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Men's Basketball

Panthers Cruise to 83-53 Win Over Middle Georgia State

Box Score ATLANTA-Led by a career-high tying 22 points from redshirt-sophomore Justin Roberts, Georgia State cruised to an 83-53 win over Middle Georgia State on Monday night in the GSU Sports Arena.

Georgia State (9-4) extended its home court winning streak to 12-straight games and have won 20 of the last 21 at the GSU Sports Arena. The 12-game streak is the fourth-longest in program history.

Middle Georgia State (6-5) lost to the Panthers in the non-conference finale for the second-straight year despite 18 points from Michael Graham and 11 rebounds off the bench from De'Miria Glover.

Roberts just missed a double-double adding career-highs with nine rebounds and seven assists.

Senior Damon Wilson added 13 points going 5-of-10 from the floor, while redshirt-junior Corey Allen finished with 12 points and four assists. Junior Kane Williams added 10 points and five assists in the win.

"It's good to be back. It's interesting year to year seeing how your team responds around the holidays," said head coach Rob Lanier. "You learn a lot about your group during the holiday going into Christmas and coming out of Christmas. We showed some signs of rust and our energy level wasn't where it has been but give credit to Middle Georgia. They came in and battled hard for all 40 minutes tonight and are a very well coached club."

Middle Georgia State took an early 16-11 lead just over six minutes into the game before the Panthers took control.

On a 3-pointer by Roberts with 11:06 to play in the half, Georgia State took its first lead of the game, 21-20, as part of a 7-0 run.

The Panthers extended the run to 23-2 to take a 41-22 lead with 2:35 to play. During that same time, the Knights were held without a field goal for more than six minutes.

Georgia State went into the locker room leading 43-24 after holding the Knights to just 22.2 percent shooting and 0-of-11 from 3-point range.

After the two teams played even for the first few minutes of the second half, Georgia State used an 11-0 run to take a 68-38 lead making eight of their first 13 field goals to start the second half.

The Panthers pushed the lead to as many as 32 points with 4:34 to play.

Junior Josh Linder came off the bench to added seven points and seven rebounds, while sophomore Kavonte Ivery scored seven points and grabbed five rebounds.

Notes:
  • Georgia State finished the decade with 197 wins, the most wins in any decade in program history (previous record was 158 during the 2000's).
  • Georgia State has won nine straight games over teams from the state of Georgia, including a 3-0 mark this season after tonight's win (Mercer and Brewton-Parker earlier this year).
  • Georgia State defeated Middle Georgia State during the regular season for the second consecutive year.
  • With a 3-pointer tonight, Georgia State has made at least one 3-pointer in 761 games dating back to Feb. 18, 1995.
  • Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Panthers have won 143 games, the most of any NCAA Division 1 program in the state of Georgia.
Georgia State will begin another stretch of three games in five days traveling to Boone, N.C., on Thursday to face Appalachian State at 7 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Corey Allen

#11 Corey Allen

G
6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
Kavonte Ivery

#0 Kavonte Ivery

F
6' 6"
Sophomore
Josh Linder

#20 Josh Linder

F
6' 8"
Junior
Justin Roberts

#2 Justin Roberts

G
5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
Kane Williams

#12 Kane Williams

G
6' 3"
Junior
Damon Wilson

#1 Damon Wilson

G
6' 5"
Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

Corey Allen

#11 Corey Allen

6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
G
Kavonte Ivery

#0 Kavonte Ivery

6' 6"
Sophomore
F
Josh Linder

#20 Josh Linder

6' 8"
Junior
F
Justin Roberts

#2 Justin Roberts

5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Kane Williams

#12 Kane Williams

6' 3"
Junior
G
Damon Wilson

#1 Damon Wilson

6' 5"
Redshirt Senior
G