BOSTON (AP) - R.J. Hunter matched his career high with 27 points as Georgia State ended Northeastern's unbeaten Colonial Athletic Association run 78-73 Wednesday night.
Georgia State (11-12, 6-4) trailed 46-39 at halftime but went ahead 54-52 on Hunter's 3-pointer with 13:55 left. The bucket came amid a 24-2 run that put the Panthers up 66-54 with 7:49 remaining. Hunter scored 13 points during that span, including a trio of 3-pointers.
Northeastern (13-8, 8-1) pulled back within 70-69 with 2:22 left, but made just 1 of 3 shots in the final 2 minutes while Georgia State hit 6 of 8 free throws.
Reggie Spencer scored 17 points for the Huskies, who had their eight-game winning streak snapped. Northeastern was attempting to match its best conference start in program history - a 9-0 start in ECAC North play in 1986-87.
The Panthers shot 50.9 percent (28 of 55), including 11 of 26 on 3-pointers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Georgia State (11-12) « | 39 | 39 | 78 |
| Northeastern (13-8) | 46 | 27 | 73 |
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| Georgia State Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Atkins, F | 37 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| M. Crider, F | 16 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| R. Richardson, G | 37 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| R. Hunter, G | 35 | 10-18 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| D. White, G | 34 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Vincent | 25 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Travers | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| L. Smith | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Green | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-55 | 11-14 | 29 | 20 | 15 | 78 | |
| 50.9% | 78.6% | ||||||
| Northeastern Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Spencer, F | 34 | 6-8 | 5-6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Q. Ford, F | 22 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Smith, G | 34 | 6-8 | 2-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| J. Lee, G | 33 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| D. Walker, G | 29 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Pollard | 27 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Z. Stahl | 12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Banegas-Flores | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Marshavelski | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-49 | 10-14 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 73 | |
| 53.1% | 71.4% | ||||||
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