The last time Georgia Southern came to Boone, a four-point play, game winning shot by the Eagles with 0.8 seconds remaining to win 101-100 gave App State men’s basketball a heartbreaking defeat.
On Monday, the Mountaineers (8-16, 3-10 Sun Belt) ended a five-game losing streak to the Eagles (16-10, 9-4 Sun Belt) 83-78 and sweep their two game weekend home stand.
In what head coach Jim Fox called “exercising some demons” from last seasons’ upsetting loss, the Mountaineers dominated the Eagles in the paint all night behind junior forward Griffin Kinney’s career-high 25 points.
“We are getting better and getting better at the right time,” Fox said.