Marshall Thundering Herd (9-18, 4-11 Sun Belt) at Georgia State Panthers (14-13, 7-8 Sun Belt)
Atlanta; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Marshall plays Georgia State after Aislynn Hayes scored 29 points in Marshall's 76-58 win over the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
The Panthers have gone 9-6 in home games. Georgia State is 3-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Thundering Herd have gone 4-11 against Sun Belt opponents. Marshall has a 2-3 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Georgia State averages 64.6 points per game, 4.5 fewer points than the 69.1 Marshall allows. Marshall has shot at a 38.2% rate from the field this season, 0.1 percentage points less than the 38.3% shooting opponents of Georgia State have averaged.
The Panthers and Thundering Herd meet Saturday for the first time in Sun Belt play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mikyla Tolivert is scoring 13.8 points per game with 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists for the Panthers. Kaleigh Addie is averaging 11.9 points and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 37.1% over the past 10 games.
Meredith Maier is shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Thundering Herd, while averaging 9.5 points and 1.6 steals. Hayes is averaging 16.6 points over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Panthers: 7-3, averaging 63.9 points, 25.7 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 11.8 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 39.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.6 points per game.
Thundering Herd: 4-6, averaging 67.6 points, 29.7 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 11.3 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
