#685 ASA PLAY ON 8* Georgia State -1 over Appalachian State, Saturday at 4 PM ET - This game is begging you to take App State. The Mountaineers are 10-3 and in 1st place in the Sun Belt and Georgia State is 4-5 in league play yet this is right around a pick-em and App State is the home team? The Panthers are finally playing like they should have been all season long after returning their top 6 players from a team that won the Sun Belt East regular season title 4 games ahead of App State in the loss column. They have now won 4 of their last 5 including 3 road games. They are 3-1 SU on the road in Sun Belt play with their only loss coming @ South Alabama, the highest rated team in the conference. The game prior to starting conference play the Panthers took Georgia Tech to OT on the road before losing. Georgia State is the #1 defense in the Sun Belt allowing conference opponents to average just 0.94 PPP. They also create more turnovers than any other team in the league and that with a top notch defense is a very tough combination to face offensively. These 2 met a few weeks ago and App State came away with a 61-60 win on a made shot as time expired. Ga State shot just 38% from the field (App State hit 44%) and just 24% from deep (App State hit 38% of their 3’s). Despite that the game went to the wire as the Panthers dominated the boards (+13) including 15 offensive rebounds which wasn’t surprising as they are the #1 offensive rebounding team in the conference. We expect Ga State to shoot better here and if they control the boards again, which they should, they’ll walk away with another road win.