Panthers Conclude Road Trip at Arkansas State Monday

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Wrapping up a three-game, five-day road trip, Georgia State will travel to face Arkansas State at First National Bank Arena on Monday night at 8 p.m. ET.

Georgia State (10-5, 3-1 Sun Belt) enters play on Monday in a three-way tie for second-place in the conference standings, just one game back of Little Rock.

Arkansas State (10-5, 2-2 Sun Belt) has lost two-straight conference home games following a 70-67 loss to Texas State on Saturday afternoon.

Monday's contest can be heard live on WRAS-FM 88.5 along with the GSU Mobile App with the Voice of the Panthers Dave Cohen calling the action. The game will also air live on ESPN+. Live statistics and live audio will be available at GeorgiaStateSports.com and on most mobile devices.

Georgia State, the back-to-back defending Sun Belt Conference tournament champions have compiled an 81-35 league record since rejoining the league in 2013-14. During that six-year span, the Panthers have finished among the top two in the regular season standings five times.

Georgia State's 10-5 start is the fifth-best start in program history and marks the second-straight season the Panthers have won at least 10 of their first 15 games.

Georgia State enters play holding opponents to just 25.5 percent from 3-point range which ranks No. 5 in the country and first in the Sun Belt Conference. The Panthers held Coastal Carolina to just 7-of-24 from 3-point range on Saturday afternoon. Georgia State is also holding opponents to just 38.2 percent shooting from the floor which ranks No. 25 in the country.

Offensively the Panthers are shooting 38.2 percent from behind the 3-point line which stands No. 25 in the country. Georgia State is swiping 9.8 steals per game (No. 11 in the NCAA) while forcing 17.80 turnovers per contest which ranks No. 21 in the country.

Junior Kane Williams who was named the 2K Empire Classic Tournament MVP and earned All-Sun Belt Preseason Second Team honors is currently averaging 13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game having dished out 16 assists in the last two games.

Lone senior Damon Wilson is averaging 11.3 points per contest while shooting 46.3 percent from the floor and 47.5 percent from 3-point range. He is also pulling down a team-high 4.5 rebounds per game.

Redshirt-sophomore Justin Roberts, who earned 2K Empire Classic All-Tournament recognition, is third on the team averaging 13.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. He has swiped a team-high 32 steals, an average of 2.13 per game which ranks No. 41 in the country.

Redshirt-junior Corey Allen leads the Panthers in scoring averaging 15.1 points per game while shooting 41.7 percent from the floor. He leads GSU with 39 3-pointers and is shooting 37.9 percent from beyond the arc.

Freshman Joe Jones III rounds out the starting line-up averaging 4.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. He is shooting 53.8 percent from the floor and just missed a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds at Coastal Carolina on Saturday.

Notes:

Georgia State leads the all-time series with Arkansas State 10-3.
The Panthers are 4-2 all-time in Jonesboro, Ark.
Georgia State enters Monday's game having won three-straight games against the Red Wolves.
With a 3-pointer last time out, Georgia State has made at least one 3-pointer in 763 games dating back to Feb. 18, 1995.
Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Panthers have won 144 games, the most of any NCAA Division 1 program in the state of Georgia.

Following Monday's game, Georgia State will return home to face Louisiana on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the GSU Sports Arena. Tickets can be purchased by visiting GeorgiaStateSports.com/Tix or by calling 404-413-4020 during normal business hours.

Quick Notes:
•   Georgia State and Arkansas State will meet for the first of two regular season meetings on Monday night in the 14th meeting all-time between the two programs.
•   Georgia State enters play in a tie for second-place in the Sun Belt Conference standings at 3-1, one game back of 4-0 Little Rock and tied with Georgia Southern and Appalachian State.
•   Georgia State remains the top team in the Sun Belt Confernece in the latest NET Rankings sitting at No. 110 as of Sunday morning.
•   Since returning to the Sun Belt in 2013-14, Georgia State has finished in the top two of the final regular season conference standings five times in six seasons.
•   GSU is 81-35 in Sun Belt Conference regular season games since rejoining the league in 2013-14.
•   Georgia State saw its eight-game conference game winning streak snapped on Saturday at Coastal.
•   Despite trailing by 10 points with two minutes to play, Georgia State nearly pulled off a remarkable comeback before falling 74-72 to the Chanticleers.
•   Georgia State's 10-5 start is the fifth-best start in program history. It marks the second-straight season the Panthers have recorded at least won 10 wins in their first 15 games.
•   As the decade came to an end, the Panthers finished the 10 year stretch winning 197 games during the 2010's. The previous best decade was the 2000's when Georgia State won 158.
•   GSU has won 12-straight home games dating back to last season and 20 of their last 21 home contests. The streak is currently the fourth-longest in program history and tied for the 18th-longest in the nation.
•   Georgia State is currently ranked No. 5 in the country and No. 1 in the Sun Belt Conference allowing opponents to shoot just 25.5 percent from 3-point range. GSU also ranks No. 34 in the country as opponents are shooting just 38.5 percent from the floor.
•   GSU is shooting 38.2 percent from 3-point range which ranks No. 25 in the NCAA and No. 2 in the league.
•   Georgia State is currently forcing 17.80 turnovers per contest, the 21st-best mark in the NCAA.
•   Junior Kane Williams, who was named Tournament MVP of the 2K Empire Classic and to the All-Sun Belt Preseason Second Team is averaging 13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game.
•   Justin Roberts was named to the 2K Empire Classic All-Tournament Team and is currently averaging 2.13 steals per game, No. 41 in the country. He already has three games this season where he recorded five swipes.
•   As a team, GSU is swiping 9.8 steals per game, ranked No. 11 in the NCAA.
•   GSU has won more games (144) than any other Division I team in Georgia since the start of the 2013-14 season.
•   Kane Williams is one of just nine active juniors in the country to have won conference tournaments in each of their first two years and appeared in NCAA Tournament games.

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