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Justin Roberts

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Kane Williams

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Collin Moore

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Rob Lanier

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Rob Lanier

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Rob Lanier

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Jalen Thomas

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Evan Johnson

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Kane Williams

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Kane Williams

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Kane Williams

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Eliel Nsoseme

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Justin Roberts

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Kane Williams

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Justin Roberts

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Kane Williams

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Bench

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Eliel Nsoseme

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Eliel Nsoseme

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Justin Roberts

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Corey Allen

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Corey Allen

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Corey Allen

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Kaleb Scott

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Eliel Nsoseme

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Kane Williams

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Kane Williams

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Justin Roberts

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Kane Williams

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Corey Allen

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Kane Williams

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Jalen Thomas

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Eliel Nsoseme

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Kane Williams

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Kane Williams

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Kane Williams

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Kane Williams

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Corey Allen

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Justin Roberts

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Justin Roberts

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Justin Roberts

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Justin Roberts

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Justin Roberts

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Justin Roberts

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Spirit Squad

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Collin Moore

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Rob Lanier

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Rob Lanier

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Box Score

Arkansas St. ASU 18-11,8-7 Sun Belt

Georgia St. GSU 16-10,9-5 Sun Belt

Arkansas St. ASU

18-11,8-7 Sun Belt

Final

Mar. 05, 2022

Georgia St. GSU

16-10,9-5 Sun Belt

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Arkansas St. ASU	27	35	62
Georgia St. GSU	32	33	65

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 3/5/2022 9:15:00 PM

Survive and Advance: Panthers Top Arkansas State 65-62 in Sun Belt Tournament Quarterfinals

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PENSACOLA, Fla.-Kane Williams' steal with less than five seconds to play secured a wild Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Championship Quarterfinal game and gave the Georgia State men's basketball team a 65-62 win over Arkansas State on Saturday night at the Pensacola Bay Center.

Williams, who ironically set the Georgia State (16-10) career steals on the night finished with 23 points and six steals, going 8-of-13 from the floor and moving ahead of Rodney Hamilton with 215 career steals.

Eliel Nsoseme recorded his fourth double-double of the season and 10^th of his career with 10 points and 12 rebounds, while senior Corey Allen added 11 points. Nsoseme has now recorded a double-double in three of four Sun Belt Conference Tournament games he has played in.

Arkansas State (18-11) hung with the Panthers all night as Sun Belt Player of the Year Norchad Omier recorded a double-double of 21 points and 17 rebounds, going a perfect 7-of-7 from the free throw line. It was Omier who helped the Red Wolves outrebound the Panthers 43-36.

However it was Georgia State's defense that held the Red Wolves without a field goal of the last 4:36 of the game that secured the win.

With the win, Georgia State won its eighth-straight game and for the 10^th time in the last 11 games. It marked the second-straight year the Panthers topped Arkansas State in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.

The Panthers have now won nine of the last 10 neutral court conference tournament games, including advancing to the championship game last season.

Arkansas State got off to a quick start taking a 12-6 lead following a Desi Sills lay-up and free throw with 14:44 to play.

Georgia State immediately responded with a 10-0 run as Justin Roberts took over. His jumper and free throw with 12:38 to play gave him the 1,000^th point of his career, and his 3-pointer just minutes later capped a 10-0 run to give the Panthers a 19-14 lead with 11:39 remaining.

Roberts became the 25^th Panther in program history to score 1,000 career points and finished the night with eight.

The run was extended to 14-2 and following a Roberts' steal and lay-up, the Panthers went ahead 23-16 with 8:36 to play.

Both teams went cold the remainder of the half, but Georgia State maintained at least a five-point lead and went into the half ahead 32-27 despite shooting just 35.3 percent and being outrebounded 23-19.

Allen scored six of the first eight points for the Panthers to open the second half and pushed GSU's lead to 40-31 with 15:57 to play.

When Arkansas State was called for a flagrant foul on Collin Moore, who hit both free throws, Georgia State took its first double-digit lead, 44-34, with 14:44 remaining.

However, the Red Wolves responded with a 7-0 run to cut Georgia State's lead to 44-41 with 11:52 to play, before a pair of Nsoseme free throws stopped the run.

Just minutes later, a Nsoseme lay-up put the Panthers back up by eight, 53-45. However, Arkansas State took a 58-57 lead with 4:36 to play as Davis hit a pair of 3-pointers and Omier scored a putback.

The Red Wolves held the Panthers without a field goal for more than four minutes, but Georgia State held its own at the free throw line to remain in the game.

A Williams 3-pointer with 1:47 to play put the Panthers ahead 64-60 and it proved to be enough as the Red Wolves made just two free throws in the final 63 seconds.

Junior Jalen Thomas added eight points and seven rebounds.

Game Notes
• Georgia State entered the Sun Belt Tournament as a No. 3-seed for the first time. Overall, this is the fifth time the Panthers have been a No. 3 seed in a conference tournament, the first since 1999, and have combined for a 3-4 record as the seed.
• GSU is 34-34 all-time in conference tournaments and 11-5 since returning to the Sun Belt for the 2013-14 season.
• Georgia State is 11-7 all-time in conference championships in the state of Florida, winning a conference championship in 1991 in DeLand which led to the Panthers' first NCAA Tournament appearance.
• GSU has won 8-straight games, which is among the top 10 longest streaks in the country. It is also tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in program history.
• Georgia State has won six-straight road/neutral games which is among the top five longest streaks in the country.
• Georgia State has a 24-12 (.667) record in the month of March since the start of the 2013-14 season.
• Kane Williams has now been a part of 99 wins in four-plus seasons.
• Since 2013-14, GSU has won more games (185) than any other NCAA Division I team in Georgia.

Georgia State will advance to the semifinals on Sunday and face either No. 2-seed Appalachian State or No. 10-seed Georgia Southern on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET.

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