PENSACOLA, Fla. – The App State women's basketball team will advance to Friday's quarterfinal round of the Sun Belt Women's Basketball Championship after knocking off No. 8 seeded Georgia State, 73-68, in the second round.
Senior Faith Alston led the charge against the Panthers, netting a career-high 36 points, which is the most points a Mountaineer has scored in a postseason win in program history. Her total also ties her with Maryah Sydnor for eighth-place in the all-time list for single-game scoring leaders. Alston accounted for four of the Mountaineers' eight treys and pulled down three rebounds and dished out two assists.