PENSACOLA, Florida — For the fourth time since 2015, the Georgia State men’s basketball team is heading to the NCAA Tournament following an 80-71 win over Louisiana on Monday night in the Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Championship Game.
Senior Corey Allen, who earned Tournament Most Outstanding Performer honors, finishing with 29 points for a second-straight night, going 5-of-6 from 3-point range and a perfect 12-of-12 from the free throw line.
Fellow senior Eliel Nsoseme recorded a third-straight double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds to be named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament Team for a second-straight year. It was Nsoseme’s sixth double-double of the season, 12th of his career, and fifth in six Sun Belt Conference Tournament Games.
Georgia State (18-10) won for the 10th straight time and is now heading to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in program history and the first since back-to-back appearances in 2018 and 2019.
