National Basketball Association
Georgia St 57, Baylor 56
When: 1:40 PM ET, Thursday, March 19, 2015
Where: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
Officials:
# AJ Desai, # Jamie Luckie, # Gary Prager
Attendance:
N/A
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Georgia State 57, Baylor 56: R.J. Hunter capped a 13-0 run with a long 3-pointer with 2.8 seconds left as the 14th-seed Panthers stormed back to shock the Bears in the NCAA Tournament round of 64 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Hunter, who missed seven of his first eight shots, scored 12 points during the decisive burst as Georgia State (25-9) rallied from a 56-44 deficit with less than three minutes remaining. Hunter scored 16 points, Ryann Green added 11 and Markus Crider had 10 as the Panthers advance to face sixth-seed Xavier in Saturday's round of 32.
Taurean Prince recorded 18 points and 15 rebounds for the third-seed Bears (24-10), who outrebounded the Panthers 40-22. Rico Gathers added nine points and 10 rebounds and Royce O’Neale finished with nine points and eight rebounds, but the Bears committed 21 turnovers and did not score in the final 2:50.
Baylor, which committed nine turnovers in the opening 10 minutes of the second half, used four points from Prince and 3-pointers from O’Neale and Lester Medford extended Baylor’s advantage to 52-42 with 6:30 to play. Hunter scored nine consecutive points and Isaiah Dennis hit a free throw to bring Georgia State within 56-54.
The Panthers fouled Kenny Chery with 14 seconds left, but the 83.1 percent free-throw shooter missed the front end of a one-and-one. T.J. Shipes secured the rebound and Hunter drained his second 3-pointer to put the Panthers ahead, and Prince’s desperation heave missed the mark.
GAME NOTEBOOK: O’Neale hit two early 3-pointers as Baylor took a 16-6 lead six minutes in but the Panthers rallied, hitting 10 of their final 14 shots in the opening half. … Georgia State G Ryan Harrow, second on the team in scoring at 18.7 points, did not play due to a hamstring injury. … The Panthers recorded the second NCAA Tournament victory in program history, the first coming against Wisconsin in 2001.
Top Game Performances
| Georgia St |
|
Baylor |
|
R.J. Hunter 16 |
Scoring |
Taurean Prince 18 |
|
Ryann Green 4 |
Assists |
Kenny Chery 6 |
|
Markus Crider 5 |
Rebounds |
Taurean Prince 15 |
|
R.J. Hunter 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Taurean Prince 6 |
|
Markus Crider 3 |
Steals |
Kenny Chery 1 |
|
R.J. Hunter 1 |
Blocks |
Rico Gathers 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Georgia St
|
57 |
40.7 |
5-16 |
8-13 |
12 |
21 |
2 |
13 |
6 |
| Baylor
|
56 |
44.2 |
7-19 |
11-13 |
14 |
39 |
1 |
2 |
21 |
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