Game Information
Date / Time: Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 / 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Site: Conway, S.C. /  HTC Center (3,212)
Audio Broadcast: Chanticleer Sports Network
Radio: WRNN 99.5 "Hot Talk"
Online Audio Link: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/coastal/
Talent: Chris Burgin (play-by-play) 
Online: ESPN+
Talent: Jeff McCarragher (play-by-play); Nate Ross (analyst)
Live Stats: GoCCUsports.com
Twitter Updates: @GoCCUSports, @CoastalMBB

Opening Tip
• CCU enters the game looking to stop a four-game losing streak.
• Even after losing four consecutive games, the Chants are only three games out of first place with five games left in the season.
• These teams have faced each other five times beginning back in 2007 ... The Chants own a slim 3-2 edge in the series.
• The teams only played once last season, and that game was here in Conway ... The Panthers came away with a 72-58 win.
• Zac Cuthbertson is closing in on 1,000 career points ... With his game-high 21 points against Georgia Southern, the senior now has 917 career points ... He scored 455 points last season during his first year as a Chanticleer, and his 18.5 points per game average this year has him with 462 points.
• Should he reach 1,000 points, he would become the 22nd player in CCU history to reach the milestone.
• Even more impressive, he would become only the third person to score 1,000 points in just two years ... Howard White (1974-76) scored 1,321 points and Manuel Jessup (1976-78) scored 1,124.
• CCU will hit the road for its final regular season road trip of the season next week ... CCU will make the trip to Louisiana and face the Ragin' Cajuns Thursday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. (ET) and will head over to Monroe and play the Warhawks Saturday, March 2 at 3 p.m. (ET).

About Georgia State
• Georgia State enters today's game with a 19-8 overall record.
• The Panthers are tied for first place in the Sun Belt Conference regular season race with a 10-4 overall record ... Even with Texas State.
• Georgia State received all 12 first-place votes in being picked to win the conference in a vote of the head coaches during the preseason voting.
• Georgia State is led by the reigning Sun Belt Player of the Year D'Marcus Simonds ... He was also named an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American after last season.
• He has done nothing to diminish his standings this season as the junior averages a team-best 18.9 points per game which is sixth in the conference ... He is shooting 43 percent from the field and his team-high 100 assists the fourth-most in the league ... He is also tied for team-high honors in blocks with 27 and has 30 steals.
• Simonds has plenty of scoring help this season as the Panthers have five players averaging in double figures ... Devin Mitchell averages 13.8 points per game while shooting 48 percent from the field ... He is also the team's best three-point shooter knocking down 46 percent.
• Malik Benlevi averages 11.9 p;points per game and is the team's top rebounder averaging 5.6 per game ... His 33 steals are second on the team.
• Jeff Thomas is shooting 44 percent from the field and is the Panthers top free throw shooter at 78 percent ... He averages 11.8 points per game.
• The final double-digit scorer is Kane Williams ... His 52 percent field goal shooting is a team-leader and he is also solid on his three-point attempts knocking down over 47 percent ... He has 93 assists and a team-high 48 steals while averaging 10.9 points per game.
• Georgia State is the league's fifth best scoring team averaging 77 points per game ... They are fifth in defensive scoring allowing 73.6.
• They lead the conference in three-point percentage at .394 percent (267-678) ... Their 267 three's are a league-high.
• They have 209 steals on the season averaging 7.7 per game, both numbers are second in the conference.
• They also have the conference's best turnover margin at +3.1.

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