ATLANTA - D'Marcus Simonds scored a game-high 24 points and Devin Mitchell added season highs with 17 points and 32 minutes as Georgia State topped Chattanooga 95-88 Wednesday at the GSU Sports Arena.

Simonds finished 8-of-11 from the floor with six rebounds and five assists, while Mitchell was 5-of-10 from 3-point range as the Panthers shot 57.7 percent from the floor and 10-of-23 from 3-point range.

Suiting up for just the third time after missing the team's first seven games of the season due to injury, Mitchell came off the bench early in the first half and looked to be in midseason form, making good on four of his first five shots, with three of them coming from behind the arc.

Georgia State (7-3) returned home following a six-game stretch away from the GSU Sports Arena to remain perfect at home (3-0) and has now won four of its last five contests overall.

Chattanooga (5-6) saw its three-game winning streak snapped despite five players in double figures led by David Jean-Baptiste who scored 19 points and dished out six assists.

“I thought we moved the ball extremely well tonight and offensively played well,” head coach Ron Hunter said. “However, defensively I thought we were a step slow. Credit to Chattanooga as they came in and played tough for 40 minutes.”

Kane Williams scored 17 and Malik Benlevi added 14 for the Panthers in the win.

Chattanooga took a slim early lead behind strong play from Jean-Baptiste, but Georgia State stole the momentum and the lead on a Mitchell three-pointer midway through the first half and never let up, leading for the final three-quarters of the game.

Trailing 20-18, Georgia State used a 10-0 run which included a pair of Mitchell 3-pointers to build a 28-20 lead with 7:26 to play and went into the locker room leading 47-38.

The Panthers pushed the lead to as many as 16 with just over a minute to play before calling on the reserves.

Despite being outrebounded 36-33, Georgia State outscored Chattanooga 38-24 in the paint while forcing 14 turnovers which led to 16 points.

Georgia State played in front of its home crowd at GSU Sports Arena for the first time since Nov. 13. The Panthers finished its recent road trip 4-2, capped off by an incredible 21-point second half comeback against Alabama, the program's second win over a Power 5 program this year.

Notes:

• Georgia State won its third-straight over Chattanooga dating back to 1989.
• With 24 points tonight, D'Marcus Simonds has now scored 1,350 points, just 25 shy of Chavelo Holmes for fifth on Georgia State's all-time scoring list.
• Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Panthers have won more games (117) than any other NCAA Division I team in the state of Georgia.

Georgia State will close out the road portion of the non-conference schedule at No. 24 Kansas State on Saturday. Tip time is set for 8 p.m. ET and can be seen live on Fox Sports Kansas City, the Fox Sports App and ESPN3.