NEW ORLEANS -- Kavin Gilder-Tilbury hit four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points, and Bobby Conley buried a 3 with 2.5 seconds left to lift seventh-seeded Texas State over No. 6 seed Georgia State 63-61 Thursday night in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.
Texas State (15-15) faces No. 3 seed UT Arlington (22-9) in the quarterfinals Friday night.
After Gilder-Tilbury hit a 3 to give the Bobcats a one-point lead, Jeff Thomas made a layup that put Georgia State up 61-60 with 11.2 seconds left. Conley, off a dribble-hand off from Ojai Black, answered with a deep 3-pointer from the left wing to win it.