When the schedule last lined up like this, the boys from Gainesville, Ga., packed the arena.
Last season, when Arkansas State University traveled to Georgia State University in Atlanta for the first time with guard Ty Cockfield in tow, a large crowd made a one-hour trip southwest from Gainesville to the Panthers' GSU Sports Arena.
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Gainesville is the hometown of Cockfield, the Sun Belt Conference's leading scorer at 22.1 points per game, and Georgia State junior guard D'Marcus Simonds, the 2018 Sun Belt Player of the Year.