Game 17: GEORGIA STATE (5-11) vs. APPALACHIAN STATE (7-9)

Jan. 19, 2017, 7:00 p.m. ET • GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, Ga.

Radio: 1340 The Fan 3 • TV: ESPN3

2016-17 RECORDS

Georgia State: 5-11, 1-4 Sun Belt

H: 2-5, A: 2-4, N: 1-2

Appalachian State: 7-9, 2-3 Sun Belt

H: 3-3, A: 3-6, N: 1-0

HEAD COACH

Sharon Baldwin-Tener (Georgia, 1991)

GSU: 73-123 (7th Yr.)

Career: 268-265 (18th Yr.)

SERIES RECORDS

All-time Series: 4-3

H: 2-2, A: 2-0, N: 0-1

First Meeting: 1990-91

Last Meeting: 2015-16

GEORGIA STATE ON THE AIR

Radio: 1340 The Fan 3

Play-by-play: John Morgo

TV: ESPN3

Play-by-play: Sam Crenshaw

Color: Kelcey Rogiers

Internet: Live stats at GeorgiaStateSports.com

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• Georgia State is on a four-game skid after winning the conference opener against Georgia Southern.

• The Panthers lost two close games last week on a road trip to Louisiana, losing 72-65 at Louisiana and 72-63 at UL Monroe.

• Astaja Tyghter scored a career-high 22 points in the loss to UL Monroe. Tygter has reached double figures five times in the past seven contests.

• Jada Lewis has scored 19 or more points three times in the last six games.

• Georgia State leads the all-time series with App State 4-3, but the Mountaineers won the last time these two sides met in Atlanta.

• Georgia State is second in the Sun Belt in rebounding, averaging more than 40 a game.

• The Panthers average more than 16 offensive boards a game which is 18th most in Division-I.

• Tiffany Holston is averaging 9.1 rebounds per game which is 60th most in Division-I. Her 136 total rebounds is third in the Sun Belt.

• Makeba Ponder is fifth in the Sun Belt with nearly two 3-pointers per game.

• Georgia State was picked to finish ninth in the Sun Belt Preseason Poll after a 10th place finish last season.

• Makeba Ponder earned All-Sun Belt Preseason Second-Team honors for the second year in a row.

• Georgia State won its Sun Belt Conference opener for the fourth straight season with a 58-54 win over rival Georgia Southern in Statesboro on Dec. 31.