 7-7 0 4 4 0 12 3 1 0 0 31 Swarbrick, Jordan, g ...... 2-5 1-2 0-0 1 3 4 0 5 2 1 0 2 21 Peterson, John ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 Deadwiler, Shawn ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 2 2 2 3 0 1 26 Johnson, Kaylin ...... 6-8 3-4 5-7 1 4 5 4 20 2 3 0 0 33 Woods, Kevin ...... 1-3 1-1 1-2 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 11 Wooten, Gregg ...... 3-8 0-0 7-9 0 4 4 0 13 0 1 0 2 26 Jones, Zach ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Friday, Matthew ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 Thompson, Keith ...... 1-2 0-0 2-3 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 Cook, Will ...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Fannon, Rory ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 10 King, Andy ...... 2-6 2-5 2-2 0 4 4 3 8 4 1 0 0 29 Baker, Justin ...... 0-0 0-0 4-4 0 2 2 2 4 1 4 0 0 22 Totals ...... 20-46 7-19 23-30 4 33 37 19 70 13 13 0 3 225 Totals ...... 16-40 6-12 18-22 5 20 25 21 56 9 20 4 7 200 FG% 1st: 7-19 36.8% 2nd: 10-24 41.7% OT: 3-3 100.0% Game: 46.7% FG% 1st: 9-21 42.9% 2nd: 7-19 36.8% Game: 40.0% 3P% 1st: 1-5 20.0% 2nd: 5-13 38.5% OT: 1-1 100.0% Game: 30.8% 3P% 1st: 5-8 62.5% 2nd: 1-4 25.0% Game: 50.0% FT% 1st: 9-10 90.0% 2nd: 7-10 70.0% OT: 7-10 100.0% Game: 59.3% FT% 1st: 6-8 75.0% 2nd: 12-14 85.7% Game: 81.8% GEORGIA STATE 61 (2-2) GEORGIA STATE 69 (2-1) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 1-7 0-0 2-2 4 3 7 4 4 1 3 1 1 26 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 5-6 0-0 5-5 2 5 7 3 15 1 2 3 2 28 McGee, Brandon, f ...... 4-7 1-2 0-4 2 5 7 0 9 0 1 1 0 25 Doby, Harold, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 3-11 0-0 2-4 0 5 5 3 8 4 2 1 0 37 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 5-8 1-1 1-3 1 0 1 1 12 3 2 0 1 32 Fields, James, g ...... 3-5 0-0 1-2 2 5 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 34 Fields, James, g ...... 3-5 0-0 2-2 0 4 4 1 8 3 1 0 1 28 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 4-8 4-8 0-0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 1 23 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 White, Devonta ...... 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 8 White, Devonta ...... 3-7 2-3 3-4 1 1 2 2 11 1 1 0 2 16 Curry, Dante ...... 2-6 2-5 2-2 0 1 1 4 8 0 1 0 0 12 Curry, Dante ...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 Ali, Jihad ...... 2-10 0-5 2-3 1 4 5 2 6 1 1 1 1 27 Ali, Jihad ...... 0-5 0-2 0-1 3 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 Vincent, James ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Brown, Daniel ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Micheaux, Josh ...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 14 Vincent, James ...... 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 2 3 0 2 2 0 12 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 Micheaux, Josh ...... 1-4 0-0 3-4 2 1 3 1 5 1 1 0 1 22 Doby, Harold ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12 McGee, Brandon ...... 5-9 2-3 0-1 4 1 5 3 12 2 3 0 2 26 Totals ...... 22-63 8-23 9-17 13 26 39 28 61 13 11 4 4 225 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals ...... 24-54 6-14 15-22 16 20 36 19 69 12 16 5 9 200 FG% 1st: 13-26 50.0% 2nd: 8-25 32.0% OT: 1-12 8.3% Game: 34.9% FG% 1st: 11-30 36.7% 2nd: 13-24 54.2% Game: 44.4% 3P% 1st: 5-12 41.7% 2nd: 2-6 33.3% OT: 1-5 20.0% Game: 34.8% 3P% 1st: 2-7 28.6% 2nd: 4-7 57.1% Game: 42.9% FT% 1st: 0-3 0-0% 2nd: 7-12 58.3% OT: 2-2 100.0% Game: 52.9% FT% 1st: 9-14 64.3% 2nd: 6-8 75.0% Game: 68.2% Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd OT Offi cials: Ty Huffer, Scott Smith, Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: James Barker, Tony Greene, Samford ...... 24 32 14 70 Jeremy Mosier Utah Valley ...... 29 27 56 Jeremy Mosier Georgia State ...... 31 25 5 61 Attendance: 611 Georgia State ...... 33 36 69 Attendance: 532

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Game 5: Nov. 30, 2010, 7 p.m. Game 6: Dec. 4, 2010, 2 p.m. HAMPTON 60, GEORGIA STATE 56 (OT) GEORGIA STATE 64, JAMES MADISON 63 HU Convocation Center • Hampton, Va. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Despite a double-double from junior Eric Buckner, Georgia State dropped its Jihad Ali rebounded a missed shot and made a layup as time expired to lift second straight overtime contest, falling to Hampton, 60-56 on Tuesday night. Georgia State to 64-63 victory over James Madison in the Colonial Athletic As- Buckner led the Panthers with 20 points on 10-16 shooting, while pulling down sociation opener for both teams Saturday at the GSU Sports Arena. 10 rebounds. With the score tied 62-all, James Madison’s (6-2, 0-1 CAA) Devon Moore went Th e Panthers (2-3) held Hampton (6-1) to just 33.3 percent shooting from the to the free throw line with 3.5 seconds left . He made the fi rst to put the Dukes fi eld and 23.5 percent from three-point range, but the Pirates made 26-of-39 from ahead, but missed the second, and Brandon McGee rebounded for Georgia State the free throw line. State was just 9-of-20 from the charity stripe. (3-3, 1-0 CAA). Aft er a timeout, the Panthers’ Harold Doby inbounded the ball “We just made a few too many mistakes tonight,” commented head coach Rod from in front of the JMU bench with 2.7 seconds on the clock. Barnes. “I take full responsibility for that and I am going to work to get us to take Doby found Marques Johnson, who got a good look from the wing, but the better care of the ball down the stretch.” JMU’s Andrey Semenov managed to defl ect the shot. Ali grabbed the rebound Aft er exchanging three-pointers to open overtime, back-to-back free throws under the basket and laid it in just ahead of the horn. by Darrion Pellum and a jumper by Danny Agbelese gave the Pirates a four-point “I told our team, never feel like we cannot win the game,” said GSU head lead, which they never relinquished. coach Rod Barnes. “You’ve got to believe, until the game is over, that we’re going Pellum, coming off a career-high 33 points, led the Pirates with 21 points, in- to win it, and we talked about that in the huddle. Marques got off a good shot, cluding a stretch of 13-of-14 Hampton points in the second half. His three-pointer and Jihad made a great play to grab the rebound. with 8:25 remaining gave the Pirates their fi rst lead of the second half. GSU overcame a 21-point, 15-rebound eff ort by JMU’s 6-10 standout Denzel With the score tied at 46, Brandon Tunnell knocked down a jumper and Bowles with a balanced attack. Th e Panthers were led by a pair of players of the Danny Agbelese followed with a free-throw to give the Pirates a 49-46 lead with bench as McGee scored 15 points and junior Josh Micheaux added 12. Ali con- 1:01 remaining. tributed eight points and career-high 10 rebounds. Redshirt-junior Jihad Ali made one-of-two from the free throw line to cut the “We knew he was going to make shots, he’s that good,” said Barnes. “We defi cit to two with 42 seconds remaining, before another Buckner dunk tied the talked about not letting him catch it. Early on, we let him catch it too easily and game at 49 with 19 second left . we didn’t put enough ball pressure on their guards. Down the stretch, I thought Hampton missed a pair of jumpers with less than eight seconds remaining to Harold Doby did a good job on him.” send the game to overtime. Aft er McGee’s three-point play gave Georgia State a 60-55 lead with just under In the fi rst half, with Hampton leading 9-4, the Panthers held the Pirates fi ve minutes to go, Julius Wells nailed his second straight trey for the Dukes, pull- without a fi eld goal for 11:01 . and went on a 15-8 run, holding Hampton to just ing them within two. Eric Buckner answered with a layup to put GSU up 62-58 eight made free throws before Mike Tuitt hit a jumper with 3:26 remaining. with three minutes left . Hampton did not make another fi eld goal until the 15:55 mark of the second From there, Semenov and Moore each hit one of two free throws for James half, a stretch of over 18 minutes. Madison before Bowles tied the game at 62-all with a pair from the charity strip When Buckner opened the second half with an emphatic dunk, it gave the with 26 seconds left . Aft er a GSU turnover, Moore put a short jumper in the lane, Panthers a 27-22 lead. Th e Panthers extended its lead to 35-25 on another Buck- and James Fields was called for the foul with three seconds. He made the fi rst, but ner dunk with 15:48 left in the game. missed the second, setting up the last-second heroics. Freshman Devonta White scored a career-high 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting, Coming off a double-double on Tuesday at Hampton, junior Eric Buckner including a pair of three’s, while pulling down six rebounds and dishing out fi ve added eight points and seven rebounds in just 13 minutes of action. assists. GEORGIA STATE 56 (2-3) JAMES MADISON 63 (6-2, 0-1) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Johnson, Marques, g ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 Goins, Rayshawn, f ...... 2-10 0-0 5-9 5 7 12 2 9 0 0 0 0 20 Fields, James, g ...... 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 35 Wells, Julius, f ...... 5-13 3-7 2-2 1 1 2 2 15 1 0 0 1 34 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 13 Bowles, Denzel, c ...... 6-14 0-0 9-12 2 12 14 3 21 1 3 2 0 34 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 10-16 0-0 0-1 5 5 10 2 20 1 3 2 0 39 Hitchens, Humpty, g ...... 2-8 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 3 5 1 7 0 1 38 McGee, Brandon, f ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 Moore, Devon, g ...... 1-3 0-1 2-4 1 1 2 1 4 4 5 0 1 31 White, Devonta ...... 5-10 2-4 2-4 2 4 6 4 14 5 3 1 0 35 Diouf, Alioune ...... 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Curry, Dante ...... 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 13 Semenov, Andrey ...... 3-7 2-4 1-2 1 1 2 2 9 0 2 1 2 24 Ali, Jihad ...... 4-11 0-2 3-4 1 5 6 4 11 0 0 0 0 28 Jackson, Chad ...... 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 17 Vincent, James ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 Totals ...... 19-61 6-18 19-29 18 25 43 16 63 8 18 3 5 200 Micheaux, Josh ...... 1-7 0-1 1-5 0 6 6 3 3 2 1 1 1 28 FG% 1st: 9-32 28.1% 2nd: 10-29 34.5% Game: 31.1% Doby, Harold ...... 0-2 0-0 1-4 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 3P% 1st: 2-5 40.0% 2nd: 4-13 30.8% Game: 33.3% Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 FT% 1st: 10-15 66.7% 2nd: 9-14 64.3% Game: 65.5% Totals ...... 22-57 3-15 9-20 15 26 41 26 56 10 18 4 2 225 FG% 1st: 11-30 36.7% 2nd: 9-23 39.1% OT: 2-4 50.0% Game: 38.6% GEORGIA STATE 64 (3-3, 1-0) 3P% 1st: 1-8 12.5% 2nd: 0-4 0.0% OT: 2-3 66.7% Game: 20.0% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min FT% 1st: 2-6 33.3% 2nd: 6-10 60.0% OT: 1-4 25.0% Game: 45.0% Buckner, Eric, f ...... 4-10 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 5 8 0 1 4 1 13 Doby, Harold, f ...... 3-3 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 4 6 0 0 2 1 15 HAMPTON 60 (6-1) Johnson, Marques, g ...... 2-4 0-0 2-3 0 7 7 0 6 4 3 0 1 31 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Fields, James, g ...... 1-5 0-2 1-4 0 2 2 4 3 2 2 0 4 27 Pellum, Darrion, g ...... 8-18 2-7 3-4 0 1 1 1 21 2 4 0 2 44 Ali, Jihad, g...... 4-10 0-2 0-0 4 6 10 0 8 2 1 0 1 22 Agbelese, Danny, g ...... 1-2 0-0 2-4 3 5 8 5 4 0 0 1 1 33 White, Devonta ...... 1-5 1-2 1-1 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 19 Tunnell, Brandon, f ...... 1-5 0-0 8-12 0 1 1 1 10 1 3 0 0 36 Maynor, Javonte ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Funches, Charles, f ...... 0-2 0-0 5-6 3 8 11 2 5 3 2 0 2 44 Vincent, James ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 9 Morgan, Kwame, g ...... 3-13 2-10 5-7 0 3 3 2 13 1 2 0 2 36 Micheaux, Josh ...... 4-5 0-0 4-5 0 1 1 0 12 0 4 0 1 16 Tuitt, Mike ...... 1-4 0-0 3-6 1 3 4 0 5 1 0 0 1 19 McGee, Brandon ...... 6-10 1-2 2-5 1 5 6 3 15 2 3 1 2 32 Dunning, Wesley ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Reed, Koron ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 10 Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 Lola-Charles, Milade ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 Totals ...... 26-58 2-9 10-20 11 31 42 23 64 14 16 9 13 200 Totals ...... 15-45 4-17 26-39 10 25 35 17 60 8 12 4 9 225 FG% 1st: 4-18 22.2% 2nd: 9-22 40.9% OT: 2-5 40.0% Game: 33.3% FG% 1st: 12-30 40.0% 2nd: 14-28 50.0% Game: 44.8% 3P% 1st: 2-7 28.6% 2nd: 1-8 12.5% OT: 1-2 50.0% Game: 23.5% 3P% 1st: 2-5 40.0% 2nd: 0-4 0.0% Game: 22.2% FT% 1st: 12-16 75.0% 2nd: 8-15 53.3% OT: 6-8 75.0% Game: 66.7% FT% 1st: 6-11 54.5% 2nd: 4-9 44.4% Game: 50.0% Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd OT Offi cials: Jackie Sanders, Alfred Smith, Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Jeff Bruno, Ron Groover, Georgia State ...... 25 24 7 56 Matt Lee James Madison ...... 30 33 63 Kyle Neve Hampton ...... 22 27 11 60 Attendance: 3562 Georgia State ...... 32 32 64 Attendance: 829

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Game 7: Dec. 11, 2010, 8 p.m. Game 8: Dec. 18, 2010, 6 p.m. WESTERN MICHIGAN 61, GEORGIA STATE 59 GEORGIA STATE 76, FLORIDA A&M 67 Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Georgia State fell to Western Michigan, 61-59, on Flenard Whitfi eld’s basket Brandon McGee recorded his fi rst double-double with 14 points and 11 re- with less than a second remaining on Saturday night at the GSU Sports Arena. bounds and Jihad Ali added 15 points and nine boards as Georgia State defeated Brandon McGee’s three-pointer tied the game at 59-all for Georgia State (3-4) Florida A&M, 76-67, Saturday at the GSU Sports Arena. with 12.5 seconds left . Aft er a timeout, Western Michigan (4-4) inbounded the Freshman Devonta White contributed 13 points, fi ve rebounds and three ball with seven seconds, and Williams hit a short jumper in the lane with just 0.6 assists for the Panthers, who evened their record at 4-4. seconds remaining. “I have to give Florida A&M a lot of credit as they came in here and played Th e contest was the fourth straight for GSU to come down to the fi nal seconds hard tonight,” commented head coach Rod Barnes. “We were fortunate enough of regulation. One game earlier, the Panthers defeated James Madison on a Jihad to get the win tonight, but I am disappointed in our eff ort. We are going to have Ali’s buzzer beater, following consecutive overtime losses. to be much better if we are going to get the win on Wednesday night at Georgia McGee led the Panthers with 16 points and eight rebounds, and Jihad Ali Southern.” added 12 points. Whitfi eld paced the Broncos with 17 points and seven rebounds. “We did a lot of good things but just didn’t make enough plays down the Amin Stevens led Florida A&M (5-6) with 25 points and 11 rebounds, and stretch,” said GSU head coach Rod Barnes. “We didn’t fi nish strong. We had some the Rattlers managed to stay close by hitting 20 of 22 free throws, despite enter- great opportunities; we just didn’t close the door.” ing the game at 55 percent on the season. Georgia State took a 54-44 lead on McGee’s layup with 8:31 to play, but West- Georgia State built a 62-47 lead with seven minutes to play before FAMU ern Michigan reeled off seven straight points, pulling within 54-51 on a jumper scored 13 straight points, closing to within 62-60 with 3:24 left . by Mike Douglas. Ali answered for GSU with his fi ft h three-pointer of the game for a 65-60 A pair of free throws by Demetrius Ward with 2:34 left moved the Broncos lead. Eric Buckner blocked FAMU’s next shot and then responded on the of- within one, and then Whitfi eld gave Western Michigan its fi rst lead of the second fensive end with a rebound and dunk to push the Panthers’ lead to 67-60. half on a jumper with 1:46 left . Georgia State then made seven of eight free throws in the fi nal 1:36 to seal Matt Stainbrook extended the lead to three with a stick-back layup with 36 the victory. seconds to go before McGee’s three from the corner off a feed from Ali tied the Ali, the junior from Atlanta, went 5-for-6 from beyond the arc for his game at 59-all. season-high 15 points. He also had two blocked shots and two steals. Th e Panthers built a 29-22 halft ime lead, fueled by a 10-0 run midway through Buckner fi nished with eight points, fi ve rebounds and a career-best fi ve the period on which fi ve diff erent players scored. Meanwhile, the GSU defense blocked shots. held Western Michigan without a fi eld goal for nearly nine minutes. Aft er leading 31-29 at the half, the Panthers opened the second half with an Georgia State shot 44 percent from the fi eld and outrebounded the Broncos, 8-1 run to build a 39-30 lead. 37-32. Western Michigan managed just 36 percent from the fi eld, including 1-for- 12 from three-point range, but hit 18 of 22 free throws. Sophomore James Vincent added three emphatic dunks in the game, fi nishing 3-of-3 from the fi eld for six points, fi ve rebounds and four blocked shots.

WESTERN MICHIGAN 61 (4-4) FLORIDA A&M 67 (5-6) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Hutcheson, Nate, f ...... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 Stevens, Amin, f ...... 7-12 1-3 10-11 4 7 11 4 25 2 2 0 0 34 Whitfi eld, Flenard, f ...... 7-12 0-0 3-4 3 4 7 2 17 0 2 1 0 35 Crowder, Yannick, f ...... 2-8 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 4 4 0 4 6 0 26 Stainbrook, Matt, c ...... 6-10 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 2 14 0 1 2 2 28 Moore, Avery, g ...... 3-12 2-9 2-2 1 2 3 3 10 0 3 0 1 26 Ward, Demetrius, g ...... 3-10 1-5 7-7 1 2 3 2 14 2 1 0 0 30 Jenkins, Rasheem, g ...... 1-6 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 23 Douglas, Mike, g ...... 4-10 0-0 4-4 1 4 5 1 12 6 3 0 3 38 Lewis, Reggie, g ...... 1-2 0-1 1-1 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 Howard, Jr., Juwan...... 0-5 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 16 Kennings, Jeffrey ...... 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 12 Wolf, Alex ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Hosley, Brandon ...... 0-2 0-2 4-4 0 3 3 2 4 1 1 0 1 20 Brown, David ...... 1-4 0-2 1-1 0 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 9 Bent, Cecil...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 10 Dean, Caleb ...... 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Dean, Jeremy ...... 3-10 0-1 2-3 3 1 4 3 8 0 2 0 2 25 Conteh, Muhammed ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 12 Jackson, Larry...... 0-2 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 12 Totals ...... 21-58 1-12 18-22 9 23 32 14 61 9 9 4 6 200 Totals ...... 20-59 5-21 22-25 16 22 38 28 67 7 20 8 6 200 FG% 1st: 7-27 25.9% 2nd: 14-31 45.2% Game: 36.2% FG% 1st: 9-28 32.1% 2nd: 11-31 35.5% Game: 33.9% 3P% 1st: 0-8 0.0% 2nd: 1-4 25.0% Game: 8.3% 3P% 1st: 1-4 25.0% 2nd: 4-17 23.5% Game: 23.8% FT% 1st: 8-12 66.7% 2nd: 10-10 100.0% Game: 81.8% FT% 1st: 10-10 100.0% 2nd: 12-15 80.0% Game: 88.0% GEORGIA STATE 59 (3-4) GEORGIA STATE 76 (4-4) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 2-4 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 1 0 17 Ali, Jihad, f ...... 5-8 5-6 0-3 3 5 8 3 15 1 4 2 2 33 Doby, Harold, f ...... 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 3-5 0-0 2-6 4 1 5 4 8 0 3 5 0 26 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 7 Fields, James, g ...... 4-5 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 2 9 1 1 0 2 33 Fields, James, g ...... 1-5 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 2 3 4 1 0 2 26 Ali, Jihad, g...... 5-10 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 12 3 2 0 0 30 White, Devonta, g ...... 6-15 0-4 1-5 2 3 5 2 13 3 3 0 2 31 White, Devonta ...... 1-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 14 Curry, Dante ...... 0-0 0-0 4-4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 Curry, Dante ...... 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 9 Maynor, Javonte ...... 1-3 1-3 1-2 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 10 Vincent, James ...... 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 3 6 0 1 4 1 25 Vincent, James ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 Micheaux, Josh ...... 1-4 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 3 4 1 2 0 0 20 Micheaux, Josh ...... 2-4 0-0 2-3 2 1 3 4 6 3 2 0 1 18 McGee, Brandon ...... 6-13 2-4 2-4 1 7 8 0 16 1 2 1 1 31 McGee, Brandon ...... 5-15 0-2 4-5 3 8 11 1 14 0 0 0 0 24 Totals ...... 24-55 5-9 6-11 8 29 37 18 59 12 16 6 4 200 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Doby, Harold ...... 1-5 0-0 5-5 2 1 3 3 7 0 1 0 2 12 FG% 1st: 12-24 50.0% 2nd: 12-31 38.7% Game: 43.6% Totals ...... 25-62 6-15 20-35 20 24 44 23 76 13 17 7 10 200 3P% 1st: 3-6 50.0% 2nd: 2-3 66.7% Game: 55.6% FT% 1st: 2-4 50.0% 2nd: 4-7 57.1% Game: 54.5% FG% 1st: 10-30 33.3% 2nd: 15-32 46.9% Game: 40.3% Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Lamont Simpson, Frank Spencer, 3P% 1st: 4-9 44.4% 2nd: 2-6 33.3% Game: 40.0% Western Michigan ...... 22 39 61 Bret Wegenke FT% 1st: 7-12 58.3% 2nd: 13-23 56.5% Game: 57.1% Georgia State ...... 29 30 59 Attendance: 901 Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Scott Smith, Freddie Williams, Florida A&M ...... 29 38 67 Jeremy Mosier Georgia State ...... 31 45 76 Attendance: 757

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Game 9: Dec. 22, 2010, 7 p.m. Game 10: Dec. 29, 2010, 4:30 p.m. GEORGIA SOUTHERN 74, GEORGIA STATE 72 OT GEORGIA STATE 72, TEXAS A&M-CC 42 Hanner Fieldhouse • Statesboro, Ga. Dr Pepper Classic • McKenzie Arena • Chattanooga, Tenn. Georgia State mounted a furious rally at the end of regulation, but Georgia Georgia State knocked down nine three-pointers and used a smothering Southern proved to be too much in overtime as the Panthers fell 74-72 at Hanner defense to earn a 72-42 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the opening Fieldhouse on Wednesday night. Junior Brandon McGee recorded his second game of the Dr. Pepper Classic at McKenzie Arena on Wednesday aft ernoon. double-double of the season, scoring 23 points and pulling down a team-high 10 Senior Dante Curry led State with 18 points, knocking down 6-of-10 from three- boards in the loss. point range. Aft er trailing the entire fi rst half, Georgia Southern (4-9, 0-2 SoCon) opened Th e 30-point victory was the largest under fourth year head coach Rod Barnes, the second half with a 25-8 run to take a 52-39 lead with 10:22 remaining in the while the 42 points allowed were the fourth fewest allowed in the history of the pro- second half. State trailed by double digits until head coach Rod Barnes’ squad took gram. Two of the previous three lowest scoring games have also come under Barnes, control with less than two minutes left to send the game to overtime. including the lowest mark in school history, 33 points, set last year against Howard. Freshman Devonta White started the rally with a pair of free throws, cutting Th e Panthers shot a season-high 52.8 percent from the fi eld, including 45 Southern’s lead to 63-55 with 1:58 remaining. Next time down the court, White percent from three-point range, while holding the Islanders to just 33.3 percent made the fi rst of two free throws and missed the second as junior Eric Buckner from the fi eld and 7.1 percent from three-point range. grabbed the rebound and made the put-back to cut the defi cit to four. “I thought our guys got off to a good start,” commented Barnes. “Aft er a tough Buckner, who was hampered by foul trouble, fi nished with 14 points and six loss last week, I thought we showed great character tonight. We had some guys rebounds in just 22 minutes of action. Th e junior shot 7-of-8 from the fi eld as the really step up. Th ey have been working and practicing extremely hard and it paid Panthers shot 50.9 percent for the game. off tonight with our best game of the year.” White, who made his second straight start, fi nished with seven points, includ- Curry, who came off the bench and played 25 minutes, knocked down fi ve ing 5-of-6 from the free throw line. Th e freshman made one of his three steals and three’s in the fi rst-half on the way to a career-high six treys. scored a lay-up with 29 seconds remaining to cut the Eagles lead to two. “I have really been challenging Dante because he is a guy who I know can James Fields, from nearby Savannah, Ga. and playing in front of a large crowd shoot the ball extremely well. We have a lot of confi dence in him as we know he of family and friends, scored the tying basket with 8.4 seconds remaining to send can knock down big shots for us and he proved that tonight.” the game into overtime. It marked the Panthers third overtime game of the year Freshman Devonta White, making his third straight start, tied his career-high and fi ft h game this season not decided until either the last possession or overtime. with 14 points and fi ve assists, knocking down 5-of-6 from the fi eld. Buckner scored the Panthers fi rst six points in overtime before fouling out and Junior Brandon McGee fi nished just shy of his third straight double-double, gave State a 69-68 lead midway through overtime. scoring nine points and pulling down nine rebounds. Aft er Southern scored four straight points in the extra frame, McGee tied the Georgia State dominated the fi rst half, taking a 37-19 lead into the break. Th e game with a three-pointer with just over a minute remaining. Panthers opened the game by holding the Islanders to without a fi eld goal for the Southern’s Ben Drayton made a pair of free throws with 10 seconds remaining fi rst 9:13 and led 20-2 at the second media timeout. State built its lead to as much to secure the win. as 22 with just under three minutes remaining in the half. Freshman Harold Doby’s last second missed jumper in the lane was waved off Th e Panthers knocked down 8-of-14 three-pointers in the opening half, while as time had already expired. holding the Islanders to 33.3 percent from the fi eld. Drayton fi nished the game with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting. State continued to pressure in the second half, while the Panthers bench With the loss, Georgia State fell to 4-5 on the season. It marked the 43rd time stepped up as Barnes rested several starters for tomorrow night’s game. State’s the two in-state rivals had met. bench outscored the Islanders 37-12 for the game. Southern’s Eric Ferguson fi nished the game with 17 points and seven re- bounds, while Jelani Hewitt added 10. TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 42 (4-8) GEORGIA STATE 72 (4-5) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Watt, Demond, f ...... 3-6 0-0 3-8 3 1 4 2 9 2 2 1 0 28 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Reynolds, Justin, f ...... 4-7 0-0 0-0 0 9 9 1 8 0 3 0 1 31 Ali, Jihad, f ...... 3-8 1-5 0-0 2 4 6 0 7 4 3 0 2 37 Bond, Horace, f ...... 1-3 0-1 1-2 6 1 7 2 3 0 3 0 2 24 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 7-8 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 5 14 0 1 1 0 22 Jones, Terence, g ...... 1-7 0-3 6-11 0 0 0 1 8 1 4 0 1 32 McGee, Brandon, f ...... 8-11 3-4 4-7 2 8 10 2 23 2 6 0 1 41 Mast, Chris, g ...... 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 22 Fields, James, g ...... 2-4 0-0 0-3 2 0 2 4 4 4 1 0 2 31 Hill, Hollis ...... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 8 White, Devonta, g ...... 1-4 0-3 5-6 1 1 2 2 7 1 5 0 3 29 Nelson, Jawan ...... 3-8 1-4 0-0 2 1 3 0 7 1 2 0 0 19 Johnson, Marques ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 5 Topps, Antonio ...... 0-2 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 20 Curry, Dante ...... 2-7 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 13 Warren, Darren ...... 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 Maynor, Javonte ...... 1-4 0-3 0-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 13 Echols, Jaamon ...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Micheaux, Josh ...... 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 8 Totals ...... 14-42 1-14 13-27 14 15 29 12 42 8 17 2 6 200 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Doby, Harold ...... 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 6 2 0 1 0 25 FG% 1st: 7-21 33.0% 2nd: 7-21 33.3% Game: 33.3% Totals ...... 28-55 6-22 10-19 11 20 31 19 72 16 21 2 9 225 3P% 1st: 0-5 00.0% 2nd: 1-9 11.1% Game: 7.1% FT% 1st: 5-13 38.5% 2nd: 8-14 57.1% Game: 48.1% FG% 1st: 11-25 44.0% 2nd: 13-24 54.2% OT: 4-6 66.7% Game: 50.9% 3P% 1st: 3-11 27.3% 2nd: 2-8 25.0% OT: 1-3 33.3% Game: 27.3% GEORGIA STATE 72 (5-5) FT% 1st: 6-10 60.0% 2nd: 4-9 44.4% OT: 0-0 0.0% Game: 52.6% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min GEORGIA SOUTHERN 74 (4-9) Buckner, Eric, f ...... 4-4 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 4 8 1 2 2 1 23 McGee, Brandon, f ...... 4-9 0-2 1-2 5 4 9 2 9 1 1 0 1 20 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Fields, James, g ...... 2-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 4 4 3 3 0 0 21 Ferguson, Eric, f ...... 6-11 0-0 5-6 3 4 7 4 17 0 1 1 4 34 White, Devonta, g ...... 5-6 1-1 3-4 0 3 3 2 14 5 2 0 0 20 Baynham, Marvin, f ...... 4-7 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 4 8 1 2 0 2 29 Ali, Jihad, g...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Baskerville, Camero, f ...... 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 19 Johnson, Marques ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 Drayton, Ben, g ...... 7-12 1-5 4-4 0 4 4 2 19 2 3 0 2 40 Curry, Dante ...... 6-11 6-10 0-0 1 3 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 25 Bussey, Tre’, g...... 3-3 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 7 1 1 1 0 26 Maynor, Javonte ...... 1-8 1-6 0-0 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 16 Spencer, Rory ...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 5 5 3 3 0 1 22 Micheaux, Josh ...... 2-2 1-1 0-0 2 2 4 1 5 3 2 0 1 17 Hewitt, Jelani ...... 4-9 1-3 1-2 2 1 3 1 10 2 3 0 2 34 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 James, Zuri ...... 2-4 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 2 2 0 2 19 Doby, Harold ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 21 Mike, Sam ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Taylor. Jamar ...... 2-3 0-0 3-4 1 0 1 1 7 0 1 0 1 16 Totals ...... 29-52 5-12 11-16 8 20 28 18 74 12 18 3 15 225 Totals ...... 28-53 9-20 7-13 13 20 33 21 72 20 12 4 7 200 FG% 1st: 10-21 47.6% 2nd: 16-24 66.7% OT: 3-7 42.9% Game: 55.8% FG% 1st: 14-29 48.3% 2nd: 14-24 58.3% Game: 52.8% 3P% 1st: 2-6 33.3% 2nd: 2-4 50.0% OT: 1-2 50.0% Game: 41.7% 3P% 1st: 8-14 57.1% 2nd: 1-6 16.7% Game: 45.0% FT% 1st: 5-9 55.6% 2nd: 2-2 100.0% OT: 4-5 80.0% Game: 68.8% FT% 1st: 1-3 33.3% 2nd: 6-10 60.0% Game: 53.8% Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd OT Offi cials: Matt Porter, Tim Haddix, Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Anthony Jordan, John Corio, Georgia State ...... 31 32 9 72 James Barkner Texas A&M-Corpus Christi .....19 23 42 Terry Moore Georgia Southern ...... 27 36 11 74 Attendace: 1467 Georgia State ...... 37 35 72 Attendance: 2867

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Game 11: Dec. 30, 2010, 7 p.m. Game 12: Jan. 3, 2011, 7 p.m. GEORGIA STATE 81, CHATTANOOGA 76 GEORGIA STATE 76, VCU 66 Dr Pepper Classic • McKenzie Arena • Chattanooga, Tenn. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Eric Buckner scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Eric Buckner poured in a career-high 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds Dante Curry poured in 21 points on seven three-point fi eld goals as Georgia State to lead Georgia State to a 76-66 victory over VCU Monday at the GSU Sports captured the title of the Dr. Pepper Classic with an 81-76 victory over host Chat- Arena, giving the Panthers their fi rst victory over VCU in 13 tries since joining tanooga Th ursday night at McKenzie Arena. the Colonial Athletic Association in 2005. Curry followed an 18-point eff ort in the tournament opener against Texas Georgia State won its third straight to improve to 7-5, 2-0 in the CAA, while A&M-Corpus Christi to claim Most Valuable Player honors. His 21 points tonight VCU fell to 9-5, 1-1 CAA. equaled his career best, set in his fi rst game in a GSU uniform against Georgia Aft er going 12-for-16 from the fi eld tonight, the 6-10 Buckner has now made Tech, and his seven treys are the most by a Panther since Th omas Terrell also 33 of his last 39 shots over four games. nailed seven against Florida Atlantic in 2001-02. A pair of players scored in double fi gures off the bench for the Panthers as ju- Georgia State improved to 6-5 and have won four of their last six, while Chat- nior Josh Micheaux contributed 14 points and fi ve rebounds, and senior Marques tanooga, which had won 13 of 20 Dr. Pepper Classics, fell to 7-7 on the season. Johnson added 12 points. “I am so proud of our team,” commented head coach Rod Barnes aft er the game. Th e Panthers, who led the entire second half, shot 50.9 percent from the fi eld, “I am just so excited for this team. Th ey deserve to be raising that trophy tonight.” topping the 50-percent mark for the fourth straight game, while holding VCU to Curry made his fi rst start of the season, fi lling in for Jihad Ali. Th e senior just 33.3 percent shooting, including 6-for-23 from beyond the arc. Georgia State fi nished the game 7-of-13 from the fi eld and 7-of-12 from three-point range. outrebounded the Rams, 43-to-29. Buckner, who was also named to the all-tournament team, fi nished 10-of-11 “I thought we did a really good job all night handling VCU’s pressure,” com- from the fi eld and 3-of-4 from the free throw line, including a pair of key ones mented head coach Rod Barnes. with just over two minutes remaining in the game. “I thought Eric Buckner was special tonight. He showed the type of impact Th e Panthers fi nished the tournament trailing for only 12 seconds of action player he could be.” in earning the two wins. VCU featured four players in double fi gures, led by Jamie Skeen with 16. Brad- Th e Panthers built an early fi rst half lead, before pulling away with a barrage of ford Burgess scored 13, and Darius Th eus and Joey Rodriguez added 10 points each. three-pointers. State knocked down three straight three-pointers with just under Th e Panthers took a 34-30 advantage into the intermission and then opened ten minutes remaining in the half to start to pull away. the second half with a jumper by Johnson and then a dunk by Buckner to quickly A pair of free throws by junior Brandon McGee with about two minutes build an eight-point advantage. remaining in the half gave the Panthers a 39-24 lead, their biggest of the game, be- Aft er a bucket by VCU’s Ed Nixon, Buckner made back-to-back layups to fore Chattanooga rallied, cutting the defi cit to eight at 39-31 as the horn sounded. push the lead to 10 at 42-32 with 16 minutes to play, and from there, the Panthers Th e Mocs continued to heat up in the second half, led by Omar Wattad and managed to keep the Rams at arms length. VCU twice closed to within six points DeAntre Jeff erson, who each fi nished with 19 points a piece. with the ball, but GSU came up with key defensive stops and hit 14 of 19 free Ricky Taylor made the fi rst of two free throws with 2:34 remaining to cut the throws in the second half to seal the win. Panthers lead to four points, before Buckner made the pair of key free throws. Georgia State trailed by seven points at 22-15 midway through the fi rst half before Freshman Devonta White knocked down a key jumper with 1:26 remaining to tying the game with an 8-1 run, highlighted by back-to-back jumpers by Johnson. fi nally put the game out of reach. Making his fourth straight start, White fi nished “I thought we had some guys step up and make some free throws down the with 10 points and four assists. stretch and that is what we are going to need to do to be competitive every night Th e Panthers shot a season high 54.5 percent from the fi eld, knocking down in this league.” 10-of-24 from behind the arc. VCU 66 (9-5, 1-1 CAA) GEORGIA STATE 81 (6-5) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Theus, Darius, g ...... 1-6 0-3 8-8 2 1 3 3 10 3 4 0 1 27 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 10-11 0-0 3-4 3 5 8 3 23 0 2 2 0 34 Rodriguez, Joey, g ...... 3-9 2-5 2-2 1 1 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 31 McGee, Brandon, f ...... 2-7 0-1 3-5 1 5 6 0 7 2 0 0 0 25 Burgess, Bradford, g ...... 6-9 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 13 1 3 1 1 37 Fields, James, g ...... 2-4 0-0 1-3 1 6 7 1 5 5 3 0 1 30 Skeen, James, f ...... 4-11 0-2 8-10 1 3 4 2 16 2 2 0 0 28 White, Devonta, g ...... 3-8 2-5 2-2 0 2 2 3 10 4 2 0 2 24 Nixon, Ed, f ...... 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 22 Curry, Dante, g...... 7-13 7-12 0-0 0 0 0 3 21 1 1 0 0 22 Reddic, Juvonte ...... 0-2 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 9 Johnson, Marques ...... 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 Brandenburg, Rob ...... 1-5 1-4 0-0 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 12 Maynor, Javonte ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Rozzell, Brandon ...... 2-10 2-6 1-2 0 3 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 28 Micheaux, Josh ...... 3-4 0-1 2-6 2 4 6 3 8 7 4 0 2 25 Haley, D.J...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 Hinton, David ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Doby, Harold ...... 1-2 0-1 0-1 2 2 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 17 Totals ...... 19-57 6-23 22-26 10 15 25 23 66 10 13 1 5 200 Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals ...... 30-55 10-24 11-20 9 27 36 20 81 22 14 2 5 200 FG% 1st: 11-31 35.5% 2nd: 8-26 30.8% Game: 33.3% 3P% 1st: 3-14 21.4% 2nd: 3-9 33.3% Game: 26.1% FG% 1st: 14-32 43.8% 2nd: 16-23 69.6% Game: 54.5% FT% 1st: 5-8 62.5% 2nd: 17-18 94.4% Game: 84.6% 3P% 1st: 5-14 35.7% 2nd: 5-10 50.0% Game: 41.7% FT% 1st: 6-9 66.7% 2nd: 5-11 45.5% Game: 55.0% GEORGIA STATE 76 (7-5, 2-0 CAA) CHATTANOOGA 76 (7-7) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Fields, James, g ...... 0-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 2 5 0 0 22 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min White, Devonta, g ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Early, Chris, f...... 2-4 0-2 0-0 3 4 7 5 4 1 0 0 2 32 Curry, Dante, g...... 1-6 1-5 6-9 0 2 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 24 Saffore, Jeremy, c ...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 13 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 12-16 0-0 4-5 4 5 9 3 28 2 2 3 1 30 Wattad, Omar, g ...... 6-15 4-11 3-4 0 2 2 3 19 1 0 0 1 30 Doby, Harold, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 16 Bell, Keegan, g ...... 6-15 2-9 1-2 2 2 4 2 15 6 3 0 1 37 Johnson, Marques ...... 5-5 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 3 12 0 5 0 1 23 Taylor, Ricky, g ...... 5-13 2-8 4-8 2 1 3 0 16 2 2 0 0 28 Ali, Jihad ...... 0-3 0-1 2-3 0 4 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 22 Hampton, Dontay ...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 6 Maynor, Javonte ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 Cage, Troy ...... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 Vincent, James ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Smith, Jeff ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Micheaux, Josh ...... 5-8 0-0 4-7 2 3 5 4 14 2 1 0 0 24 Burroughs, Jahmal ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 McGee, Brandon ...... 3-5 0-1 3-4 2 3 5 1 9 3 1 0 0 22 Jefferson, DeAntre...... 5-5 0-0 9-10 5 3 8 4 19 1 3 0 0 27 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Watson, Sam ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Taylor, Jamar ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Totals ...... 25-58 8-34 18-26 13 21 34 19 76 14 11 0 6 200 Totals ...... 25-58 8-34 18-26 13 21 34 19 76 14 11 0 6 200 FG% 1st: 10-25 40.0% 2nd: 15-33 45.5% Game: 43.1% FG% 1st: 13-27 48.1% 2nd: 14-26 53.8% Game: 50.9% 3P% 1st: 2-16 12.5% 2nd: 6-18 33.3% Game: 23.5% 3P% 1st: 1-6 16.7% 2nd: 0-2 0.0% Game: 12.5% FT% 1st: 9-13 69.2% 2nd: 9-13 69.2% Game: 69.2% FT% 1st: 7-11 63.6% 2nd: 14-19 73.7% Game: 70.0% Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Tony Greene, Timothy Nestor, Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Bryan Kersey, Brian Shey, Georgia State ...... 39 42 81 William Dunlap VCU ...... 30 36 66 Matt Potter Chattanooga ...... 31 45 76 Attendance: 2768 Georgia State ...... 34 42 76 Attendance: 852 92 2011-12 GEORGIA STATE BASKETBALL 22010-11010-11 REVIEWREVIEW PANTHERS

Game 13: Jan. 5, 2011, 7 p.m. Game 14: Jan. 8, 2011, 6 p.m. UNC WILMINGTON 59, GEORGIA STATE 56 GEORGIA STATE 73, TOWSON 65 Trask Coliseum • Wilmington, N.C. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Trevor Deloach nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer to give UNC Wilming- James Vincent scored a career-high 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds to ton a 59-56 victory over Georgia State on Wednesday night at Trask Coliseum. lead Georgia State to a 73-65 win over Towson in a Colonial Athletic Association Th e Seahawks overcame a career-high 27 points from senior Dante Curry, who game Saturday at the GSU Sports Arena. knocked down seven three-pointers for the second time in less than a week. With the win, Georgia State moved to 3-1 in the CAA and 8-6 overall. Towson Curry, who was named CAA co-Player of the Week on Monday, nailed 9-of- fell to 4-10, 0-4 in the CAA. Th e Panthers are 6-2 at home this season and won 13 from the fi eld and 7-of-10 from three-point range. However, State hit just 33 percent, 6-of-18, from the free throw line, which proved to be more than the for the fi ft h straight time at home against the Tigers. diff erence in the game. Dante Curry scored a game-high 12 points for the Panthers on four three- Th e loss ended Georgia State’s three-game winning streak as the Panthers fell pointers, and Jihad Ali added 11 points, while James Fields handed out a to 7-6 overall and 2-1 in the CAA. career-best nine assists. With the score tied at 56, junior Josh Micheaux missed a jumper that would “I was really proud of our guys tonight,” commented head coach Rod Barnes. have gave the Panthers a two-point lead. Following a 30-second timeout by the “We didn’t play our best basketball, but we did what we needed to do to earn the Seahawks, Deloach knocked down the three from well beyond the arc for the win. win. We just keep building confi dence and a win like this will only add to that.” UNC Wilmington, led by fi rst year coach Buzz Peterson, improved to 8-6 Leading 41-38 early in the second half, the Panthers scored 14 straight points overall and 2-1 in conference action. in just four minutes to build a 55-38 lead with 10:34 to play. Ali started the spurt Curry opened the game with a hot-hand, hitting a pair of three-pointers in with a three-pointer, Vincent had back-to-back dunks, and Curry punctuated the the fi rst minute to give Georgia State an early 6-2 lead. Th e Seahawks followed with an 11-0 run, holding the Panthers without a run with a trey. basket for more than seven minutes, before senior Marques Johnson nailed back- “James Vincent came through for us. He has great potential and I thought he to-back jumpers to cut defi cit to six. had a chance to make a great impact for us tonight. On the defensive side, he was Wilmington continued to pull away, extending its lead to 13 points on a able to aff ect some shots and then on the off ensive end, gave us a great inside post jumper by Matt Wilson, giving the Seahawks a 27-14 lead, their biggest lead of presence.” the night with 6:18 to go in the opening period. Towson managed to pull within eight points at 67-59 with 3:39 to play, but Th e Panthers followed with a run of their own, outscoring the Seahawks 11-3 Eric Buckner answered with a dunk. Buckner fi nished with seven points and fi ve over the fi nal six minutes of the half, as Curry once again knocked down two boards. more three-pointers. Aft er leading 33-32 at the half, Georgia State shot 55.6 percent from the fi eld State held Wilmington without a basket over the fi nal 3:45 to go into half in the second half to outscore the Tigers, 40-33 aft er the intermission. Th e Pan- down just 30-25. Micheaux’s putback with 14:27 remaining in the second half capped an 8-0 Pan- thers were at 50 percent for the game, marking the fi ft h contest out of the last six ther run and gave State is fi rst lead, 36-35, since the fi rst two minutes of the game. in which GSU has shot 50 percent or better. Junior Eric Buckner, coming off a career-high 28 points, was held in check Georgia State hit 11 of 25 three-pointers including four by Curry, three by by the Seahawks defense for the fi rst 30 minutes of the game, but his fi rst basket freshman Javonte Maynor, who fi nished with nine points, and three by Ali, who with 12:02 remaining in the game seemed to turn the momentum in the Panthers also contributed four rebounds. It tied for the second most three-pointers in a favor and tied the game. He fi nished with eight points and 12 rebounds. CAA game since the Panthers joined the league in 2005. Each team was held to just one basket over the fi nal 3:44, before Wilmington’s Braxton Dupree led the Tigers with 21 points and nine rebounds. Th ree other buzzer-beater to win the game. Towson starters reached double fi gures as Josh Brown scored 14 points, Isaiah Chad Tomko, an All-CAA selection, fi nished with 19 points and 10 rebounds Philmore 13 and Rashawn Polk 12, but the GSU bench outscored Towson’s, 30-2. to lead the Seahawks. GEORGIA STATE 56 (7-6, 2-1 CAA) TOWSON 65 (4-10, 0-4 CAA) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 3-10 0-0 2-5 6 6 12 3 8 0 2 2 0 30 Philmore, Isaiah, f ...... 5-13 3-3 0-0 3 4 7 2 13 2 2 0 0 37 McGee, Brandon, f ...... 1-2 0-1 0-2 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 Dupree, Braxton, f ...... 8-12 0-0 5-8 1 8 9 2 21 2 4 2 0 37 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 4-8 0-1 0-0 0 5 5 1 8 3 1 0 0 34 Brown, Josh, g ...... 4-8 2-4 4-7 0 1 1 2 14 2 2 0 0 29 Fields, James, g ...... 0-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 23 Polk, Rashawn, g ...... 5-13 1-4 1-2 1 4 5 1 12 1 0 1 0 38 Curry, Dante, g...... 9-13 7-10 2-3 0 2 2 0 27 0 0 0 1 34 Morris, Brian, g ...... 1-5 1-4 0-2 0 2 2 3 3 2 3 1 0 32 Ali, Jihad ...... 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 5 5 3 2 0 1 1 0 23 Conner, Dre ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 17 Maynor, Javonte ...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Gumbs, Erique ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Vincent, James ...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 Quinn, Danny ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 Micheaux, Josh ...... 2-6 0-0 0-4 2 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 0 18 Totals ...... 24-53 7-16 10-19 9 23 32 14 65 12 13 4 1 200 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 9 FG% 1st: 13-30 43.4% 2nd: 11-23 47.8% Game: 45.3% Doby, Harold ...... 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9 3P% 1st: 3-7 42.9% 2nd: 4-9 44.4% Game: 43.8% Totals ...... 21-56 8-18 6-18 13 24 37 17 56 9 7 6 4 200 FT% 1st: 3-9 33.3% 2nd: 7-10 70.0% Game: 52.6% FG% 1st: 10-29 34.5% 2nd: 11-27 40.7% Game: 37.5% GEORGIA STATE 73 (8-6, 3-1 CAA) 3P% 1st: 5-12 41.7% 2nd: 3-6 50.0% Game: 44.4% FT% 1st: 0-5 0.0% 2nd: 6-13 46.2% Game: 33.3% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 3-5 0-0 1-1 0 5 5 4 7 2 2 1 0 22 UNC WILMINGTON 59 (8-6, 2-1 CAA) Vincent, James, c ...... 5-5 0-0 1-1 1 6 7 4 11 0 2 1 0 22 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Johnson, Marques, g ...... 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 3 3 1 4 5 2 0 0 22 Rendleman, Keith, f ...... 6-8 0-0 6-7 2 4 6 3 18 0 1 0 0 29 Curry, Dante, g...... 4-15 4-13 0-1 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 1 0 28 Morales, Donte, g ...... 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 7 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 28 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 3-7 3-7 0-0 0 0 0 1 9 0 1 1 0 25 Tomko, Chad, g ...... 7-15 2-4 3-4 1 9 10 2 19 4 2 0 1 36 Fields, James ...... 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 6 9 2 0 2 22 Milson, Tanner, g ...... 2-6 2-5 1-2 2 1 3 1 7 1 2 0 0 33 Ali, Jihad ...... 4-8 3-3 0-0 2 2 4 2 11 1 1 0 1 21 Grant, Ahmad, g ...... 0-5 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 28 Micheaux, Josh ...... 2-4 0-0 4-9 2 3 5 0 8 2 0 0 0 19 Wilson, Matt...... 2-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 4 5 1 3 1 0 15 McGee, Brandon ...... 2-2 1-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 6 Felder, Darryl ...... 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 Deloach, Trevor ...... 1-4 1-3 2-2 0 4 4 1 5 3 2 1 0 19 Doby, Harold ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Reybold, Shane ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Totals ...... 20-47 6-19 13-17 7 29 36 15 59 11 11 3 3 200 Totals ...... 28-56 11-25 6-13 9 25 34 21 73 21 11 5 3 200 FG% 1st: 10-22 45.5% 2nd: 10-25 40.0% Game: 42.5% FG% 1st: 13-29 44.8% 2nd: 15-27 55.6% Game: 50.0% 3P% 1st: 5-10 50.0% 2nd: 1-9 11.1% Game: 31.6% 3P% 1st: 6-14 42.9% 2nd: 5-11 45.5% Game: 44.0% FT% 1st: 5-7 71.4% 2nd: 8-10 80.0% Game: 76.5% FT% 1st: 1-3 33.3% 2nd: 5-10 50.0% Game: 46.2% Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Tim Nestor, James Baker, Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Jim Bruno, Andrew Marotta, Georgia State ...... 25 31 56 Sean Casady Towson ...... 32 33 65 Chuck Jones UNC Wilmington ...... 30 29 59 Attendance: 3523 Georgia State ...... 33 40 73 Attendance: 805 2011-12 GEORGIA STATE BASKETBALL 93 22010-11010-11 REVIEWREVIEW PANTHERS

Game 15: Jan. 13, 2011, 8:30 p.m. Game 16: Jan. 15, 2011, 2 p.m. (CSS-TV) JAMES MADISON 79, GEORGIA STATE 67 GEORGE MASON 66, GEORGIA STATE 51 JMU Convocation Center • Harrisonburg, Va. Patriot Center • Fairfax, Va. Th e Georgia State basketball team escaped the snow and ice in Atlanta but fell Playing its second road game in less than 48 hours, Georgia State fell at at James Madison, 79-67, Th ursday at the JMU Convocation Center. George Mason, 66-51, Saturday aft ernoon at the Patriot Center. Th e game was originally scheduled to be played Wednesday but snow and ice Th e Panthers dropped their second straight to fall to 8-8 overall, 3-3 in the in Atlanta delayed the Panthers’ travel and postponed the game to Th ursday. CAA. Dante Curry led Georgia State with 12 points on four three-pointers, and Freshman Javonte Maynor led Georgia State (8-7, 3-2 CAA) with 14 points Marques Johnson and Brandon McGee added 10 points each. off the bench, and senior Marques Johnson equalled his career scoring high with Mason improved to 12-5 overall, 4-2 CAA, including a perfect 8-0 at home. 12 points, along with fi ve rebounds and four assists. Despite the loss, the Panthers Preseason all-CAA selection Cam Long led the Patriots with 18 points, and Ryan have won four of their last six games. Pearson added 14. Five players scored in double fi gures for James Madison, which won its eighth Th e Panthers stayed close for much of the game and were within 43-41 aft er a straight game to improve to 14-3 overall, 4-1 in the CAA, including a perfect 8-0 three-point play by James Fields with 9:31 to play. But George Mason scored the at home. next nine points to build a 52-41 lead at 7:06. Curry stopped the run with a trey “We looked like a team that had missed a few days of practice (due to cut the Panthers’ defi cit to eight, but Georgia State could get no closer the rest of weather),” said GSU head coach Rod Barnes. “We were not in sync, especially the way. defensively. “We put ourselves in position, within a basket against a really good team on “But I thought our kids showed great resilience in continuing to fi ght back,” the road, but we just couldn’t make enough plays down the stretch,” said GSU continued Barnes. “We had an unusual week with the weather, this is a tough head coach Rod Barnes. place to come into and James Madison is a very good team. We’ll be much better Th e Patriots held Georgia State’s leading scorer, Eric Buckner, scoreless as the Saturday.” 6-10 post player was just 0-for-2 from the fi eld while battling a slight leg injury. James Madison shot 59 percent from the fi eld, the best fi gure that any op- Both teams started slowly, and GSU held an 11-8 lead aft er a three-pointer by ponent has managed this season against Georgia State, which leads the CAA in McGee with 10 minutes left in the fi rst half. But the Panthers endured a scoring fi eld goal percentage defense. Th e Dukes hit 10 of 16 from three-point range. drought of nearly seven minutes to fall behind 20-11 before Curry’s trey broke the Meanwhile the Panthers, who had shot 50 percent or better in fi ve of its last six ice at the 3:38 mark. Despite the cold spell, GSU trailed just 24-21 at the intermis- games, hit only 36 percent tonight. sion. Th e Panthers managed to tie the game at 25-all early in the second half but Aft er falling behind by as many as 19 points at 55-36 with 8:49 left , GSU used could never get the lead back. an 11-2 run over the next two minutes to quickly pull within 10 at 57-47 with In the middle of a grueling stretch with three straight road games against three 6:36 still to play. But Julius Wells answered with a three for JMU, and the Panthers of the top teams in the CAA, the Panthers struggled to score, shooting just 35 could not get their defi cit to single digits until a trey by Maynor brought them percent from the fi eld and committing 20 turnovers while scoring a season-low within 71-63 with 1:24 left . Th e Dukes made seven of eight free throws to seal the 51 points. victory. “Th e schedule is tough right now,” said Barnes, whose Panthers played at Andrey Semenov led JMU with 16 points off the bench, while Humpty James Madison Th ursday night in a game postponed by the winter weather in Hitchens and Devon Moore added 13 points each. Leading scorer Denzel Bowles Atlanta, “but to be the type of basketball team that we want to be, we have to learn managed 12 points, 11 rebounds and fi ve assists, and Julius Wells chipped in 11 how to win these type of tough road games.” points. On a positive note, the Panthers were much improved from the free throw line for the second straight game, going 11-for-14 to follow Th ursday’s 12-for-15 eff ort at JMU. However, Mason shot 31 free throws to just 14 for GSU. GEORGIA STATE 67 (8-7, 3-2 CAA) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min GEORGIA STATE 51 (8-8, 3-3 CAA) Buckner, Eric, f ...... 4-10 0-0 3-4 0 3 3 5 11 0 0 2 1 25 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Vincent, James, c ...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 10 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 20 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 4-8 0-0 4-4 1 4 5 3 12 4 1 0 1 30 McGee, Brandon, f ...... 4-10 2-5 0-0 3 4 7 4 10 2 2 0 0 24 Fields, James, g ...... 3-6 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 2 6 2 1 0 0 24 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 3-9 0-3 4-4 0 3 3 2 10 3 3 0 0 28 Curry, Dante, g...... 3-11 3-9 0-0 0 3 3 2 9 0 0 0 0 22 Fields, James, g ...... 2-3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2 6 0 6 0 2 24 Ali, Jihad ...... 0-7 0-0 1-2 4 1 5 2 1 0 2 0 1 14 Curry, Dante, g...... 4-9 4-8 0-0 1 3 4 4 12 0 3 0 1 35 Maynor, Javonte ...... 4-7 4-6 2-2 1 0 1 2 14 1 0 0 0 13 Ali, Jihad ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 11 Micheaux, Josh ...... 0-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 16 Maynor, Javonte ...... 2-8 0-6 1-1 2 0 2 2 5 0 1 0 1 20 McGee, Brandon ...... 2-5 0-2 0-0 2 2 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 26 Vincent, James ...... 0-0 0-0 2-4 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 Micheaux, Josh ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Doby, Harold ...... 1-3 0-0 2-3 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 2 9 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 Totals ...... 24-67 7-18 12-15 13 19 32 22 67 12 10 4 5 200 Doby, Harold ...... 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 11 FG% 1st: 9-31 29.0% 2nd: 15-36 41.7% Game: 35.8% Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 3FG% 1st: 1-8 12.5% 2nd: 6-10 60.0% Game: 38.9% Totals ...... 17-49 6-24 11-14 12 17 29 24 51 6 20 0 5 200 FT % 1st: 4-6 66.7% 2nd: 8-9 88.9% Game: 80.0% FG% 1st: 7-24 29.2% 2nd: 10-25 40.0% Game: 34.7% JAMES MADISON 79 (14-3, 4-1 CAA) 3FG% 1st: 4-14 28.6% 2nd: 2-10 20.0% Game: 25.0% FT% 1st: 3-5 60.0% 2nd: 8-9 88.9% Game: 78.6% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Bowles, Denzel, f ...... 3-9 0-0 6-8 1 10 11 2 12 5 5 2 1 34 GEORGE MASON 66 (14-3, 4-1 CAA) Goins, Rayshawn, f ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 21 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Wells, Julius, f ...... 4-7 3-5 0-0 1 4 5 1 11 2 0 0 0 34 Hancock, Luke, f ...... 3-6 0-2 3-3 0 2 2 3 9 3 5 1 0 30 Hitchens, Humpty, g ...... 5-8 3-6 0-1 1 0 1 0 13 1 0 0 1 28 Morrison, Mike, f ...... 0-2 0-0 6-9 1 4 5 3 6 1 0 0 1 27 Moore, Devon, g ...... 4-6 2-2 3-6 0 2 2 4 13 3 3 1 1 28 Pearson, Ryan, f ...... 3-6 0-0 8-9 1 4 5 4 14 0 2 0 1 32 Diouf, Alioune ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Long, Cam, g...... 8-12 1-3 1-2 1 1 2 0 18 2 1 0 2 35 Semenov, Andrey ...... 4-5 1-2 7-8 1 1 2 0 16 0 3 3 3 17 Cornelius, Andre, g ...... 1-7 0-4 4-4 2 4 6 1 6 2 0 1 2 30 Louis, Ben ...... 3-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 7 1 1 0 0 14 Bennett, Paris ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 11 Jackson, Chad ...... 2-2 0-0 1-3 0 5 5 1 5 0 2 0 0 23 Allen, Bryon ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 Flores, Trevon ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Tate, Isaiah ...... 3-5 2-2 3-4 1 5 6 0 11 2 1 0 2 24 Totals ...... 26-44 10-16 17-26 4 29 33 12 79 16 16 6 6 200 Williams, Johnny ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 FG% 1st: 10-19 52.6% 2nd: 16-25 64.0% Game: 59.1% Totals ...... 19-41 3-12 25-31 9 23 32 13 66 10 13 3 9 200 3FG% 1st: 5-8 62.5% 2nd: 5-8 62.5% Game: 62.5% FG% 1st: 7-20 35.0% 2nd: 12-21 57.1% Game: 46.3% FT% 1st: 7-11 63.6% 2nd: 10-15 66.7% Game: 65.4% 3FG% 1st: 1-5 20.0% 2nd: 2-7 28.6% Game: 25.0% Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Tim Comer, Ron Tyburski, FT% 1st: 9-13 69.2% 2nd: 16-18 88.9% Game: 80.6% Georgia State ...... 23 44 67 Earl Robinson Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Haywood Bostic, Damon Williams, James Madison ...... 32 47 79 Attendance: 4445 Georgia State ...... 21 30 51 Jeffrey Smith George Mason ...... 24 42 66 Attendance: 5714

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Game 17: Jan. 19, 2011, 7:30 p.m. Game 18: Jan. 22 2011, 2 p.m. VCU 71, GEORGIA STATE 54 DELWARE 64, GEORGIA STATE 62 Siegel Center • Richmond, Va. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Playing its third straight road game, Georgia State fell to fi rst-place VCU, 71- Georgia State rallied from a 14-point defi cit in the second half before falling 54, Wednesday at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va. to Delaware, 64-62, Saturday at the GSU Sports Arena on Jawan Carter’s three- James Fields scored a career-high 13 points and Jihad Ali contributed eight pointer at the buzzer, which rolled around the rim before falling through the points, seven rebounds and two blocks for the Panthers, who dropped their third hoop. straight to fall to 8-9 overall, 3-4 in the CAA. Dante Curry and Josh Micheaux Eric Buckner led Georgia State (8-10, 3-5 CAA) with 18 points, six rebounds added eight points each. and three blocks. Jihad Ali added a season-high 16 points, along with seven re- VCU won its fi ft h straight and improved to 9-0 at home as freshman Rob bounds, three assists and three steals. Brandenburg scored a career-high 23 points. Th e Rams improved to 14-5 overall “We put them in a position to shoot a contested three-pointer and unfortu- and 6-1 in the CAA to sit atop the conference standings, tied with Hofstra. nately, they made a great shot,” commented head coach Rod Barnes following the “VCU is a very good team, and they were really good tonight on their home tough loss. fl oor,” said GSU head coach Rod Barnes, whose squad handed the Rams their only “We really played the game the way it was supposed to be played down the conference loss two weeks ago in Atlanta. “Th ey were a diff erent team tonight stretch and made some key free throws, but unfortunately, it was a tough shot at than the one we played in Atlanta. And we were, too. We let their pressure bother the end that cost us.” us, especially in the fi rst half, and we let the game be played at their pace instead Carter scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, and Devon Saddler led of ours.” the Blue Hens (10-8, 5-3 CAA) with 17 points and fi ve assists. Th e Panthers, still without starting point guard Devonta White, were hurt by Brandon McGee’s jumper with the shot clock running down put the Panthers 24 turnovers against VCU’s press. ahead, 62-60, with 55 seconds left . Alphonso Dawson made one of two free Brandenburg, the reigning CAA Rookie of the Week, topped the 20-point throws with 42 seconds to go to pull Delaware within one. Georgia State ran down mark for the second time in three games. Jamie Skeen added 15 points and seven most of the shot clock before losing the ball out of bounds, and the Blue Hens rebounds for the Rams. inbounded with 12.6 seconds remaining. “We knew Brandenburg was very capable,” said Barnes. “He’s playing with Carter’s shot from the top of the key was contested but it found the rim and a lot of confi dence right now, and he should - he has a lot of weapons around appeared as if was going to bounce out before falling through for the win. him. You try to double Skeen in the post, and you want to keep an eye on Joey Georgia State trailed by 10 at the half, 35-25, and then fell behind by as many Rodriguez and Bradford Burgess, and that opens up things for Brandenburg. He as 14 early in the second half before beginning its comeback, using a 19-4 run took advantage of his opportunities.” to take a 47-46 lead with 10:51 to play. Five diff erent players scored on the spurt, Both teams started slowly, and Georgia State held an early 9-6 lead midway including treys by Ali, Javonte Maynor, and James Fields capped it with a driving through the fi rst half before the Rams scored 12 straight to take an 18-9 lead. VCU layup. extended its advantage to 35-18 at the intermission. “We really started to defend better,” said Barnes on his team trailing by 14. “I Th e Panthers opened the second half with a 12-3 run as Curry hit a pair of thought we started to limit them to one shot in the second half and because of treys to pull GSU within eight points at 38-30 four minutes into the period. But that, we had a chance to get some baskets.” the Rams answered with a 9-0 spurt to move ahead 47-30 and were able to main- Neither team led by more than four points the rest of the way as the fi nal 10 tain control from there. minutes included six lead changes and four ties. State fi nished 19 of 26 (73.1 percent) from the free throw line, but shot just GEORGIA STATE 54 (8-9, 3-4 CAA) 3-of-10 from behind the arc. Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Redshirt-junior Brandon McGee fi nished with 11 points and eight rebounds, Johnson, Marques, g ...... 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 13 knocking down 7-of-10 from the free throw line. Fields, James, g ...... 5-6 0-0 3-6 1 4 5 4 13 3 5 0 2 31 Curry, Dante, g...... 2-11 2-10 2-3 0 2 2 1 8 0 1 0 0 22 DELAWARE 64 (10-8, 5-3 CAA) Buckner, Eric, f ...... 0-0 0-0 6-9 1 3 4 2 6 0 1 0 1 26 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min McGee, Brandon, f ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 13 Brinkley, Josh, f ...... 1-6 0-0 1-1 4 2 6 4 3 1 5 0 0 22 Ali, Jihad ...... 3-9 2-3 0-0 3 4 7 3 8 1 3 2 1 23 Hagins, Jamelle, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 5 5 4 0 1 2 1 0 15 Maynor, Javonte ...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 Carter, Jawan, g ...... 5-12 3-5 2-2 0 5 5 3 15 1 2 0 1 39 Vincent, James ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Saddler, Devon, g ...... 6-12 2-5 3-5 0 0 0 0 17 5 0 0 2 31 Micheaux, Josh ...... 3-5 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 3 8 1 5 1 1 26 Boney, D.J., g ...... 2-7 2-4 5-5 0 1 1 2 11 2 0 0 0 35 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 McNeil, Kelvin ...... 5-6 0-0 0-1 2 7 9 4 10 0 2 0 1 26 Doby, Harold ...... 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 9 Johnson, Brian ...... 1-2 1-1 0-2 1 2 3 1 3 4 0 0 0 18 Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 5 7 1 2 0 2 1 1 13 Dawson, Alphonso ...... 2-5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 14 Totals ...... 15-42 4-14 20-27 11 27 38 22 54 6 24 5 8 200 Totals ...... 22-51 9-17 11-16 9 22 31 19 64 15 12 1 4 200 FG% 1st: 6-26 23.1% 2nd: 9-16 56.3% Game: 35.7% FG% 1st: 12-23 52.2% 2nd: 10-28 35.7% Game: 43.1% 3FG% 1st: 1-7 14.3% 2nd: 3-7 42.9% Game: 28.6% 3FG% 1st: 6-9 66.7% 2nd: 3-8 37.5% Game: 52.9% FT% 1st: 5-8 62.5% 2nd: 15-19 78.9% Game: 74.1% FT% 1st: 5-6 83.3% 2nd: 6-10 60.0% Game: 68.8% VCU 71 (14-5, 6-1 CAA) GEORGIA STATE 62 (8-10, 3-5 CAA) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Reddic, Juvonte, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 12 Taylor, Jamar, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 Rodriguez, Joey, g ...... 3-9 1-5 0-0 1 4 5 3 7 6 2 0 1 33 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 3-6 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 1 6 3 0 0 1 32 Burgess, Bradford, g ...... 1-7 1-2 4-4 3 3 6 2 7 0 1 0 0 29 Fields, James, g ...... 1-5 0-0 4-4 1 4 5 2 6 1 0 0 0 30 Skeen, James, f ...... 6-8 2-3 1-2 2 5 7 2 15 1 4 0 1 31 Curry, Dante, g...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 14 Nixon, Ed, f ...... 1-5 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 22 Ali, Jihad, g...... 7-16 2-5 0-0 1 6 7 1 16 3 1 0 3 37 Theus, Darius ...... 2-4 0-1 0-3 1 3 4 5 4 2 3 0 2 16 Maynor, Javonte ...... 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 17 Brandenberg, Rob ...... 6-13 3-7 8-9 1 2 3 0 23 2 0 0 3 27 Buckner, Eric ...... 5-11 0-0 8-12 3 3 6 1 18 0 2 3 0 30 Daniels, Troy ...... 3-8 3-7 1-2 0 1 1 2 10 0 0 0 1 12 Vincent, James ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Veal, Toby ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 9 Micheaux, Josh ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Haley, D.J...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 McGee, Brandon ...... 2-5 0-2 7-10 3 5 8 3 11 2 2 1 1 24 Hinton, David ...... 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals ...... 23-58 10-28 15-22 12 20 32 23 71 13 12 4 13 200 Doby, Harold ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 FG% 1st: 11-28 39.3% 2nd: 12-30 40.0% Game: 39.7% Totals ...... 20-49 3-10 19-26 10 23 33 14 62 9 8 5 6 200 3FG% 1st: 4-14 28.6% 2nd: 6-14 42.9% Game: 35.7% FG% 1st: 8-22 36.4% 2nd: 12-27 44.4% Game: 40.8% FT% 1st: 9-11 81.8% 2nd: 6-11 54.5% Game: 68.2% 3FG% 1st: 0-3 00.0% 2nd: 3-7 42.9% Game: 30.0% Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Sean Casady, Jeffrey Smith, FT% 1st: 9-11 81.8% 2nd: 10-15 66.7% Game: 73.1% Georgia State ...... 18 36 54 Bill Covington, Jr. Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Freddie Williams, James Barker, VCU ...... 35 36 71 Attendance: 6531 Delaware ...... 35 29 64 Jeff Nichols Georgia State ...... 25 37 62 Attendance: 949 2011-12 GEORGIA STATE BASKETBALL 95 22010-11010-11 REVIEWREVIEW PANTHERS

Game 19: Jan. 24, 2011, 7 p.m. Game 20: Jan. 26, 2011, 7 p.m. DREXEL 57, GEORGIA STATE 33 OLD DOMINION 51, GEORGIA STATE 48 Daskalaskis Athletic Center • Philadelphia, Pa. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. On a night where the rims in the Daskalaskis Athletic Center were as cold as Georgia State fell for the second time in three games and the fourth time this the frigid temperatures outside, Georgia State fell to Drexel 57-33. Th e Panthers season on a last-second shot as Old Dominion’s Frank Hassell put back a missed were held to just 29.2 percent from the fi eld and were limited to just four free shot with 6.6 seconds and the Monarchs escaped with a 51-48 victory Wednesday throw attempts. at the GSU Sports Arena. Junior Eric Buckner led the Panthers with eight points, four rebounds and two Th e Panthers led 48-47 when Hassell grabbed a missed shot by Darius James, blocked shots as he moved within three of the school’s single season top ten with put it in and was fouled. He completed a three-point play, and ODU added another 37 this season. free throw aft er a GSU turnover for the fi nal margin. Georgia State (8-11, 3-6 CAA) lost for the fi ft h straight time, four of which GSU dropped its sixth straight to fall to 8-12 and 3-7 CAA. Brandon McGee have come on the road against teams that have combined for just one home loss led the Panthers with 14 points. this season. Drexel improved to 8-1 at home this season with the win. “We had opportunities tonight, but unfortunately we turned the ball over one Th e 33 points scored were the fewest in the history of the program, surpassing too many times,” commented head coach Rod Barnes. “Th ey are a good rebound- the 38 scored at Utah in the Preseason NIT in 2003. ing team and we missed one at the end that might have been able to seal the game “You have to give Drexel a lot of credit tonight,” commented head coach Rod for us.” Barnes. “I thought our guys did a good job on defense in the fi rst half and made Hassell fi nished with 15 points to lead Old Dominion, which improved to 16-5 them force some shots. However, in the second half, they were able to work for overall and 7-3 in conference. some open baskets and were able to pull away.” “I thought we showed a lot of resilience and our guys played with great eff ort. Drexel (13-6, 5-4 CAA) was led by Samme Givens who fi nished with 16 points and I thought our entire team played hard, but it is unfortunate that we are not able to 14 rebounds. Givens is the lone player in the CAA averaging a double-double a game. make that last place to win it.” Gerald Colds and Frantz Massenat scored 15 and 10 points respectively for Georgia State took a 48-44 lead on Dante Curry’s three-pointer with 4:07 to the Dragons, who only trailed 2-0 just over a minute into the game. play, but that was the last basket for the Panthers. Still, GSU allowed ODU only Th e Dragons opened the game on a 12-3 run over the fi rst 15 minutes of the three free throws over the next four minutes and needed just one last defensive game, holding the Panthers to just one basket as the Panthers were 1-of-14 to start stand. the game. State managed to shoot just 23.1 percent in the fi rst half and were 0-of-5 James drove the lane with less than 10 seconds left and missed a pull-up from three-point range. jumper. But Old Dominion ranks second in the nation in rebounding, and Hassell Buckner helped give the Panthers some momentum going into the half, scor- came up with the off ensive rebound on the baseline to score the bucket. ing six straight points late before senior Marques Johnson hit a jumper with 50 Georgia State held the Monarchs to just 36 percent shooting from the fi eld, seconds remaining to cut Drexel’s lead to 18-13. including 2-for-14 from three-point range, but ODU went 17-for-23 at the line, Drexel was equally as cold in the fi rst half, shooting just 30.4 percent and was while the Panthers shot just eight free throws, making six. 4-of-11 from the free throw line in the opening period. Th e Panthers had the advantage early, leading by as many as 10 points midway Senior Dante Curry nailed the fi rst of his two three pointers with 15:28 to go through the fi rst half. GSU was ahead 21-16 with fi ve four minutes until halft ime, in the second half to cut Drexel’s lead to nine, the closest State got in the second but ODU closed the half with a 6-2 run to take 24-23 lead into the locker room. half. Curry fi nished with six points. A three-pointer by Javonte Maynor put the Panthers ahead, 28-27, with 16:54 Marques Johnson fi nished the game with eight points in a team-high 31 minutes. left , and the GSU held the lead until the closing seconds. Maynor scored 11 points off the bench, and Curry added 10. GEORGIA STATE 33 (8-11, 3-6 CAA) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min OLD DOMINION 51 (16-5, 7-3 CAA) Buckner, Eric, f ...... 4-8 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 8 0 1 2 1 24 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Taylor, Jamar, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 10 Cooper, Chris, f ...... 1-1 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 1 23 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 4-9 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 8 1 0 0 0 31 Hassell, Frank, f ...... 6-10 0-0 3-4 3 1 4 3 15 1 3 0 1 30 Fields, James, g ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 20 Finney, Ben, f ...... 2-6 1-3 1-4 1 4 5 2 6 1 2 0 2 36 Ali, Jihad, g...... 2-7 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 29 James, Darius, g ...... 1-4 1-3 2-2 1 2 3 1 5 3 1 0 0 30 Curry, Dante ...... 2-7 2-7 0-0 0 2 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 19 Bazemore, Kent, g...... 1-8 0-2 5-7 2 4 6 2 7 1 2 0 3 29 Maynor, Javonte ...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 18 Wright, Nick ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 9 Vincent, James ...... 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 4 0 14 Iliadis, Trian ...... 0-4 0-3 4-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 14 McGee, Brandon ...... 0-6 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 De Lancey, Marquel ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 6 Carter, Keyon ...... 4-9 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 17 Doby, Harold ...... 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 18 Larsen, Anton ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals ...... 14-48 4-12 1-4 4 21 25 17 33 7 14 6 4 200 Totals ...... 16-44 2-14 17-23 13 17 30 12 51 10 11 2 9 200 FG% 1st: 6-26 23.1% 2nd: 8-22 36.4% Game: 29.2% FG% 1st: 8-22 36.4% 2nd: 8-22 36.4% Game: 36.4% 3FG% 1st: 0-5 00.0% 2nd: 4-7 57.1% Game: 33.3% 3FG% 1st: 0-5 00.0% 2nd: 4-7 22.2% Game: 14.3% FT% 1st: 1-2 50.0% 2nd: 0-2 00.0% Game: 25.0% FT% 1st: 8-10 80.0% 2nd: 9-13 69.2% Game: 73.9% DREXEL 57 (13-6, 5-4 CAA) GEORGIA STATE 48 (8-12, 3-7 CAA) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min McCoy, Daryl, f...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 14 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 2 5 1 5 0 2 35 Givens, Samme, f ...... 7-11 0-0 2-5 5 9 14 1 16 2 2 2 1 37 Taylor, Jamar, f ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Massenat, Frantz, g ...... 3-6 2-3 2-4 0 4 4 0 10 4 0 1 0 31 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 3 2 1 0 23 Colds, Gerald, g ...... 6-13 1-4 2-6 0 2 2 1 15 1 1 0 0 31 Fields, James, g ...... 1-4 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 2 4 5 1 0 0 27 Thomas, Derrick, g ...... 3-5 1-2 2-2 0 3 3 0 9 1 2 0 0 37 Ali, Jihad, g...... 1-6 0-2 0-0 3 3 6 3 2 1 2 0 1 30 Formbor, Yannick ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Curry, Dante ...... 3-6 3-6 1-2 0 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 17 Fouch, Chris ...... 0-5 0-2 1-4 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 17 Maynor, Javonte ...... 3-7 3-7 2-2 0 1 1 4 11 2 1 0 0 21 Manojlovic, Stevan ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Vincent, James ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Colbert, Ronald...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Micheaux, Josh ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 Lerner, Jake ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 McGee, Brandon ...... 6-10 2-4 0-0 2 3 5 2 14 2 2 0 2 34 Pantovic, Goran ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals ...... 17-41 8-19 6-8 8 17 25 21 48 14 15 1 5 200 Ruffi n, Dartaye ...... 2-5 0-0 2-2 2 7 9 1 6 0 4 0 1 24 Totals ...... 21-46 4-11 11-23 9 32 41 8 57 9 12 4 2 200 FG% 1st: 9-23 39.1% 2nd: 8-18 44.4% Game: 41.5% 3FG% 1st: 2-8 25.0% 2nd: 6-11 54.5% Game: 42.1% FG% 1st: 7-23 30.4% 2nd: 14-23 60.9% Game: 45.7% FT% 1st: 3-4 75.0% 2nd: 3-4 75.0% Game: 75.0% 3FG% 1st: 0-4 00.0% 2nd: 4-7 57.1% Game: 36.4% FT% 1st: 4-11 36.4% 2nd: 7-12 58.3% Game: 47.8% Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Bernard Clinton, Sean Hull, Old Dominion ...... 24 27 51 Raymond Styons Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Karl Hess, Joe Lindsay, Georgia State ...... 23 25 48 Attendance: 967 Georgia State ...... 13 20 33 Jeff Clark Drexel ...... 18 39 57 Attendance: 1414

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Game 21: Jan. 29, 2011, 1 p.m. Game 22: Feb. 2, 2011, 7 p.m. NORTHEASTERN 70, GEORGIA STATE 65 GEORGIA STATE 63, UNC-WILMINGTON 58, OT Matthews Arena • Boston, Mass. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Trailing by 19 points with just less than seven minutes remaining, Georgia Javonte Maynor hit a three-pointer in overtime to put Georgia State ahead and State mounted a furious rally that fell just short at Northeastern on Saturday the Panthers made free throws down the stretch to seal a 63-58 overtime victory aft ernoon. Th e Panthers held the Huskies without a fi eld goal over the fi nal 6:56, over UNC Wilmington Wednesday at the GSU Sports Arena. but fell 70-65 at Matthews Arena. Th e hard-fought victory snapped Georgia State’s seven-game losing streak, Joel Smith’s lay-up gave the Huskies a 57-38 lead, but it was the last fi eld goal improving the Panthers to 9-13 overall, 4-8 in the Colonial Athletic Association. they would make. Th e Panthers fi nished the game on a 27-13 run, as the Huskies UNCW fell to 10-13, 4-8 CAA. made 13 free throws, fi nishing the game 19-of-22 from the free throw line. Four Panthers scored in double fi gures, led by Eric Buckner with 18 points and Freshman Javonte Maynor nailed his fourth three-pointer of the game with 1:06 remaining to cut the Huskies lead to 64-59 and continue to swing momentum seven rebounds. Buckner’s bucket tied the game at 52-all in regulation, and then in the Panthers favor, but State could not get any closer. the 6-10 post player came up with a steal on the other end with 11 seconds left . Maynor was one of four Panthers in double fi gures and fi nished the game with GSU’s Jihad Ali missed a three-pointer at the buzzer to force the extra session. 12 points. Junior Eric Buckner led the Panthers with 13 points and seven rebounds. “We had some guys down the stretch make some plays tonight,” commented Georgia State lost for the seventh straight time, fi ve of which have come on the head coach Rod Barnes. “I thought guys like Javonte Maynor and Josh Micheaux road, to fall to 8-13 overall and 3-8 in the CAA. stepped up and did some big things for us tonight. It was a great win for our team.” Northeastern (7-15, 3-8 CAA) won for the third straight time aft er starting In the overtime, Maynor’s trey put the Panthers ahead, 57-54, with 1:34 to conference play 0-8. play, and the Panthers made six of eight free throws in the fi nal 34 seconds to seal All-CAA honoree Chaisson Allen led the Huskies with 22 points and eight re- the victory. bounds, while dishing out four assists. He was one of four Huskies in double-fi gures. Josh Micheaux scored a career-high 15 points, along with seven rebounds and Georgia State’s bench came up big for head coach Rod Barnes, outscoring four steals for Georgia State. Maynor fi nished with 11 points and four assists, and Northeastern 46-2. Redshirt-junior Jihad Ali fi nished with 11 points off the bench James Fields added 10 points. on 4-of-7 shooting, including two three-pointers. Th e Seahawks rallied from a 13-point defi cit in the second half to take their Junior James Fields scored 10 points and dished out seven assists, while junior Josh fi rst lead of the game at 47-46 on a three-pointer by Chad Tomko with four min- Micheaux fi nished with seven points, seven rebounds and a team-high three steals. Despite fouling out, Joel Smith fi nished with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting for utes left . Aft er a GSU free throw, Trevor Deloach nailed another trey for a 50-47 Northeastern. Jonathan Lee and Ryan Pierson also scored in double fi gures for the UNCW lead. Huskies, adding 14 and 10 points respectively. Aft er Fields hit one of two free throws for GSU, Micheaux’s steal and layup Smith scored nine straight points for Northeastern over a fi ve-minute stretch tied the game at 50-all with 1:35 to play. UNCW regained the lead on a pair of of the fi rst half, as the Huskies built a 12-point lead. Back-to-back lay-ups by Allen Tomko free throws with 1:11 left before Buckner’s tying basket. capped an 11-0 run with 8:26 remaining in the fi rst half. Th e GSU defense forced 20 turnovers and held UNCW to just 30.5 percent Freshman Harold Doby’s steal and dunk with 1:37 left in the half capped a 5-0 shooting from the fi eld, including a 4-for-20 outing Tomko, the all-CAA guard. Panther run and cut the Huskies lead to 28-21, before Northeastern answered with Tomko fi nished with 19 points, and Trevor Deloach, who hit the game-winning a run of their own to extend the lead to 33-23 at halft ime. shot against the Panthers last month in Wilmington, had a career-high 23 points Georgia State fi nished the game forcing 20 Northeastern turnovers and was and 12 rebounds. able to turn it into 16 points, but the Panthers managed to shoot just 37.1 percent All fi ve Panther starters played at least 36 minutes in the game, as UNC Wilm- from the fi eld and were 8-of-24 from behind the arc. ington’s bench outscored State’s, 25-2. Th e Seahawks also held the advantage on the boards, outrebounding State 45-33. GEORGIA STATE 65 (8-13, 3-8 CAA) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min UNC WILMINGTON 58 (10-13, 4-8 CAA) McGee, Brandon, f ...... 4-11 0-3 1-2 1 4 5 1 9 0 1 0 1 25 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Taylor, Jamar, f ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 Morales, Donte, f...... 2-4 0-2 2-2 2 1 3 4 6 1 2 0 0 29 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 7 Rendleman, Keith, f ...... 4-6 0-0 0-0 6 6 12 4 8 1 3 1 3 40- Fields, James, g ...... 3-7 1-1 3-4 1 3 4 2 10 7 0 1 1 34 Wilson, Matt, c ...... 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 4 0 1 2 1 0 26 Curry, Dante, g...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 10 Tomko, Chad, g ...... 4-20 2-9 9-9 1 7 8 3 19 2 5 0 2 45 Ali, Jihad ...... 4-7 2-5 1-2 0 1 1 4 11 1 0 1 1 14 Felder, Darryl ...... 0-4 0-2 0-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 Maynor, Javonte ...... 4-12 4-12 0-0 1 0 1 2 12 1 2 0 1 31 Wallace, Matthew ...... 0-6 0-6 2-2 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 3 27 Buckner, Eric ...... 5-10 0-0 3-5 4 3 7 2 13 0 1 2 1 29 Deloach, Trevor ...... 8-16 2-4 5-6 5 8 12 0 23 0 4 0 2 37 Vincent, James ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals ...... 18-59 4-23 18-21 20 25 45 17 58 5 20 2 10 225 Micheaux, Josh ...... 2-8 1-2 2-2 4 3 7 2 7 5 3 2 3 30 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 FG% 1st: 8-28 28.6% 2nd: 8-25 32.0% OT: 2-6 33.3% Game: 30.5% Doby, Harold ...... 1-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 13 3P% 1st: 0-10 00.0% 2nd: 4-10 40.0% OT: 0-3 00.0% Game: 17.4% Totals ...... 23-62 8-24 11-17 15 17 32 20 65 20 13 6 10 200 FT% 1st: 3-3 100.0% 2nd: 13-14 92.9% OT: 2-4 50.0% Game: 85.7% FG% 1st: 10-29 34.5% 2nd: 13-33 39.4% Game: 37.1% GEORGIA STATE 63 (9-13, 4-8 CAA) 3FG% 1st: 2-9 22.2% 2nd: 6-15 40.0% Game: 33.3% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min FT% 1st: 1-3 33.3% 2nd: 10-14 71.4% Game: 64.7% Buckner, Eric, f ...... 6-11 0-0 6-6 1 6 7 2 18 0 2 1 2 37 NORTHEASTERN 70 (7-15, 3-8 CAA) Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 7-12 0-1 1-2 4 3 7 1 15 2 5 0 4 36 Fields, James, g ...... 2-3 1-1 5-8 2 3 5 4 10 3 5 0 2 40 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Ali, Jihad, g...... 3-11 1-4 0-0 1 6 7 3 7 2 0 2 1 43 Black, Kauri, f ...... 2-5 0-0 3-5 0 2 2 2 7 0 0 1 2 34 Maynor, Javonte ...... 3-10 3-10 2-4 1 1 2 3 11 4 1 0 2 41 Pierson, Ryan, f ...... 3-10 0-0 404 2 6 8 5 10 0 2 1 0 33 Johnson, Marques ...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 11 Allen, Chaisson, g ...... 8-17 2-5 4-4 2 6 8 1 22 4 2 0 2 39 White, Devonta ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Lee, Jonathan, g ...... 4-6 2-2 4-5 1 3 4 2 14 5 4 0 1 37 Curry, Dante ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 Smith, Joel, g ...... 6-8 1-2 2-2 1 5 6 5 15 4 8 0 1 32 Vincent, James ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Avenant, Chris ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 McGee, Brandon ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Harris, Alex ...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 12 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Marshavelski, Dinko ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Doby, Harold ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bates, Alex ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 Totals ...... 22-54 5-12 14-20 11 22 33 17 63 11 15 4 12 225 Totals ...... 23-47 5-9 19-22 9 27 36 19 70 15 20 3 7 200 FG% 1st: 12-26 46.2% 2nd: 11-21 52.4% Game: 48.9% FG% 1st: 12-26 46.2% 2nd: 8-26 30.8% OT: 2-2 100.0% Game: 40.7% 3FG% 1st: 5-6 83.3% 2nd: 0-3 00.0% Game: 55.6% 3P% 1st: 4-12 33.3% 2nd: 0-8 00.0% OT: 1-1 100.0% Game: 23.8% FT% 1st: 4-4 100.0% 2nd: 15-18 83.3% Game: 86.4% FT% 1st: 4-6 66.7% 2nd: 4-6 66.7% OT: 6-8 75.0% Game: 70.0% Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Ron Tyburski, Andrew Marotta, Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd OT Offi cials: James Barker, Jerry Heater Georgia State ...... 23 42 65 Chuck Jones UNC Wilmington ...... 19 33 6 58 William Humes Northeastern ...... 33 37 70 Attendance: 1496 Georgia State ...... 32 20 11 63 Attendance: 932

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Game 23: Feb. 5, 2011, 4 p.m. Game 24: Feb. 9, 2011, 7 p.m. GEORGIA STATE 63, TOWSON 60 HOFSTRA 79, GEORGIA STATE 68 Towson Athletic Center • Towson, Md. Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Sophomore James Vincent scored a career-high for the second time against Georgia State fell to Hofstra, 79-68, in a Colonial Athletic Association game Towson this season and led the Panthers to a 63-60 win over the Tigers in the Wednesday at the GSU Sports Arena as Pride (16-9, 10-4 CAA) standout Charles Towson Athletic Center. Vincent scored 12 points and added a career-high fi ve Jenkins poured in 28 points. blocked shots as the Panthers never trailed. Jihad Ali scored a season-high 19 points for the Panthers (10-14, 5-9 CAA), GSU (10-13, 5-8 CAA) earned its second straight win to open February. and Josh Micheaux just missed his fi rst career double-double with 10 points, nine Despite shooting just 2-of-11 from three-point range, the Panthers hit the rebounds and six assists. glass hard, scoring 42 points in the paint and outrebounding Towson 36-22. Towson (4-19, 0-13 CAA) lost for the 12th straight time and for the fi rst time Jenkins, the reigning CAA Player of the Year, entered the game averaging 23.2 at home to the Panthers. points per game (seventh in the nation), and nearly 30 NBA scouts were on hand Th e win snapped a streak of nine straight games won by the home team in the to watch him play. Th e 6-3 guard went 10-of-15 from the fi eld and 5-of-6 from series and gave State is fi rst road win in CAA action this year. the line, while collecting fi ve rebounds and dishing four steals. Vincent fi nished the game 6-of-10 from the fi eld, with seven rebounds and a “He is a great player, there is no question about that,” commented head coach steal in 25 minutes of action. He scored 11 points against the Tigers on Jan. 5 to Rod Barnes. “He does a great job of scoring the basketball and takes his time. We lead the Panthers. just allowed him too many opportunities tonight.” Junior Brandon McGee came off the bench to match Vincent with 12 points Aft er trailing by as many as 18 points early in the second half, the Panthers got and six rebounds as the Panthers used a balanced off ensive attack. within six points at 74-68 on a pair of free throws by Eric Buckner with 1:37 left . Towson, which trailed by 11 at halft ime, were led by Josh Brown’s 18 points. Aft er Brad Kelleher made one free throw for the Pride, Ali missed a three-point Late in the fi rst half, State used an 8-0 run, capped by a Vincent dunk to give try that would have brought GSU within four with a minute to play. From there, the Panthers a 35-23 lead with 1:57 remaining. GSU held the Tigers without a fi eld Hofstra made free throws to seal the win. goal over the fi nal 5:40 of the half, limiting Towson to just fi ve free throws. Towson closed the gap in the second half, holding the Panthers without a fi eld “I thought we had some opportunities tonight, especially early on, but we goal for more than six minutes early in the half. RaShawn Polk capped the Tigers missed a few lay-ups and stick-backs that really hurt us. I thought our team got run with a back-to-back baskets, including a three, cutting the Panthers lead to back in the game and we had some guys step up and make some shots, especially just three with 10:58 remaining in the game. in the second half.” Isaiah Philmore’s dunk with 6:43 remaining cut the Tigers defi cit to just one Hofstra used hot-shooting to build a big lead as the Pride made 11 of their at 52-51, one of three times Towson would cut the defi cit to one point over the fi rst 14 shots in the second half. Th e Pride managed to hit 51 percent for the game, fi nal seven minutes. Fortunately for State, the Tigers could never take the lead. including 9-for-18 from three-point range. Following Philmore’s dunk, the Panthers responded with a 7-0 run, capped by Four Panthers scored in double fi gures. In addition to Ali and Micheaux, a Josh Micheaux lay-up, extending State’s lead to 59-51 with 3:05 to play. Maynor scored 12 points on four treys and Eric Buckner added 11 points and Micheaux played sick throughout the game, but still managed to fi nish with eight rebounds. nine points, fi ve rebounds and fi ve assists in his third straight start. Hofstra also featured four double-fi gure scorers. Complementing Jenkins were Towson responded with a 6-0 run to cut the defi cit to 59-58 with 1:43, as State Greg Washington with 13 points, along with fi ve blocked shots, Mike Moore with went two and half minutes without a basket. However, State scored two crucial off ensive rebounds, each time with the shot clock winding down before the Tigers 12 points and Kelleher with 10. Th at quartet scored 63 of the Pride’s 79 points. were forced to foul. Freshman Devonta White, who saw limited action last week coming off an Micheaux made a pair of free throws with 25.6 seconds remaining and senior injury, played 26 minutes, scoring four points and dishing out six rebounds. Marques Johnson made a lay-up with fi ve seconds remaining to secure the win. GEORGIA STATE 63 (10-13, 5-8 CAA) HOFSTRA 79 (16-9, 10-4 CAA) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 Imes, David, f ...... 3-5 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 5 8 0 0 0 0 30 Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 3-6 0-0 3-4 0 5 5 1 9 5 3 1 0 28 Washington, Greg, f...... 6-10 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 3 13 2 1 5 2 37 Fields, James, g ...... 3-8 0-1 2-3 1 0 1 4 8 4 0 1 2 27 Kelleher, Brad, g ...... 2-3 2-2 4-6 0 3 3 2 10 8 1 0 0 27 Ali, Jihad, g...... 3-8 0-2 2-2 3 4 7 3 8 1 0 0 1 27 Jenkins, Charles, g ...... 10-15 3-4 5-6 1 4 5 0 28 2 1 1 4 35 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 3-7 2-5 0-0 3 2 5 3 8 2 2 0 0 35 Moore, Mike, g ...... 5-14 2-6 0-1 0 4 4 2 12 4 2 0 2 34 Johnson, Marques ...... 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 12 McLendon, Shemiye ...... 0-5 0-3 2-2 1 3 4 0 2 1 3 1 0 11 White, Devonta ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 Jules, Yves ...... 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 4 6 2 1 0 0 17 Curry, Dante ...... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Nwaukoni, Stephen ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 Vincent, James ...... 6-10 0-0 0-2 3 4 7 3 12 0 1 5 1 25 Totals ...... 28-55 9-18 14-19 8 20 28 19 79 19 10 7 8 200 McGee, Brandon ...... 5-11 0-1 2-2 3 3 6 1 12 1 1 0 1 24 FG% 1st: 14-29 48.3% 2nd: 14-26 53.8% Game: 50.9% Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3FG% 1st: 8-12 66.7% 2nd: 1-6 16.7% Game: 50.0% Totals ...... 26-59 2-11 9-15 14 22 36 22 63 15 8 7 6 200 FT% 1st: 2-2 100.0% 2nd: 12-17 70.6% Game: 73.7% FG% 1st: 16-36 44.4% 2nd: 10-23 43.5% Game: 44.1% 3FG% 1st: 1-8 12.5% 2nd: 1-3 33.3% Game: 18.2% GEORGIA STATE 68 (10-14, 5-9 CAA) FT% 1st: 4-5 80.0% 2nd: 5-10 50.0% Game: 60.0% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 3-11 0-0 5-6 5 3 8 4 11 0 0 0 0 25 TOWSON 60 (4-19, 0-13 CAA) Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 4-7 0-0 2-3 4 5 9 4 10 6 2 1 1 26 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Fields, James, g ...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 4 2 3 0 0 23 Philmore, Isaiah, f ...... 1-6 0-3 8-8 1 7 8 2 10 0 2 0 2 35 Ali, Jihad, g...... 9-16 1-3 0-1 2 3 5 2 19 2 2 0 2 34 Dupree, Braxton, f ...... 3-8 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 2 6 1 1 4 0 31 Maynor, Javonte ...... 4-10 4-8 0-0 0 3 3 4 12 0 2 0 1 31 Brown, Josh, g ...... 5-11 2-5 6-6 1 3 4 2 18 1 1 0 0 33 Johnson, Marques ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Polk, Rashawn, g ...... 5-12 2-6 1-1 0 3 3 3 13 1 2 0 1 32 White, Devonta, ...... 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 26 Morris, Brian, g ...... 0-2 0-1 5-6 0 4 4 0 5 6 2 0 0 27 Curry, Dante ...... 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 Conner, Dre ...... 1-2 1-1 3-4 0 1 1 3 6 2 2 0 0 28 Vincent, James ...... 3-6 0-0 0-1 3 4 7 1 6 0 4 0 0 13 Gumbs, Erique ...... 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 10 McGee, Brandon ...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 Quinn, Danny ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Totals ...... 16-42 5-16 23-26 5 22 27 14 60 12 10 4 3 200 Totals ...... 27-63 5-15 9-13 18 21 39 21 68 16 16 1 6 200 FG% 1st: 11-31 35.5% 2nd: 16-32 50.0% Game: 42.9% FG% 1st: 6-20 30.0% 2nd: 10-22 45.5% Game: 38.1% 3FG% 1st: 2-6 33.3% 2nd: 3-9 33.3% Game: 33.3% 3FG% 1st: 1-7 14.3% 2nd: 4-9 44.4% Game: 31.3% FT% 1st: 2-3 66.7% 2nd: 7-10 70.0% Game: 69.2% FT% 1st: 13-16 81.3% 2nd: 10-10 100.0% Game: 88.5% Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Ron Groover, Ray Natili, Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd Offi cials: Sean Casady, Haywood Bostic, Hofstra ...... 38 41 79 Damon Williams Georgia State ...... 37 26 63 Donnie Eppley Georgia State ...... 26 42 68 Attendance: 1115 Towson ...... 26 34 60 Attendance: 1371

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Game 25: Feb. 12, 2011, Noon (CSS-TV) Game 26: Feb. 15, 2011, 7 p.m. (CSS-TV) GEORGIA STATE 74, NORTHEASTERN 71 (OT) OLD DOMINION 60, GEORGIA STATE 43 Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Ted Constant Center • Norfolk, Va. Junior Brandon McGee scored a career-high 31 points to help Georgia State Sophomore James Vincent earned his first career double-double, but Old overcome a 17-point fi rst half defi cit and give the Panthers a 74-71 overtime vic- Dominion pulled away in the fi nal minutes to earn a 60-43 victory over the Pan- tory over Northeastern on Saturday aft ernoon. McGee became the fi rst Panther thers on Tuesday night at the Ted Constant Center. Vincent scored 11 points and to score at least 30 points in a game in just under nine years. fi nished with a career-high 11 rebounds to lead the Panthers. On a day where Georgia State honored its two NCAA tournament teams at Vincent added a career-high 33 minutes off the bench, adding two blocks and halft ime, McGee’s MVP performance were the most points scored in a game since two steals, shooting 4-of-5 from the fi eld. Th omas Terrell went for 30 against UCF on March 1, 2002. Terrell was a member Old Dominion (21-6, 12-4 CAA) countered with double-doubles from Frank of the Panthers last NCAA Tournament squad during the 2000-01 season. Hassell and Ben Finney in the win. Georgia State (11-14, 6-9 CAA) won for the third time in four games and Th e Panthers trailed just 47-42 when junior Josh Micheaux scored a put-back avenged an earlier season loss to Northeastern (9-17, 5-10 CAA) in Boston. on a missed free throw by Vincent with 3:57 to play, before Old Dominion fi nished Aft er scoring just eight points in the fi rst half, McGee led the Panthers second the game on a 13-1 run. half charge, but not until aft er Northeastern opened the second half on a 9-0 run Hassell, who scored the game winning basket over the Panthers in Atlanta, fi nished with a game-high 17 points and 10 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season. and held State scoreless for 3:34 to take a 42-31 lead. Finney scored 11 and pulled down 10 boards, including seven on the off ensive end. Down 47-38 with 13:05 to play, McGee hit one of his four three-pointers to On a poor shooting night for both squads, both teams fi nished with 16 of- cut the lead to 47-41. Th e junior hit another three with just under 10 minutes to fensive boards as the Monarchs outrebounded State, 38-37. play, cutting the Huskies lead to just fi ve, 51-46. Redshirt-junior Jihad Ali scored a team-high 14 for Georgia State (11-15, 6-10 McGee’s jumper with 6:50 to play cut the lead to two and a put-back, just a CAA), shooting 6-of-12 from the fi eld, including a pair of three-pointers. minute later tied the game at 57. Kent Bazemore added 12 points and fi ve rebounds for the Monarchs, who Northeastern regained the lead and extended it to three when Jonathan Lee fi nished 21-28 from the free throw line, while GSU hit just fi ve of 11 attempts. hit a jumper with 1:26 to play, the Huskies last points of regulation. Lee fi nished Georgia State opened strong on the defensive end, holding the Monarchs to with a team-high 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting. just one fi eld goal over the fi rst 8:11 of the fi rst half and led 6-5. Old Dominion With 1:09 remaining, junior Josh Micheaux, who fi nished with 13 points, used a 20-9 run to build their largest lead of the half, 25-15, before the Panthers drove the lane, made the basket and was fouled. He made the free throw to tie fi nished the half strong. the game at 62. Ali knocked down his second three of the half and followed it with a jumper Northeastern’s Chaisson Allen, who fi nished with 15 points and seven rebounds, with 43 seconds remaining to give the Panthers momentum heading into the half, had his lay-up at the buzzer blocked by McGee to send the game into overtime. down just fi ve, 25-20. State opened the extra period on a 6-0 run and never trailed, holding the Vincent came off the bench to score fi ve points and pull down eight rebounds Huskies without a point until just 1:23 to play. in 15 minutes of fi rst half action. McGee’s free throws with 10.9 seconds left secured the Panther victory. Aft er cutting the lead to just fi ve, the Monarchs went a perfect 8-for-8 from the Georgia State trailed the entire fi rst half, plagued by nine turnovers and shoot- free throw line over the fi nal 3:25 of the game. ing just 2-of-9 from behind the arc. Northeastern’s Jonathan Lee made a pair of Both teams were coming off of emotional victories on Saturday and it showed free throws with 5:10 remaining in the half to extend the Huskies lead to 32-15, as neither team shot well from the fl oor. ODU earned an 11-point victory at VCU, their biggest of the game. ending the Rams 22-game home court winning streak, while the Panthers rallied Th e Panthers wore red jerseys to raise awareness for the American Heart from down 17 to earn a 74-71 overtime victory over Northeastern. Association. As part of the Spirit Week festivities, members of GSU’s NCAA Tour- GEORGIA STATE 43 (11-15, 6-10 CAA) nament teams from 1990-91 and 2000-01 were honored at halft ime, as coaches Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Bob Reinhart (1990-91) and Charles “Left y” Driesell (2000-01) led the teams onto Buckner, Eric, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 17 the court. Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 2-7 0-0 0-1 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 0 19 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 24 NORTHEASTERN 71 (9-17, 5-10 CAA) Fields, James, g ...... 0-8 0-0 2-4 1 5 6 3 2 2 1 0 1 27 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Ali, Jihad, g...... 6-12 2-5 0-0 1 1 2 2 14 0 3 1 0 31 Pierson, Ryan, f ...... 2-6 0-0 1-2 1 4 5 1 5 0 0 0 1 30 White, Devonta ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 9 Allen, Chaisson, g ...... 5-14 3-6 2-5 3 4 7 1 15 2 3 1 4 42 Curry, Dante ...... 2-8 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 1 14 Black, Kauri, g ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 5 2 1 1 0 1 27 Maynor, Javonte ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Lee, Jonathan, g ...... 8-11 1-2 7-8 1 1 2 4 24 2 4 0 0 41 Vincent, James ...... 4-5 0-0 3-6 4 7 11 2 11 1 1 2 2 33 Smith, Joel, g ...... 3-11 2-8 2-3 1 4 5 2 10 5 2 1 0 39 McGee, Brandon ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Harris, Alex ...... 1-2 0-1 3-4 0 0 0 2 5 1 2 0 2 26 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Marshavelski, Dinko ...... 3-4 0-0 4-4 1 1 2 3 10 0 2 0 0 20 Doby, Harold ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 Totals ...... 23-52 6-17 19-26 11 15 26 18 71 11 15 2 8 225 Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG% 1st: 11-21 52.4% 2nd: 9-23 39.1% OT: 3-8 37.5% Game: 44.2% Totals ...... 17-52 4-14 5-11 16 21 37 24 43 9 13 5 4 200 3P% 1st: 5-8 62.5% 2nd: 1-7 14.3% OT: 0-2 00.0% Game: 35.3% FG% 1st: 8-24 33.3% 2nd: 9-28 32.1% Game: 32.7% FT% 1st: 6-8 75.0% 2nd: 10-14 71.4% OT: 3-4 75.0% Game: 73.1% 3FG% 1st: 2-5 40.0% 2nd: 2-9 22.2% Game: 28.6% GEORGIA STATE 74 (11-14, 6-9 CAA) FT% 1st: 2-4 50.0% 2nd: 3-7 42.9% Game: 45.5% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min OLD DOMINION 60 (21-6, 12-4 CAA) Ali, Jihad, f ...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 26 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 3-4 0-0 3-6 2 1 3 2 9 0 1 0 2 18 Cooper, Chris, f ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 15 Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 5-9 0-2 3-5 3 2 5 4 13 4 7 1 3 35 Finney, Ben, f ...... 3-9 2-5 3-4 7 3 10 1 11 4 3 1 2 35 Fields, James, g ...... 2-5 0-2 3-5 0 2 2 4 7 2 2 0 4 30 Hassell, Frank, c ...... 6-12 0-0 5-6 3 7 10 3 17 0 2 0 1 33 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 18 James, Darius, g ...... 1-6 0-4 4-5 1 3 4 2 6 5 0 0 1 28 Johnson, Marques ...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 16 Bazemore, Kent, g...... 3-7 1-1 5-7 2 3 5 0 12 0 0 3 2 32 White, Devonta ...... 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 17 Wright, Nick ...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 Curry, Dante ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Hicks, Josh ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Vincent, James ...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 4 0 2 2 0 16 Illadis, Trian ...... 1-4 1-3 2-2 0 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 15 McGee, Brandon ...... 11-21 4-6 5-6 5 8 13 1 31 1 0 1 0 37 De Lancey, Marquel ...... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 11 Doby, Harold ...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 2 1 8 Carter, Keyon ...... 2-4 1-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 2 0 20 Totals ...... 25-54 6-19 18-26 16 23 39 22 74 12 18 8 10 225 Larsen, Anton ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Totals ...... 17-48 5-15 21-28 16 22 38 11 60 12 9 7 8 200 FG% 1st: 11-24 45.8% 2nd: 12-23 52.2% OT: 2-7 28.6% Game: 46.3% 3P% 1st: 2-9 22.2% 2nd: 4-10 40.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 31.6% FG% 1st: 6-21 28.6% 2nd: 11-27 40.7% Game: 35.4% FT% 1st: 5-6 83.3% 2nd: 5-5 100.0% OT: 8-15 53.3% Game: 69.2% 3FG% 1st: 3-7 42.9% 2nd: 2-8 25.0% Game: 33.3% FT% 1st: 10-16 62.5% 2nd: 11-12 91.7% Game: 75.0% Score by periods ...... 1st 2nd OT Offi cials: Dan Stryffeler, Haywood Bostic, Northeastern ...... 33 29 9 71 Brian Shey Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Earl Walton, Ray Perone, Georgia State ...... 29 33 12 74 Attendance: 1140 Georgia State ...... 20 23 43 Chuck Jones Old Dominion ...... 25 35 60 Attendance: 7307 2011-12 GEORGIA STATE BASKETBALL 99 22010-11010-11 REVIEWREVIEW PANTHERS

Game 27: Feb. 19, 2011, 4 p.m. Game 28: Feb. 23, 2011, 7 p.m. LOUISIANA TECH 51, GEORGIA STATE 45 WILLIAM & MARY 69, GEORGIA STATE 65 Thomas Assembly Center • Ruston, La. Kaplan Arena • Williamsburg, Va. Georgia State dropped a 51-45 decision to Louisiana Tech on Saturday aft er- Georgia State mounted a furious last minute comeback, but fell just short, 69- noon in the annual ESPN Bracketbusters event at the Th omas Assembly Center. 65, to William & Mary on Wednesday night at Kaplan Arena. Th e Panthers trailed It marked the Panthers fi nal non-conference game of the regular season. nine with 30 seconds remaining, but cut it to just two with 4.3 seconds remaining, Redshirt-junior Jihad Ali led the State with eight points and six rebounds as before the Tribe made two fi nal free throws to secure the victory. nine diff erent Panthers scored. Freshman Javonte Maynor, who nailed the three-pointer with 4.3 seconds re- Louisiana Tech’s Olu Ashaolu fi nished with a double-double, scoring 18 points maining to cut the lead to two, nailed seven three-pointers and scored a career-high and pulling down 11 rebounds, one of three Bulldogs in double fi gures. 21 points. Th e Snellville, Ga. native hit 7-of-10 from outside the arc in 28 minutes Georgia State (11-16, 6-10 CAA) dropped its second straight and lost a Brack- off the bench. etbusters game for the fi rst time under head coach Rod Barnes. Th e Panthers were Georgia State (11-17, 6-11 CAA) lost its third straight game, all on the road, 4-1 in the annual event entering Saturday and 3-0 under the fourth year head coach. while William & Mary (9-20, 4-13 CAA) won its second straight as the Tribe hon- Louisiana Tech (12-16, 2-10 WAC) snapped a four-game losing streak and ored senior Marcus Kitts on senior night. won its fourth straight over the Panthers dating back to 1976. Th e diff erence in the game came at the free throw line where the Tribe went Playing without leading scorer DeAndre Brown who was suspended in- 29-of-37, while Georgia State managed to go just 4-of-9 as the Panthers committed defi nitely by head coach Kerry Rupp prior to the start of the game, the Bulldogs slashed the Panther defense early. Tech nailed eight of its fi rst 10 shots, while 29 fouls to William & Mary’s 11. holding the Panthers to just 3 of 11 shooting halfway through the fi rst half. William & Mary freshman Brandon Britt led the Tribe with 20 points, hitting Th e Bulldogs built their lead to 21-8 with 9:48 to play in the half, holding the 10-of-12 from the free throw line. Panthers without a fi eld goal for nearly seven minutes. Th e Tribe built its lead to 15 on a lay-up by Tim Rusthoven with 5:25 to play, Georgia State held Tech without a fi eld goal over the fi nal 8:46 of the half, as before the Panthers made one last run. the Bulldogs hit just three free throws and missing nine straight fi eld goals, while Junior Josh Micheaux made back-to-back steals at mid-court and turned them the Panthers used an 8-0 run to go into halft ime down just 26-23. into lay-ups to cut the lead to 58-52 with 1:38, capping an 8-0 run. A dunk by James Vincent quickly cut the Bulldogs lead to just one only sec- Aft er building its lead back to 10 points, senior Dante Curry hit a three-pointer with onds into the second half. 41 seconds remaining, cutting the lead to 62-55. State took its fi rst lead when freshman Rashaad Richardson made a lay-up with Junior Eric Buckner followed with a lay-up and freshman Devonta White made a 15:07 remaining. State’s 32-31 lead was the only time the Panthers would be ahead. pair of free throws to get the defi cit back to seven aft er made free throws by the Tribe. Other than a dunk by Ashaolu, the Panthers held the Bulldogs without a fi eld White’s steal and lay-up by Micheaux with 10 seconds remaining cut the lead to goal over the fi nal 9:33, but could not take advantage of a several open shots and 67-62, before Curry stole the ball on the inbounds pass and Maynor knocked down put backs down the stretch. a three. Down four, senior Marques Johnson nailed a jumper at the top of the key cut Micheaux fi nished with eight points, while James Fields dished out six assists. the lead to two with 18.6 seconds, but State could not get over the hump. Aft er shooting 26.7 percent in the fi rst half, the Panthers rebounded by shooting Th e Panthers bench outscored the Bulldogs 18-0, while also holding a slim 56.3 percent in the second and fi nished the game 9-of-22 from three-point range. 34-33 lead on the boards. Th e Tribe opened the fi rst half with a hot hand, taking a 19-7 lead with 10:30 Sophomore James Vincent, coming off his fi rst career double-double, fi nished remaining, hitting six of their fi rst 10 shots, including four of eight from three-point with six points and six rebounds, while junior Brandon McGee added six and four range. William & Mary held State to just three of 11 shooting to open the game. boards. Senior Marques Johnson fi nished with eight points, six rebounds and three as- Louisiana Tech got 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting from Lonnie Smith, and 10 sists in his fi nal road game. points from Kenyon McNeaill. GEORGIA STATE 65 (11-17, 6-11 CAA) GEORGIA STATE 45 (11-16) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 4-7 0-0 0-1 2 3 5 4 8 0 0 2 0 26 Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 1-8 0-1 0-0 2 3 5 3 2 3 1 0 2 29 Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 4-7 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 2 8 1 0 0 3 21 Vincent, James, c ...... 2-3 0-0 2-4 2 4 6 1 6 0 3 3 0 17 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 4-10 0-1 0-0 3 3 6 4 8 3 2 0 2 23 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 2-7 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 21 Fields, James, g ...... 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 5 3 6 2 0 1 27 Ali, Jihad, g...... 3-8 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 0 1 20 Ali, Jihad, g...... 1-6 0-4 0-0 0 5 5 4 2 0 3 3 1 26 Maynor, Javonte, g ...... 2-5 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 0 1 20 White, Devonta ...... 1-2 0-1 3-4 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 1 4 Fields, James ...... 2-5 0-1 2-3 0 2 2 2 6 2 2 0 1 26 Curry, Dante ...... 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 13 Curry, Dante ...... 0-4 0-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 Maynor, Javonte ...... 7-12 7-10 0-0 1 1 2 4 21 0 1 0 1 28 Buckner, Eric ...... 2-3 0-0 0-3 2 2 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 23 Vincent, James ...... 1-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 1 2 0 3 3 0 14 McGee, Brandon ...... 2-4 2-4 0-0 2 2 4 2 6 1 2 0 1 19 McGee, Brandon ...... 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 7 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Totals ...... 17-50 7-21 4-10 11 23 34 20 45 12 17 5 7 200 Doby, Harold ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 FG% 1st: 8-23 34.8% 2nd: 9-27 33.3% Game: 34.0% Totals ...... 26-62 9-22 4-9 14 19 33 29 65 12 13 8 10 200 3FG% 1st: 5-11 45.5% 2nd: 2-10 20.0% Game: 33.3% FG% 1st: 8-30 26.7% 2nd: 18-32 56.3% Game: 41.9% FT% 1st: 2-5 40.0% 2nd: 2-5 40.0% Game: 40.0% 3FG% 1st: 3-8 37.5% 2nd: 6-14 42.9% Game: 40.9% LOUISIANA TECH 51 (12-16) FT% 1st: 0-2 00.0% 2nd: 4-7 57.1% Game: 44.4% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min WILLIAM & MARY 69 (9-20, 4-13 CAA) Ashaolu, Olu, f ...... 4-9 1-1 9-18 2 9 11 3 18 1 4 0 1 35 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Smith, Lonnie, f ...... 5-7 4-6 0-0 0 2 2 4 14 1 2 0 0 36 McDowell, Quinn, f ...... 3-10 1-3 9-11 2 5 7 2 16 1 2 0 0 34 Souza, Romario, c ...... 3-4 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 2 7 1 1 0 0 22 Kitts, Marcus, f ...... 2-3 0-0 3-7 3 4 7 2 7 1 1 3 0 23 McNeaill, Kenyon, g ...... 2-10 1-6 5-6 1 4 5 2 10 3 3 0 1 36 Brown, Kendrix, g ...... 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 6 9 1 0 2 3 0 2 31 Johnson, Cordarius, g ...... 0-5 0-4 2-2 1 2 3 0 2 3 3 0 2 34 Boatner, Julian, g ...... 3-8 2-7 2-2 0 2 2 1 10 1 2 0 0 25 Scott, C.J...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Britt, Brandon, g ...... 4-9 2-5 10-12 1 2 3 1 20 3 3 0 1 31 Hall, Tevin ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 14 Rum, Matt ...... 0-3 0-2 4-4 0 5 5 0 4 5 1 0 1 24 Roshell, Antwond ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Rusthoven, Tim ...... 4-4 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 1 9 1 2 2 0 17 Johnson, James ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Gaillard, Kyle...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Lewis, J.L...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 18 Ludwick, JohnMark ...... 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 6 Totals ...... 14-38 6-17 17-27 8 25 33 13 51 10 16 0 6 200 Totals ...... 17-45 6-22 29-37 14 25 39 11 69 14 15 5 5 200 FG% 1st: 8-19 42.1% 2nd: 6-19 31.6% Game: 36.8% FG% 1st: 8-19 42.1% 2nd: 9-26 34.6% Game: 37.8% 3FG% 1st: 3-9 33.3% 2nd: 3-8 37.5% Game: 35.3% 3FG% 1st: 5-15 33.3% 2nd: 1-7 14.3% Game: 27.3% FT% 1st: 7-10 70.0% 2nd: 10-17 58.8% Game: 63.0% FT% 1st: 9-12 75.0% 2nd: 20-25 80.0% Game: 78.3% Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Chuck Jones, Haywood Bostic, Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Robert Adams, Donnie Eppley, Georgia State ...... 23 22 45 Matt Potter Georgia State ...... 19 46 65 Jim Bruno Louisiana Tech ...... 26 25 51 Attendance: 3162 William & Mary ...... 30 39 69 Attendance: 2228 100 2011-12 GEORGIA STATE BASKETBALL 22010-11010-11 REVIEWREVIEW PANTHERS

Game 29: Feb. 28, 2011, 6 p.m. Game 30: March 4, 2011, Noon GEORGE MASON 65, GEORGIA STATE 58 GEORGIA STATE 58, UNC WILMINGTON 52 Georgia State Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga. CAA First Round • Richmond Coliseum • Richmond, Va. In the regular-season fi nale for both teams, Georgia State fell, 65-58, to George Josh Micheaux scored 14 points and Eric Buckner added 12 points and eight Mason, which extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 15 games Saturday rebounds to lead ninth-seeded Georgia State to a 58-52 victory over eighth-seeded at the GSU Sports Arena. UNC Wilmington in the fi rst round of the Colonial Athletic Association Champi- Georgia State (11-18, 6-12 CAA) is the ninth seed in the CAA Championship, onship Friday at the Richmond Coliseum. which begin Friday in Richmond, Va. Th e Patriots (25-5, 16-2 CAA) are the top Georgia State (12-18), under interim head coach Paul Graham, advances to face seed aft er winning the CAA regular season by two games. top-seeded and 25th-ranked George Mason in Saturday’s quarterfi nals at 12 noon. Junior Josh Micheaux scored a career-high 17 points for the Panthers. “It’s about these guys,” said Graham. “Th ey worked hard all week and stayed Cam Long led Mason with 19 points, hitting 6-of-11 from the fi eld. focus, and our team played really well. Basketball is a team game, and we got con- Georgia State stayed close throughout the night, taking a 45-43 lead with 9:30 tributions from everyone.” to play. Mason answered with a basket by Long and never trailed again, although Jihad Ali pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds for the Panthers, along with the Panthers stayed within striking distance until the Patriots pulled away in the nine points, two steals and a blocked shot, while Marques Johnson equaled his ca- fi nal seconds. reer best with seven assists to go with four points, three rebounds, two blocks and Th e game featured 10 ties and seven lead changes changes. a steal. Micheaux added fi ve rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two steals. With the scored tied at 54 with just 2:38 left , Andre Cornelius made a pair of Trailing 16-8 midway through the fi rst half, the Panthers scored 14 straight free throws that put Mason ahead for good. Aft er a missed shot by GSU, Michael points to take the lead and never trailed again. Aft er making just three of their fi rst Morrison’s bucket put the Patriots ahead 58-54. Cam Long nailed a trey with 20 15 shots, GSU hit 20 of 33 attempts the rest of the way to shoot 48 percent for the seconds left to seal the victory. game, including 56 percent in the second half. Moving the ball and spreading the “Th ey are a really good team; they’ve won 15 straight games for a reason,” said scoring, the Panthers were credited with 18 assists on 23 baskets. GSU head coach Rod Barnes. “I thought our kids played hard, but just didn’t make Along with the 6-10 Buckner, 6-11 James Vincent also contributed key baskets enough plays. We had a chance to score some points in transition that we didn’t in the paint with six points and three rebounds. convert.” On the defensive end, the Panthers held UNCW Wilmington (13-18) to just In his fi nal game at the GSU Sports Arena, senior Marques Johnson contributed 29.5 percent from the fi eld, including 6-for-29 from three-point range. All-CAA eight points, six rebounds and fi ve assists. Senior Dante Curry was also honored guard Chad Tomko fi nished with a game-high 19 points but managed just 7-for-21 before the game but was unable to play due to an ankle injury. shooting. Micheaux connected on 7-of-11 shots from the fi eld to record his sixth double- Georgia State outrebounded the Seahawks, 42-38, and came up with eight fi gure eff ort of the season. Th e junior from Missouri City, Texas also had four blocked shots from fi ve diff erent players, including two each by Micheaux, Buckner and Johnson. rebounds, four assists and two steals. GSU led 46-44 with eight minutes to go when freshman Devonta White nailed “Josh was really aggressive, and he did a great job bringing energy to our team a jumper for the Panthers and Buckner followed with a layup off a feed from tonight,” Barnes continued. Micheaux to put GSU ahead 50-44 with 6:29 to play. Keith Rendlemen scored for Freshman Javonte Maynor had another solid eff ort with nine points and fi ve UNCW, but Vincent answered with a bucket down low for GSU. Aft er the Seahawks’ rebounds. Jihad Ali added 10 points. Trevor Deloach made one of two free throws, James Fields hit a pair for the Pan- Junior Brandon McGee added eight points and seven rebounds for State. thers, pushing their lead to 54-47 with just 2:21 left . Morrison added 14 points and fi ve rebounds for Mason, while Vertrail Vaughns Th e Seahawks had one last gasp aft er Tomko hit a long three-pointer to pull the came off the bench to score 12 points, going 3-of-3 from beyond the arc. UNCW within 56-52 with 23 seconds to play, but Buckner sank two free throws to seal the win. GEORGE MASON 65 (25-5, 16-2 CAA) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min GEORGIA STATE 58 (12-18) Hancock, Luke, f ...... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 26 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Morrison, Mike, f ...... 7-9 0-0 0-3 4 1 5 2 14 4 0 2 1 25 Johnson, Marques, g ...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 4 7 1 2 1 31 Pearson, Ryan, f ...... 3-10 0-0 3-4 1 4 5 1 9 1 1 0 0 36 Fields, James, g ...... 3-6 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 2 8 3 2 0 1 23 Long, Cam, g...... 6-11 3-5 4-4 2 3 5 2 19 1 2 1 1 36 Ali, Jihad, g...... 4-8 1-2 0-3 4 7 11 1 9 1 1 1 2 31 Cornelius, Andre, g ...... 2-6 1-2 2-2 0 4 4 1 7 0 2 0 0 26 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 5-9 0-0 2-2 0 8 8 2 12 0 2 2 0 28 Bennett, Paris ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 4-10 1-2 5-8 1 4 5 1 14 4 2 2 2 26 Allen, Bryon ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 White, Devonta ...... 2-4 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 5 2 2 0 0 17 Vaughns, Vertrail ...... 3-5 3-3 3-4 1 1 2 1 12 0 1 0 0 14 Curry, Dante ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 Tate, Isaiah ...... 0-4 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 15 Maynor, Javonte ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 Williams, Johnny ...... 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 Vincent, James ...... 3-3 0-0 0-2 0 3 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 12 Totals ...... 22-53 7-11 14-21 14 19 33 11 65 14 9 6 4 200 McGee, Brandon ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 Doby, Harold ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 FG% 1st: 10-26 38.5% 2nd: 13-33 39.4% Game: 43.6% Totals ...... 23-48 3-8 9-17 9 33 42 16 58 18 14 8 8 200 3FG% 1st: 4-7 66.7% 2nd: 4-9 44.4% Game: 50.0% FT% 1st: 7-12 25.0% 2nd: 2-2 100.0% Game: 40.0% FG% 1st: 13-30 43.3% 2nd: 10-18 55.6% Game: 47.9% 3FG% 1st: 1-4 25.0% 2nd: 2-4 50.0% Game: 37.5% GEORGIA STATE 58 (11-18, 6-12 CAA) FT% 1st: 1-3 33.3% 2nd: 8-14 57.1% Game: 52.9% Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Buckner, Eric, f ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 8 UNC WILMINGTON 52 (13-18) Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 7-11 1-1 2-5 3 1 4 3 17 4 2 0 2 37 Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Johnson, Marques, g ...... 4-7 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 1 8 5 1 0 0 31 Morales, Donte, g ...... 0-2 0-1 1-2 2 2 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 13 Fields, James, g ...... 1-6 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 3 4 1 3 1 1 21 Rendleman, Keith, f ...... 4-8 0-0 2-6 2 2 4 3 10 1 0 2 2 33 Ali, Jihad, g...... 4-12 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 1 0 23 Wilson, Matt, g ...... 0-2 0-0 4-6 1 4 5 2 4 1 0 1 0 24 Maynor, Javonte ...... 3-6 3-6 0-0 3 2 5 1 9 0 1 0 1 29 Tomko, Chad, g ...... 7-21 3-11 2-3 0 5 5 1 19 3 4 0 1 39 Vincent, James ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 9 Grant, Ahmand, f ...... 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 McGee, Brandon ...... 4-9 0-1 0-3 4 3 7 1 8 0 4 0 0 21 Milson, Tanner ...... 3-11 3-11 0-0 4 1 5 1 9 2 1 0 0 29 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Felder, Darryl, ...... 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 4 0 2 0 1 23 Taylor, Jamar ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 18 Deloach, Trevor ...... 1-8 0-3 1-3 5 4 9 3 3 0 0 0 1 23 Totals ...... 24-55 6-12 4-10 16 19 35 19 58 10 13 8 4 200 Reybold, Shane ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Totals ...... 18-61 6-29 10-20 16 22 38 17 52 7 9 4 6 200 FG% 1st: 11-22 50.0% 2nd: 13-33 39.4% Game: 43.6% 3FG% 1st: 2-3 66.7% 2nd: 4-9 44.4% Game: 50.0% FG% 1st: 7-28 25.0% 2nd: 11-33 33.3% Game: 29.5% FT% 1st: 2-8 25.0% 2nd: 2-2 100.0% Game: 40.0% 3FG% 1st: 5-15 33.3% 2nd: 1-14 7.1% Game: 20.7% FT% 1st: 7-13 53.8% 2nd: 3-7 42.9% Game: 50.0% Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Bob Testa, Brian Shey, George Mason ...... 31 34 65 Earl Robinson Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Bernard Clinton, Tim Comer, Georgia State ...... 26 32 58 Attendance: 1127 Georgia State ...... 28 30 58 Andrew Marotta UNC Wilmington ...... 26 26 52 Attendance: 2852

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Game 31: March 5, 2011, Noon (CSS-TV Tape Delayed) GEORGE MASON 68, GEORGIA STATE 45 CAA BANQUET HONORS CAA Quarterfi nals • Richmond Coliseum • Richmond, Va. Georgia State used a strong start to build an 11-point lead in the fi rst half before succumbing to top-seeded and 25th-ranked George Mason, 68-45, in the quarterfi - nals of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship Saturday at the Richmond Coliseum. Th e Panthers fi nish their season at 12-19. Mason (26-5) won its 16th straight game to advance to Sunday’s semifi nals. Shooting 60 percent from the fi eld in the fi rst half, Georgia State built a 27-16 lead with seven minutes to play, but aft er James Vincent’s fi eld goal with 7:08 left , the Panthers couldn’t manage another basket until a jumper by Marques Johnson with just 30 seconds left in the half. During that stretch, Mason scored 14 straight points, and the Patriots took a 31-29 lead into the locker room. During Mason’s comeback in latter part of the fi rst half, the Panthers were hurt by foul trouble on post players Eric Buckner, who picked up two fouls early, and James Vincent, who was whistled for three of GSU’s 12 fi rst-half fouls. For the game, Mason hit 21 of 29 free throws, while GSU made nine of 17. Buckner fi nished with 10 points and seven rebounds in just 17 minutes. John- son had nine points and fi ve rebounds in his fi nal game for Georgia State. “We got on a little bit of a roll in the fi rst half, but when Buck (Buckner) picked up his second foul, that changed the way we could play,” said interim head coach Paul Graham. “Th en Big James (Vincent) came in and did some good things, but he got in foul trouble, too.” Chris Collier (right) is presented his CAA Legends Award by Commissioner Tom “George Mason is very good,” continued Graham. “Th ere’s a reason they’ve won Yeager. Each year the CAA honors one former player and brings him and his family so many in a row; they’ve got good players and good coaches.” to Richmond for the CAA Championship. A three-pointer by Johnson kept the Panthers within 36-34 with just under 17 minutes to play, but from there, Mason used a 22-2 run to build a 58-36 lead with seven minutes to left . Aft er the strong fi rst half, the Panthers managed to hit just fi ve of 23 from the fi eld aft er the intermission. Georgia State also hurt itself with 21 turnovers, which the Patriots converted into 27 points. Cam Long led the Patriots with 15 points, while Andre Cornelius added 12. GEORGIA STATE 45 (12-19) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Johnson, Marques, g ...... 4-5 1-2 0-0 0 5 5 2 9 1 3 0 0 28 Fields, James, g ...... 1-6 0-1 1-1 1 3 4 4 3 4 2 0 0 32 Ali, Jihad, g...... 3-7 1-3 0-0 2 1 3 3 7 0 0 1 0 23 Buckner, Eric, f ...... 4-6 0-0 2-6 3 4 7 3 10 0 3 0 0 17 Micheaux, Josh, f ...... 0-2 0-0 3-4 1 5 6 3 3 4 5 0 3 25 White, Devonta ...... 1-5 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 15 Curry, Dante ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Maynor, Javonte ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Brown, Daniel ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Vincent, James ...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 3 5 0 3 1 1 12 McGee, Brandon ...... 2-5 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 20 Richardson, Rashaad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Doby, Harold ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 13 Taylor, Jamar ...... 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 James Fields (left ) was honored as a CAA First Team All-Academic by Commissioner Totals ...... 17-43 2-10 9-17 11 25 36 25 45 10 21 3 4 200 Tom Yeager. Fields become the fi rst Panther to earn one of the CAA’s top honors. FG% 1st: 12-20 60.0% 2nd: 5-23 21.7% Game: 39.5% 3FG% 1st: 1-3 33.3% 2nd: 1-7 14.3% Game: 20.0% FT% 1st: 4-6 66.7% 2nd: 5-11 45.5% Game: 52.9% GEORGE MASON 68 (26-5) Player ...... FG 3P FT O D Reb PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Hancock, Luke, g ...... 2-8 0-1 1-2 0 3 3 3 5 3 2 0 3 23 Long, Cam, g...... 5-9 1-3 4-4 1 0 1 0 15 0 1 0 0 30 Morrison, Mike, f ...... 1-1 0-0 3-7 0 5 5 1 5 4 1 3 1 31 Pearson, Ryan, f ...... 2-5 0-1 7-9 1 5 6 2 11 1 1 0 0 29 Cornelius, Andre, g ...... 4-9 3-6 1-1 0 1 1 2 12 0 1 0 1 25 Bennett, Paris ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 11 Allen, Bryon ...... 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 Arledge, Jonathan ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Vaughns, Vertrail ...... 2-3 0-1 3-3 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 12 Tate, Isaiah ...... 3-5 1-2 1-1 1 3 4 0 8 1 0 0 3 26 Whack, Rashad ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Armistead, Thomas ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Williams, Johnny ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 Totals ...... 21-46 5-14 21-29 3 19 22 14 68 11 6 3 11 200 FG% 1st: 10-24 41.7% 2nd: 11-22 50.0% Game: 45.7% 3FG% 1st: 3-9 33.3% 2nd: 2-5 40.0% Game: 35.7% FT% 1st: 8-13 61.5% 2nd: 13-16 81.3% Game: 72.4% Score by Periods ...... 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Louis Andrakakos, Haywood Bostic, Marques Johnson (right) was nomination for the CAA’s prestigious Dean Ehlers Georgia State ...... 29 16 45 Tim Ebersole Award. Commissioner Tom Yeager presented all of the honorees with a certifi cate George Mason ...... 31 37 68 Attendance: 7814 before announcing the winner. 102 2011-12 GEORGIA STATE BASKETBALL