Coming off two home conference wins, App State men’s basketball entered a pair of away games in Georgia with Georgia State and Georgia Southern over the weekend. The Mountaineers stepped up to the challenge thanks to heroics from their veteran guards and came out with two big conference wins Thursday and Saturday, moving up in the Sun Belt standings.
In the first game, the Mountaineers came out firing against the Georgia State Panthers. Following a three-pointer from sophomore forward CJ Huntley, App State held a 26-15 lead with 8:35 left in the first half. Georgia State didn’t back down, using four late Mountaineer turnovers to close the lead to four before App State regained a 35-27 lead at halftime.