It’s a crossover matchup as a pair of teams from the Sun Belt tangle on the gridiron in the Magnolia State. The Georgia State Panthers are on the road as they make the trip to face the Southern Miss Golden Eagles Saturday afternoon. Georgia State comes in off a 31-17 home victory over Old Dominion in their previous contest last Saturday. Southern Miss dropped Louisiana 39-24 at home last Thursday in their most recent game. This marks the first time that the two programs have met on the gridiron as FBS opponents in their respective histories. Which team builds some momentum by prevailing here?
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Georgia State bounced back from their beating by Appalachian State as they won for the third time in their last four games by downing Old Dominion last week. The Panthers improved to 3-5 overall and stand 2-2 in the Sun Belt, leaving them tied for third in the East Division race. Against Old Dominion, Georgia State was even at seven after the opening quarter and at 14 at the half before taking control in the second half. The Panthers outscored 17 unanswered points in the second half to take control of the game en route to the win. Georgia State held a 418-273 advantage in total offense, rolled up a 24-11 edge in first downs and controlled the clock by a 37:10 to 22:50 margin in the contest. For good measure, the Panthers forced a pair of turnovers while committing only one in the contest.
The Panthers are 111th in the nation in passing offense last season as they average 185.3 yards per g ame through the air and 10th in rushing offense with an average of 232.3 yards per contest. Georgia State is 69th in the FBS in scoring offense with 28.4 points per game while they stand 115th in scoring defense by allowing 32.4 points per contest. Darren Grainger has hit 106 of 192 passes for 1,482 yards with 13 touchdowns and six interceptions. He is second on the team in rushing as he adds 513 yards and four scores on the ground. Jamyest Williams is one of the backs in the ground game with 85 carries for 447 yards and two scores. Tucker Gregg (131 carries, 605 yards, eight TD) and Marcus Carroll (50 carries, 293 yards, TD) have shared the load in the ground game. Jamari Thrash (34 catches, 595 yards, three TD), Robert Lewis (20 grabs, 367 yards, eight TD) and Ja’Cyais Credle (18 grabs, 241 yards, TD) are the only players with more than 85 receiving yards this season. Michael Hayes is 25 of 26 on extra points and eight of 11 on field goal at tempts with a long of 47 this season.