STATESBORO, Ga. (1/4/18) – The Arkansas State men’s basketball team suffered a 80-49 loss at Georgia Southern on Thursday to begin a two-game Sun Belt Conference road swing in Georgia.
The loss drops A-State to 6-10 (1-2 SBC) on the season while Georgia Southern improved to 11-5 (2-1 SBC). Ty Cockfield and Deven Simms led the Red Wolves in scoring with 10 points each while Grantham Gillard had a season-best nine rebounds to go with eight points. Tookie Brown paced the Eagles with 20 points.
A-State shot 35 percent (20-58) from the field and just 15 percent (4-27) from 3-point range.