RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Eric Buckner tallied a double-double, scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds, to lead Georgia State in an 85-50 win over Hofstra in the opening round of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament on Friday night.
Sixth-seeded Georgia State (21-10) advances to a Saturday meeting in the quarterfinals with third-seeded George Mason, which had a first-round tournament bye. James Fields added 14 points and Devonta White 13.
Georgia State, who led by 21 points at halftime, set a tournament record for victory margin. The Panthers led 73-40 with just less than eight minutes to play and by as many as 37 points during the final minutes.
Georgia State outrebounded Hofstra 35-23 and outscored the Pride 48-18 in the paint. The Panthers also scored 23 points off 15 Pride turnovers.
The Panthers' 21 wins are the second-most team history.
Mike Moore led 11th-seeded Hofstra (10-22) with 16 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Hofstra (10-22) | 24 | 26 | 50 |
| Georgia State (21-10) « | 45 | 40 | 85 |
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| Hofstra Pride | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Nwaukoni, F | 26 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| N. Lester, G | 35 | 3-10 | 5-9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| S. Mejia, G | 35 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| D. McMillan, G | 34 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| M. Moore, G | 34 | 5-13 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kone | 14 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| S. McLendon | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Grogan | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-46 | 14-22 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 50 | |
| 34.8% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Georgia State Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Micheaux, F | 28 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Buckner, F | 23 | 7-7 | 7-8 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Ali, G | 27 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| D. White, G | 25 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| R. Richardson, G | 21 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Fields | 29 | 4-8 | 6-8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| T. Kimbro Jr. | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Vincent | 14 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| B. McGee | 8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| K. Shaw | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Taylor | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Gamble | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Green | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Green | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-52 | 20-24 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 85 | |
| 59.6% | 83.3% | ||||||
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