Category: college basketball
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No. 14 Georgia State to Face No. 3 Baylor in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in Jacksonville
Release from Georgia State Athletics: Georgia State will make its third appearance in the NCAA tournament beginning on Thursday as a No. 14 seed facing No. 3 seed Baylor in a West Region second round contest at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Georgia State (24-9) is making its first appearance in the ‘Big…
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Georgia State Claws to Sun Belt Title with 38-36 Win Over Georgia Southern
Release from Georgia State Athletics: Behind a game high 18 points by tournament MVP Kevin Ware, Georgia State earned a 38-36 win over Georgia Southern in a defensive slug-fest on Sunday afternoon at Lakefront Arena to earn the school’s third ever bid to the NCAA tournament. Georgia State (24-9) won its fifth-straight and ninth of…
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Hunter’s 32 Leads Georgia State Men’s Basketball to 83-79 Win Over ULL in Sun Belt Semifinals
Release from Georgia State Athletics: Led by 32 points from Sun Belt Player of the Year R.J. Hunter, Georgia State earned an 83-79 win over UL Lafayette in the first of two semifinal games at the Sun Belt tournament at Lakefront Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers will advance to the championship game for the…
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Georgia State women’s basketball drops season finale
Release from Georgia State Athletics: Georgia State fell to No. 1 seed UALR 71-54 in the opening round of the Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship at Lakefront Arena Wednesday. The Panthers had an 11-0 to close to 49-41 with 10:18 to play and were down nine at 54-45 with 8:26 to play, but UALR was…
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Georgia State’s Hunter Repeats as Sun Belt Player of the Year, Harrow Earns First Team Honors
Release from Georgia State Athletics: Georgia State junior R.J. Hunter became just the fourth student-athlete in Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball history to earn back-to-back Player of the Year awards as announced by the conference office on Tuesday. Hunter, along with senior Ryan Harrow both earned All-Sun Belt First-Team honors for the second-consecutive year. Hunter…
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Georgia Tech’s Kaela Davis Named First Team All-ACC by Coaches
Release from Georgia Tech Athletics: Sophomore Kaela Davis of the Georgia Tech women’s basketball team has been named to the All-ACC First Team by the league’s 15 head coaches, ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced on Monday. Davis was also named to the All-ACC First Team by the ACC’s Blue Ribbon Panel, which consists of media,…
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