STATESBORO, Ga. – Patrice Butler and Angel McGowan combined for 47 points, and Georgia Southern never trailed in cruising to a 78-64 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball victory over Texas State Saturday evening in Hanner Fieldhouse.
McGowan tallied 24 points to go along with career highs of eight rebounds and six assists for Georgia Southern (7-14, 4-8). Butler finished with 23 points on 9 of 11 shooting, including 3 of 3 from long distance, and added nine rebounds and a steal.
Toshua Leavitt scored 16 points off the bench to lead Texas State (10-11, 5-6), which suffered its third-straight loss.