The Georgia State Panthers (8-6, 1-1 Sun Belt) pay a visit to Monroe, Louisiana and Fant-Ewing Coliseum on Thursday to face the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (6-9, 2-0 Sun Belt) in a Sun Belt Conference game. Georgia State defeated South Alabama 68-58 on Saturday behind 18 points from Ja’Heim Hudson. The Panthers have won three of the last four. Louisiana-Monroe defeated Arkansas State 84-72 on Saturday for its second consecutive win and third in the last four games. Georgia State will play without Collin Moore while Louisiana-Monroe does not have any injuries.
Georgia State is allowing an average of 63.0 points per game which is 46th in the country. The Panthers are allowing a field goal shooting percentage of only 40.4% which is 68th best in the nation and a 3-point shooting percentage of 34.7%. Georgia State is averaging 36.6 rebounds per game while allowing an average of only 29.4 boards per contest. The leading rebounder for Georgia State is Ja’Heim Hudson with an average of 8.3 boards per game, while the leader in steals is Dwon Odom with an average of 1.2 per game. Hudson is the swat leader with an average of 0.9 blocked shots per contest. Georgia State averages 5.7 steals and 3.9 blocked shots per game.
Georgia State is scoring an average of 67.6 points per game, while shooting a disappointing 41.3% overall and 27.7% from three-point land. Odom is the leading sco rer for Georgia State with an average of 15.6 points per game, while shooting 46.2% overall and only 7.7% from behind the three-point line (1-for-13). Brenden Tucker is the second-leading scorer with an average of 10.5 points per game and is shooting only 36.4% overall and 25.8% from behind the line. Each of the top five scorers for Georgia State are shooting 46.7% or less overall and 29.4% or less from three-point land. Odom is also the dish leader with a team best 3.4 assists per game. Georgia State is averaging 12.3 turnovers per contest.