For the fifth time this season, Georgia State turned a second half lead into a heart crushing defeat. The Panthers, now bowl ineligible at 4-7 with one game remaining, lost to Sun Belt rival James Madison 42-40 Saturday.
JMU struck first in the opening quarter, but could not find offensive momentum after that. In fact, thanks to fumbles returned for touchdowns by Javon Dennis and Terrell Gordon, GSU had as many defensive points in the first half as JMU did offensive.
Unfortunately for the Panthers, just 14 of the Panthers’ 34 first half points came from offensive touchdowns, and neither of those were from truly strong offensive drives.