Michael Almonacy scored a career-high 32 points with six 3-pointers and Appalachian State upset two-time defending champion Georgia State 80-73 on Monday night to win the Sun Belt Conference championship and return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000. It was an improbable run for fourth-seeded Appalachian State (17-11), which lost six of its final seven regular-season games before winning four games in four nights — including two in overtime. The Mountaineers didn't win four straight during the regular season and last won four-straight league games in 2015.
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App State (16-11, 10-8) vs. Georgia State (16-5, 10-4) Sun Belt Conference Tourney Championship, Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, Florida; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: App State is.