National Basketball Association
Alabama 74, Georgia 59
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 7, 2012
Where: Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
Officials:
# Bruce Benedict, # Tony Greene, # Gary Maxwell
Attendance:
7776
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Trevor Lacey scored 19 points and Tony Mitchell added 17 as Alabama rolled to its fourth consecutive victory, 74-59 over Georgia on Saturday in the SEC opener for both schools.
Georgia (9-6) trailed by nine midway through the second, but scored five quick points, the last coming on a dunk by Donte Williams, to get to within 52-48.
Alabama (12-3) quickly took back control of the game, getting five points from Andrew Steele and a dunk from JaMychal Green to go up 59-50 and force a time out by Georgia coach Mark Fox. The Crimson Tide then went on a 14-2 run capped by Mitchell's three-point play with five minutes left in the game. Mitchell’s dunk gave Alabama its largest lead at 72-55.
Lacey had a huge first half, helping the Tide go into the locker room with a 12-point lead. The freshman guard had 17 points and knocked down all three of his 3-point attempts, while Mitchell added a pair of 3s, including a long ball with 26 seconds left that gave Alabama its largest lead of the half at 38-23.
Georgia freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who led all scorers with 22 points, tried to keep the Bulldogs in it, scoring seven of his 11 first-half points during a late stretch.
Dustin Ware hit a 3 with one second left to cut the halftime deficit to 38-26.
Top Game Performances
| Alabama |
|
Georgia |
|
Trevor Lacey 19 |
Scoring |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 22 |
|
JaMychal Green 5 |
Assists |
Gerald Robinson 3 |
|
JaMychal Green 10 |
Rebounds |
Nemanja Djurisic 5 |
|
Trevor Lacey 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 7 |
|
Trevor Releford 2 |
Steals |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 4 |
|
Tony Mitchell 1 |
Blocks |
John Florveus 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Alabama
|
74 |
55.1 |
6-17 |
14-15 |
16 |
31 |
1 |
7 |
17 |
| Georgia
|
59 |
40.4 |
4-17 |
13-16 |
7 |
17 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
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