ATLANTA – Deasia Merrill equaled her career-high 22 points and 13 rebounds and Jenae Dublin scored seven of her 14 points in overtime to help lead Georgia State to a 66-57 win over South Alabama at the GSU Convocation Center on Thursday night.
Merrill shot 6-of-11 from the floor and made a career-high 10 free throws with two blocks. Her 22 points and 13 rebounds equaled her career-highs set at Kennesaw State (points) on December 10 and against St. Bonaventure (rebounds) on November 11. The redshirt-junior from Villa Rica entered the contest ranked 32nd in the NCAA and 1st in the Sun Belt with a .