The Tribe Has Spoken

What a great game. Total team effort. Schneider, Darnell, Stratt, Mann, seemed as if everybody had a big play. That was a huge game to win, probably bigger than ODU when it comes to team confidence.

Georgia State looms, with a 2 PM Saturday tip-off. The Tribe is looking to get revenge on a GSU team that knocked them out of the CAA tourney last year on a desperation 3. The Panthers have been playing better ball, but still sit at 4-10 and 1-3 in the CAA. They have played a tough in conference schedule, with ODU, VCU, GMU, and NU, but pulled off a shocking upset of Mason in their own gym.

Ken Pomeroy currently has the Panther pegged as #258 in the nation. He says they have the 241st strongest schedule in the country, and projects them to win 9 games, 6 in the CAA. They are 293rd in his RPI.

Leonard Mendez returns to Atlanta and is the Panther’s top leading scorer this season. He is averaging 16.9 points per game, and shooting 47% from the field. He is averaging 3.3 rebounds per game, and can hit the three(as we saw last year) sitting at 37% from beyond the arc.

Rashad Chase is also have a strong year for GSU. He is nearly averaging a double double on the season, with 9.3 points per game to go along with 9.1 rebounds per. The downside is that his assist/turnover ratio is almost 1/3, and he isn’t all that great from the field.

This game will go down to the wire, and will really test both of these teams. Both squads have been in pressure situations more than enough this year to know how to handle it, but GSU is coming off a few rough games while the Tribe is seemingly on top of the world. I expect the Tribe to win this with a little wiggle room.

WM-72
GSU-64

GO TRIBE!