Saturday, January 15, 2005

Contact: Stan Cole

Georgia State Defeats Campbell 92-68

ATLANTA, GA. – Kevin Thomas scored 20 points and Georgia State defeated Campbell 92-68 Saturday in Atlantic Sun action at the Georgia State Sports Arena.

The Panthers (7-9, 4-4) won their second-straight game, while handing Campbell (2-12, 0-7) its ninth-consecutive loss.

Marcus Brown added 15 points, 13 in the first half, Malcolm Manier 13 and Justin Billingslea 10 for Georgia State.

Ruell Pringle led Campbell with 18 points, including 5-8 threes. Comerlee Poole finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Maurice Latham added 10.

Campbell scored the first seven points of the game, but Thomas scored eight in a 17-2 Georgia State run.

The Panthers led 51-28 at the break, scoring 26 points off 14 Camel turnovers in the first period alone. Georgia State hit 8-17 threes and shot 54 percent from the floor, while committing just three turnovers in the opening half.

Campbell was able to cut the gap to 14 in the second period, but got no closer. The Camels finished the contest with 19 turnovers, which the Panthers converted into 34 points.

Georgia State finished the game shooting 54.8 percent (34-62) from the floor, including 11-of-25 (.440) from 3-point range. Campbell shot 39 percent from the field and hit 10-of-20 triples.

Georgia State, which has won the last 10 meetings between the schools, extended Campbell's road losing stretch within A-Sun play to 27 games.

The Camels return to action Thursday at 7:00 p.m., when they host Jacksonville. [Box Score]