NEW ORLEANS – The top-2 seeded teams in the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will meet to determine a champion on Sunday at 1 p.m. Central when #2 UT Arlington takes on #1 Georgia State inside Lakefront Arena live on ESPN2.
 
UTA (17-15) made a late push to get past #3 Georgia Southern (21-12) in the semifinals on Saturday, 67-58, while the Panthers (23-9) easily dispatched #4 Texas State (24-9), 59-46.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
Links and information related to all UTA Sun Belt Tournament happenings can be accessed by clicking here to view the team's tournament central page.
 
The contest will be broadcast on ESPN2 with Rich Hollenberg and Chris Spatola on the call, while the Voice of the Mavericks Josh Sours will have the call on the radio at KEXB 620 AM and streaming via the TuneIn App and iHeartRadio. Furthermore, for updates and behind-the-scenes photos and videos, be sure to follow @UTA_MBB on Twitter and @UTA_Hoops on Instagram.
 
BULLET POINTS

• This will be the second-straight season that UTA and Georgia State meet in the Sun Belt Tournament Final. In last year's championship game, the 2nd-seeded Panthers defeated the 4th-seeded Mavericks, 74-61.
   
• UTA has one all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (2008), and that came after the Mavs won the Southland Conference Tournament as a 7 seed.
   
• Georgia State won both meetings during the regular season: 63-58 on Jan. 3 in Arlington, and 77-71 on Jan. 26 in Atlanta. In the game at UTA, the Mavs shot just a season-worst .080 percent (2-25) from 3-point range, but still had the contest as a two-point game with 30 seconds remaining.
   
• In the game at GSU, UTA erased a 16-point 1st-half deficit, took a four-point lead in the 2nd half, but couldn't hold on down the stretch. UTA posted a +18 rebound margin (48-30) – its largest positive rebounding differential in a loss in any game since at least 2011-12. The Mavs pulled down a season-high 21 offensive boards.
   
• In both games, UTA held First Team SBC selection D'Marcus Simonds below his season scoring average, including a season-low one point on 0-9 shooting at GSU. Only two other times in the junior's collegiate career has he been held to one or zero points – his second career game at Auburn as a freshman (0), and later that same season against ULM (1).
   
• UTA enters action on a five-game winning streak – tied for its longest of the season. The Mavs also had a five-game winning streak heading into the meeting in Atlanta with Georgia State.
   
• The Mavs held Georgia Southern – which came in averaging 83 points per game – to a season-low 58 points (previous: 64) in the semifinal contest. UTA once again held Sun Belt Player of the Year Tookie Brown below his scoring average with just eight points; in three games this year against UTA, Brown scored just 23 total points.
   
• Patrick Mwamba (10 points) reached double-figure points in the semifinal for the first time since the season opener when he scored 13 against UT Tyler; his 10 points were the most against a D-I opponent this year.
   
• Andres Ibarguen went 6-6 from the floor in the semifinal (10-10 over his past two games) – with the six conversions tied for the 9th-most makes in a game without a miss in program history.
   
• Georgia State leads the all-time series with UTA, 8-7, and has won three in a row and four of five.