NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- D'Marcus Simonds scored 27 points and Georgia State defeated UTA 74-61 Sunday to win the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship.
No. 2 seed Georgia State (24-10) will be making its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2015. Fourth-seeded UTA, which upset Sun Belt regular-season champion Louisiana in the semifinals, fell to 21-13.
The Panthers, who set school records for 3-point percentage and 3-pointers made this season, connected on 8 of 17 from beyond the arc. The Mavericks made 4 of 25 3-pointers and shot 29.8 percent (17 of 57) from the floor.