ATLANTA (AP) - Frantz Massenat scored 25 points and Daryl McCoy grabbed 14 rebounds, and Drexel pulled away in the second half to beat Georgia Southern 77-60 in the Colonial Athletic Association opener for both teams.
Damion Lee had 15 points and Tavon Allen 13 for the Dragons (5-8).
R.J. Hunter scored 23 points for the Panthers (5-10), who have lost five in a row. Cameron Solomon had 12 points and Devonta White 11 for Georgia State.
Drexel opened the second half with a 20-6 run to take a 59-39 lead with 10:37 left in the game, with Massenat scoring 11 of the points.
Georgia State was up 12-5 2:39 in on Hunter's two 3-pointers and a three-point play, but Drexel tied it a 12 on Massenat's 3-pointer. The Dragons took the lead for good at 22-21 on Massenat's three-point play with 5:48 left and were up 37-33 at the break.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Drexel (5-8) « | 37 | 40 | 77 |
| Georgia State (5-9) | 33 | 27 | 60 |
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| Drexel Dragons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. McCoy, F | 32 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| K. Abif, F | 31 | 1-4 | 6-8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Lee, G | 39 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| F. Massenat, G | 36 | 9-15 | 6-6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| D. Thomas, G | 28 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Ruffin | 15 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Allen | 13 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| A. Younger | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Pantovic | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-49 | 15-20 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 77 | |
| 53.1% | 75% | ||||||
| Georgia State Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Atkins, F | 36 | 2-8 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Vincent, C | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. White, G | 36 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| R. Hunter, G | 33 | 9-16 | 3-4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| R. Richardson, G | 20 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Solomon | 19 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| D. Burguillos | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| R. Green | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Crider | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 9-12 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 60 | |
| 43.4% | 75% | ||||||
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