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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Georgia 64, South Carolina 48
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 26, 2011
Where: Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
Officials: # Patrick Adams, # Tom Eades, # Bert Smith
Attendance: 10355

Trey Thompkins had 20 points and eight rebounds, and Georgia never trailed en route to a 64-48 victory over visiting South Carolina on Saturday.

Travis Leslie scored 15 points and Jeremy Price added 14 for Georgia (19-9, 8-6 SEC), which opened the game with a 22-6 run and led 39-22 at halftime on 56 percent shooting from the field.

Malik Cooke scored 11 points for South Carolina (14-13, 5-9), which shot 28.3 percent from the field, including 1 of 19 from 3-point range.

Bruce Ellington scored seven points on 3-of-12 shooting for South Carolina, which has lost six of its last seven. The freshman point guard has struggled since suffering a left calf bruise in a four-point loss to Georgia on Feb. 12.

Georgia, which lost 71-62 at No. 13 Florida on Thursday, entered the game with an RPI of 37.
Top Game Performances
 
South Carolina   Georgia
Malik Cooke 11 Scoring Trey Thompkins 20
Eric Smith 3 Assists Travis Leslie 6
Malik Cooke 9 Rebounds Trey Thompkins 8
Ramon Galloway 4 Free Throws Made Jeremy Price 6
Ramon Galloway 4 Steals Gerald Robinson Jr. 2
Sam Muldrow 1 Blocks Trey Thompkins 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
South Carolina 48 28.3 1-19 13-18 4 28 1 9
Georgia 64 46.0 4-11 14-19 12 38 4 5