ATLANTA -- D'Marcus Simonds scored eight of his 20 points in the final minute as Georgia State rallied to slip past Texas State 54-50 in a battle for second place in the Sun Belt Conference on Saturday afternoon.
Georgia State (16-6, 7-2) trails only Louisiana in the conference standings.
Simonds outscored Texas State 8-2 in the final 1:25 as he hit a jumper and a layup for a 50-48 lead with 57 seconds left. He then made four straight free throws to cap the scoring and seal the win.
Alex Peacock drilled a trey and Nijal Pearson added a layup to give the Bobcats a 48-44 lead with 5:50 remaining, but Texas State was held to two points the rest of the way.