Thursday, January 3
San Marcos, Texas
8 p.m.
Georgia Southern University
8-6, 0-1SBC
70
at
73
Texas State
12-2, 1-0SBC
1
2
F
Georgia Southern
37
33
70
Texas State
43
30
73
Men’s Basketball Comes up Short at Texas State
1/3/2019 11:14:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Eagles play at UTA Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Tre Nottingham scored 24 points, and Texas State shot 50 percent in the first half to score a 73-70 men's basketball win over Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both schools Thursday night in Strahan Arena.
Eagles of the Game
Simeon Carter collected a career high 20 points and added nine rebounds, and Isaiah Crawley notched 16 points and five boards in just 21 minutes of action. Tookie Brown posted 13 points, six assists and six rebounds to go over 400 caroms for his career. Quan Jackson added 13 points, six boards and two steals.
Key moments
Trailing 68-54 late in the contest, Georgia Southern (8-6, 0-1) used a 16-5 run to cut the margin to 73-70 on a Carter jump hook with 21.2 seconds left. The Eagles were forced to foul and got two misses from the charity stripe from the Bobcats(12-2, 1-0). Thanks to two offensive rebounds by Carter, GS had three tries at game-tying 3-pointers, but Calvin Wishart, Jackson and Brown coming up empty.
Alex Peacock hit a triple from the wing as Texas State went on a 9-2 run, and a fast-break layup by Shelby Adams opened a 41-32 cushion with 1:41 left in the first half. Crawley made a layup at the buzzer for the Eagles, and the Bobcats led 43-37 at the break.
A dunk by Carter off a Brown assist cut the margin to 60-54 midway through the second stanza, forcing the Bobcats to call timeout. Texas State answered with consecutive triples by Nottingham out of the stoppage, and a pull-up jumper by Nijal Pearson opened a 68-54 cushion, the Bobcats largest of the game, with 8:24 remaining.
The Eagles were without starters Ike Smith and Montae Glenn, who sat out the game with injuries, and Crawley fouled out with 8:51 left in the contest.
Stats of the Game
After making 24 3-pointers in its last two contests, the Eagles went 3 of 19 from behind the arc for the game and missed three in the last possession of the contest.
Next up
The Eagles wrap up the first weekend of conference play at UTA Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Eagles of the Game
Simeon Carter collected a career high 20 points and added nine rebounds, and Isaiah Crawley notched 16 points and five boards in just 21 minutes of action. Tookie Brown posted 13 points, six assists and six rebounds to go over 400 caroms for his career. Quan Jackson added 13 points, six boards and two steals.
Key moments
Trailing 68-54 late in the contest, Georgia Southern (8-6, 0-1) used a 16-5 run to cut the margin to 73-70 on a Carter jump hook with 21.2 seconds left. The Eagles were forced to foul and got two misses from the charity stripe from the Bobcats(12-2, 1-0). Thanks to two offensive rebounds by Carter, GS had three tries at game-tying 3-pointers, but Calvin Wishart, Jackson and Brown coming up empty.
Alex Peacock hit a triple from the wing as Texas State went on a 9-2 run, and a fast-break layup by Shelby Adams opened a 41-32 cushion with 1:41 left in the first half. Crawley made a layup at the buzzer for the Eagles, and the Bobcats led 43-37 at the break.
A dunk by Carter off a Brown assist cut the margin to 60-54 midway through the second stanza, forcing the Bobcats to call timeout. Texas State answered with consecutive triples by Nottingham out of the stoppage, and a pull-up jumper by Nijal Pearson opened a 68-54 cushion, the Bobcats largest of the game, with 8:24 remaining.
The Eagles were without starters Ike Smith and Montae Glenn, who sat out the game with injuries, and Crawley fouled out with 8:51 left in the contest.
Stats of the Game
After making 24 3-pointers in its last two contests, the Eagles went 3 of 19 from behind the arc for the game and missed three in the last possession of the contest.
Next up
The Eagles wrap up the first weekend of conference play at UTA Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Team Stats
GS
TXST
FG%
.417
.452
3FG%
.158
.364
FT%
.583
.563
RB
39
42
TO
14
19
STL
11
4
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
10
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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