Asa Newell scored a game-high 17 issues as Georgia flooring out a 73-68 win over Grand Canyon on the Vacation Hoopsgiving match in Atlanta on Saturday to proceed its very best get started because the 2001-02 season.
Somto Cyril scored 12 issues and had 8 rebounds. The 6-foot-11 freshman, a four-star recruit out of Additional time Elite in Atlanta, had 5 dunks. Tyrin Lawrence and Blue Cain added 10 issues apiece for Georgia.
Ray Harrison led Grand Canyon with 16 issues, Tyon Grant-Foster added 11 issues, Lok Wur had 11 issues and 9 rebounds and Duke Brennan chipped in 10 issues.
With 3:00 left within the recreation, Georgia (9-1) held a 66-56 lead. However Grand Canyon (6-3) went on a 7-0 run, capped through a layup from Jakobe Coles (9 issues) on a 3-on-1 damage to chop the Bulldogs’ result in 66-63 with 1:24 left to play.
Newell made a layup and used to be fouled, finishing the old-school 3-point play to position Georgia up 69-63. Harrison and Newell then traded a couple of unfastened throws prior to Harrison’s 3-pointer with 6 seconds left reduce the Bulldogs result in 71-68.
However Lawrence iced the sport for Georgia with two made unfastened throws.
The Antelopes and Bulldogs traded buckets lots of the first half of till Georgia went on a 10-0 run punctuated through back-to-back layups from Dakota Leffew and Cain because the Bulldogs constructed their largest lead of the primary half of at 33-20.
Georgia started to exert its will across the basket, as 24 of its 33 first-half issues have been within the paint. The Bulldogs ruled the Antelopes inside of as they completed with a 42-28 merit on issues scored within the paint.
Harrison snapped the Antelopes’ scoring drought on a layup with 1:15 left within the first half of because the Bulldogs held a 34-23 halftime lead.
A slick crossover transfer through Grant-Foster ended in a tomahawk dunk because the Antelopes trailed 50-45 with 8:33 left within the recreation. The Antelopes once more pulled to inside of 5 issues at 55-50 when Wur, who entered with 8 made 3-pointers at the 12 months, attached on his 3rd triple of the sport.
–Box Stage Media
