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The Georgia Bulldogs beat the #25 ranked Kentucky Wildcats 78-68 in overtime on Wednesday in front of a packed and rockin' house.
For the second game in a row, the Dawgs played two completely different halves of basketball. Against Alabama on Saturday, the Bulldogs built a 19 point first half lead before collapsing in the second half. The opposite happened Wednesday night. The Dawgs outscored the Cats 38-16 in the game's final 17 minutes to pull out the victory.
UGA could do virtually nothing right in the first half, and UK punished us for our mistakes. We ended the first half down by 13. I'm not sure what was said at halftime, but to quote Iron Chef
Georgia came out with a purpose in the second stanza and played its best half of basketball since the win over Florida in 2003. That was Harrick's last home game.
Quick Thoughts from the Box Score:
- -- If Georgia puts together two complete halves of basketball, we can play with almost anyone.
-- Kudos to Felton for pulling the team back together after the crushing implosion in Tuscloosa. Things looked bleak in the first half, but he coached them up in the second.
-- TAKAIS BROWN IS A BEAST. He played a game of "Grown Ass Man Basketball" on the low block unlike anything we've seen in Athens in a looooooooooooooooooooooong time. More on him later.
-- Felton has to do a better job of managing these game winning possession situations. For the second game in a row, we had a possession with under 45 seconds remaining in regulation end without a good shot or a good play. He has to manage the end of the game better than that.
-- Sundiata Gaines is transforming into a really special player. As I told the Truesportsfan blog, Gaines is becoming a hardballer.
"When he's on his game, he provides relentless on the ball defense, exceptional floor leadership, excellent rebounding, a solid shot and very good vision. He still occassionally disappears, but those times are drawing fewer and fewer as he matures."Gaines scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half. He added 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 0 turnovers. Mike Mercer added 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and only 1 turnover. When your backcourt lands 10 assist to 1 turnover, you have to like our chances.
-- After a rocky first half, Terrence Woodbury recovered to score 16 points and snare 7 rebounds.at
-- Georgia outrebounded Kentucky 43-31.
-- Georgia outrebounded, outhustled, outworked, out defensed, out shot and actually out coached Kentucky in this one. We can beat anyone when we turn the ball over 13 times in 45 minutes.
More articles on the game:
- -- Soft Roster Leaves UK Searching for Answers - Mark Schlabach
-- UK Message board Meltdown - CatsPause.com
-- Dawgs Tame Wildcats - Ugasports.com
-- UGA rallies past UK - AJC
-- A reason to believe - Mark Bradley
-- UGA RPI up to #41 with UK Win - Real-Time RPI
PWD
6 comments:
PWD...your dedication to UGA sports never ceases to amaze me. Do you not sleep? I went to bed at 11 and logged in for a last minute checkup and this morning 2 more articles pop up. For basketball even! Way to go...and thank you!
As someone who witnessed the heartbreaking loss in Tuscaloosa firsthand, I am incredibly proud of the team for bouncing back like this. Bring on LSU!
Jeff - I went to the game, and I drank a ton of coke to make sure i didn't sleep on the drive back.
I was too wired on caffeine to sleep so I wrote the article rather than deal with it during work lunch.
It's easier to write about wins than losses when you're doing a fan site.
A loss article at 1:30 am reads like..."We loss. GGRRRRR. Gag. Puke. See you tomorrow."
pwd
Congrats - I hold no animosity toward UGA basketball and thus can celebrate with you in your defeat of big blue (and former UGA coach Tubby - who I like a little). I still remember from my days at UT the Vern Fleming crowd that seemed to swarm our guards senseless.
But any loss for the Big Blue is a good loss (while my current Vols extend their struggles and face the big blue in Carrupt arena Sunday then host said Dawgs.)
Sure is nice to have something to root for in the winter...
Stegman gets a bad rap (and it deserves it) for being a bad place to watch a game. That doesn't mean it can't get loud and energetic. Very nice win!
Once you get past the concourses and concession areas...The Stageman of 2007 is nothing at all like the Stegeman of 1994.
It doesn't deserve half of the bad rap it gets anymore. There's nothing about that playing environment of that facility that is broken right now.
We just need a great product to support.
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