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Campbell Falls at Georgia State 92-59

Story Courtesy of Georgia State Sports Information

ATLANTA, Ga. -- With new Head Coach Mike Perry in charge for a second game since legendary Coach "Lefty" Driesell retired, Georgia State defeated A-Sun conference rival Campbell, 92-59, Monday night at the GSU Sports Arena.

Georgia State (6-6) moved out to a 2-0 start in Atlantic Sun Conference play under Coach Perry's guidance. The Panthers held a third straight foe under 62 points on defense and had the best offensive game of the season with 63.5 percent shooting for the game and the 92 points.

"We knew when we get the defense and the offense on the same page we are capable of good things," Coach Mike Perry noted. "Tonight, that happened. This makes three good defensive efforts in a row."

Perry, now 2-0 as a head coach, noted of his team: "We needed to get our confidence back and get a little swagger in our game. That is starting to come around. It was hard to do that when we were still trying to get in sync against the Mississippi State's and Oklahoma's. But, now we are unselfish, rebounding better and taking higher percentage shots."

Six Panthers scored in double figures in this win. Junior Lamont McIntosh led with 19 points, five assists, but it was forward Trello Galloway who recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Big Nate Williams scored 16 points, center Reo Logan poured in 15 points and guard Leroy Davis scored 15 more. Reserve Cedric Patton added 11 points off the bench. The Panther defense had 11 steals, with three by McIntosh, plus three blocked shots.

Campbell got 16 points from center Jonte Edwards and eight points each from Tarick Johnson and Derek Gray. The Camels shot just 41.5 percent, had 18 turnovers and had the ball stolen eight times.

Georgia State scalded the nets with a 69 percent first half (18-26) in racing out to a 44-25 halftime lead. Georgia State opened a 9-0 lead. Guard Lamont McIntosh knocked down a three-point basket for a 19th consecutive game to finish that early run. The Panthers had it up to 13 points at 26-13 with an 8-0 run with 9:30 left in the first half.

In the second half, Georgia State continued its hot shooting and built a lead of 25 points at 61-36 with 12:30 left and the game was never in doubt.

Georgia State won for the 33rd time in the last 36 home games as they ran by conference rival Campbell for a sixth consecutive time and eighth time in the last 10 meetings.

The Fighting Camels will return to Buies Creek to host A-Sun rival Samford on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 7:00 p.m. [Box Score]