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Dan Ellington and Tra Barnett

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Football 11/30/2019 8:59:00 PM

Panthers Fall to Eagles in Regular Season Finale

Box Score STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia State fell in its regular-season finale, 38-10, at Georgia Southern Saturday night at Paulson Stadium.

With seven victories, Georgia State (7-5, 4-4 Sun Belt) is bowl-eligible for the third time in five years, and bowl selections will be announced on Sunday, Dec. 8, following the conference championship games.

Senior quarterback Dan Ellington, battling a knee injury for the third-straight game went 18-for-27 for 182 yards for the Panthers.

Senior running back Tra Barnett, who became the first Panther to rush for 2,000 career yards one game ago, led Georgia State on the ground with 15 rushes for 53 yards and his 12th touchdown of the season, while sophomore Destin Coates rushed four times for 54 yards.

Senior Brandon Wright booted his 31st career field goal with a 35-yard kick in the third quarter, tying him with current New Orleans Saints' kicker Wil Lutz for the GSU career record.

Georgia State opened the scoring with a nine-play, 86-yard touchdown drive, capped by Barnett's 15-yard scoring run, giving the Panthers a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Georgia Southern (7-5, 5-3 Sun Belt) responded with a touchdown on its next possession on its way to a 17-7 halftime lead.

The Eagles continued to apply pressure to the Georgia State defense with two more touchdowns in the third and one more in the fourth quarter en route to a second-straight win over the Panthers. The two teams have now split six all-time meetings, but Georgia State lost for the first time in three games in Statesboro.

"We had a hard time protecting Dan, and once we got behind, we didn't have the opportunity to stay with the game plan and run the football," head coach Shawn Elliott said.

"It's very tough to lose like that. We're not playing with all our cards, but that's not an excuse," Elliott continued. "We came here to win the game, and we're disappointed with the way it turned out. But a lot of good things happened in this regular season, and we've got another ballgame to play so we can finish strong.

"We're playing with a gutsy group of guys. I'm not proud of the outcome of course, but I'm very proud of the effort. We'll learn from these struggles and push forward and get better."

Redshirt-junior quarterback Shai Werts led Georgia Southern's offense, going 7-of-10 through the air for 73 yards, while adding 15 rushes for 55 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles finished the game rushing for 279 yards, led by J.D. King with 107 yards on 16 touches.

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Players Mentioned

#5 Tra Barnett: RB; 5' 10"; Senior

#17 Destin Coates: RB; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#13 Dan Ellington: QB; 6' 3"; Senior

#93 Brandon Wright: PK-P; 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

#5 Tra Barnett
: 5' 10"; Senior
: RB

#17 Destin Coates
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: RB

#13 Dan Ellington
: 6' 3"; Senior
: QB

#93 Brandon Wright
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior
: PK-P