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Release from Georgia State Athletics:
Led by 23 points from Ryan Harrow, Georgia State cruised to a 69-46 win over Chicago State on Monday afternoon at the Athletics Center O’rena to open the CBE Hall of Fame Classic.
Georgia State (2-2) forced 23 turnovers and held Chicago State (2-3) to just 29.2 percent shooting to snap a two-game losing streak.
Harrow finished 8-of-11 from the floor and 6-of-7 from the free throw line with three assists and a pair of rebounds.
After struggling from the free throw line in the first three games, the Panthers finished 24-of-32, shooting 75 percent. Georgia State swiped 13 steals and dished out 13 assists on 20 made field goals.
Senior Curtis Washington finished with 11 points, going 7-of-7 from the free throw line in 14 minutes. He added a pair of blocked shots to move into a tie for seventh with Sylvester Morgan with 84 for his career.
Junior R.J. Hunter added 13 points in 29 minutes as head coach Ron Hunter played all 12 players on the trip, with 10 playing double-figure minutes.
“We have talked about playing 40 good minutes of defense and I think we did that tonight,” Hunter said. “We were able to get up on them early which allowed us to play a lot of guys and limit the minutes of our starters. When you are going to play three games in three days, that is extremely important.”
Georgia State allowed just 13 points in the first half which was the fewest the Panthers had allowed since giving up 13 to William & Mary on Dec. 4, 2011.
Harrow outscored Chicago State in the first half 16-13. The senior was 6-of-8 from the floor with a 3-pointer in the opening half.
Georgia State forced 17 first half turnovers which led to 16 points as the Panthers went into the break with a 36-13 lead.
The Panthers built the lead to as many as 29 with 12:05 to play and led for all but 18 seconds of the game, never trailing in the win. Georgia State built that lead by holding Chicago State without a field goal for the first 8:12 of the second half.
Freshman Jordan Session came off the bench to score a career-high seven points including thunderous dunk in the final minutes of the game. He added three rebounds and two blocked shots in just 11 minutes of action.
Anthony Glover came off the bench to lead Chicago State with 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Clarke Rosenburg added 14 points as he and Glover knocked down all five of the Cougars 3-pointers.
The Cougars finished just 5-of-21 from 3-point range.
Junior Jalen Brown added four points and four rebounds in 15 minutes for the Panthers.
The Sports Inquirer 
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