Hart Breaks Eagle Hearts, State Gets Past Southern 21-17

STATESBORO – Penny Hart caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Conner Manning for the game-winning score with 2:31 remaining, and Georgia State hung on for a 21-17 Sun Belt Conference football victory over Georgia Southern Saturday afternoon in Paulson Stadium.

A 10-yard run by Shai Werts and a 15-yard pass interference call helped the Eagles move the ball down to the 15-yard line with 19 seconds left. After an 11-yard pass from Werts to Darion Anderson for a first down, Southern was flagged for a false start while trying to kill the clock and had to use its final timeout to avoid the 10-second runoff. Werts had to throw it out of bounds on the next play, and on 2nd down, the redshirt freshman…