GEORGIA STATE (9-9, 4-3) at MARSHALL (9-11, 4-3)
Wednesday, Jan. 24 | 7 p.m. | Huntington, W.Va.

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THE TIPOFF: Georgia State continues a grueling four-game road swing Wednesday at Marshall in a 7 p.m. game at the Cam Henderson Center. The Panthers will play their fourth straight road game Saturday at Coastal Carolina before finally returning home to host App State on Feb. 1. 

> The Panthers and Thundering Herd are both 4-3 in conference play, tied with three other teams for fifth place in the standings. 

> The game features the top two 3-point shooters in the Sun Belt in Georgia State's Toneari Lane and Marshall's Kamdyn Curfman. Lane leads the conference in 3-point percentage at .338 and is second with 2.8 treys per game, while Curfman is second in percentage (.335) and first in treys per game (3.0) 

> Jay'Den Turner leads the Panthers and ranks No. 4 in the Sun Belt with 9.3 rebounds per game (No. 25 in DI), along with 10.1 points. 

> Turner opened Sun Belt play with six straight double-figure rebounding games, including three double doubles: 13 ppts/12 rb vs. Arkansas State; 15 pts/11 rb vs. Southern Miss; 11 pts/10 rb vs. South Alabama; 9 pts/15 reb vs. Old Dominion; 5 pts/15 reb vs. Georgia Southern; and 8 pts/12 rb vs. App State. The streak was snapped last game at Georgia Southern but is the longest by a Panther since 1990.

> Dwon Odom, the Preseason All-Sun Belt guard and GSU's top returning scorer, is averaging 11.1 points, 5.2 rebounds (second on team) and 4.6 assists per game. He is third in the Sun Belt in assists and first in assist-to-turnover ratio at +2.8.

> Odom is the only Sun Belt player who is averaging at least four assists AND five rebounds per game. He has three double-figure rebounding games, and he approached a triple-double vs. Old Dominion with 14 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.

> Four of the Panthers' top five scorers are transfers: Lucas Taylor (14.8), Toneari Lane (13.7), Jay'Den Turner (10.1) and Leslie Nkereuwem (7.9). Dwon Odom is third on the team at 11.1 ppg.

> Lucas Taylor is the Panthers' leading scorer at 14.5 points per game, which ranks ninth in the Sun Belt. Taylor scored a career-high 28 points against Georgia Southern. In his second game in a GSU uniform, the Wake Forest transfer scored 27 points in the 77-70 win at Western Michigan, and he added 22 points in the win at South Alabama. 

> In Georgia State's three straight wins over South Alabama, Old Dominion and Georgia Southern, Toneari Lane averaged 20.3 points while going 14-for-33 (43 percent) from 3-point range. Lane scored 20 points at South Alabama (6-for-12 3P) and followed with 23 points (5-for-12 3P) vs. ODU and 18 vs. Georgia Southern. Earlier this season, he also scored 23 points, his career high, in each of the back-to-back wins over Little Rock.

> Leslie Nkereuwem has averaged 9.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in Sun Belt games while shooting 62 percent.

> Last week, senior Brenden Tucker scored 12 points at App State and then a season-high 19 points at Georgia Southern. He is averaging 6.7 ppg on the season. 

> Georgia State leads the Sun Belt and ranks No. 43 in Division I in free throw percentage at .755. Dwon Odom is second in the Sun Belt at .882. Lucas Taylor is second on the team at .833.

SERIES NOTES: Georgia State and Marshall met for the first time last season, and the Thundering Herd captured both meetings, 103-65 in Huntington and 88-77 in Atlanta.