National Basketball Association
Auburn 69, Georgia 68
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 14, 2015
Where: Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
Officials:
# Marc Ellard, # Brent Hampton, # Doug Shows
Attendance:
10523
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Auburn 69, Georgia 68: KT Harrell scored 21 points, including a clutch 3-pointer in the final minute, as the visiting Tigers stormed back to stun the Bulldogs.
K.C. Ross-Miller added 17 points for Auburn (12-13, 4-8 SEC), which has won two straight on the road after dropping its previous seven. Jordon Granger collected eight points and six rebounds before leaving the game in the second half with a lower leg injury while Malcolm Canada also had eight points for the Tigers.
Kenny Gaines led the way with 18 points and Charles Mann had 14 for Georgia (16-8, 7-5), which blew a nine-point lead with 5:04 remaining. Marcus Thornton and Cameron Forte each tallied nine points for the Bulldogs, who couldn't overcome 37.7 percent shooting.
Antoine Mason buried a 3-pointer to put Auburn on top 40-35 before Gaines scored six straight points to ignite a 9-0 run to help Georgia pull ahead by six with nine minutes to go. The Bulldogs led 57-48 before Ross-Miller knocked down a jumper to trim the deficit to one and Harrell drilled a triple to put the Tigers on top 65-63 with 59 seconds left, and the Tigers could only breathe a sigh of relief when Nemanja Djurisic's potential game-winning triple missed the mark with 1.8 seconds remaining.
Auburn jumped in front 12-4 before Gaines drained a 3-pointer to end a field-goal drought of over six minutes to pull Georgia within four. Forte sparked a 9-0 burst to give the Bulldogs their first lead at 25-22 before Harrell beat the buzzer with a jumper to put the Tigers ahead 29-28 at halftime despite shooting 34.6 percent from the floor.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Auburn went 7-of-17 from 3-point range while Georgia finished 4-of-19. … Mason rejoined the Tigers after spending the last three days with his ailing father - former New York Knick Anthony Mason - and chipped in with nine points. … The Bulldogs went 18-of-21 from the free-throw line.
Top Game Performances
| Auburn |
|
Georgia |
|
KT Harrell 21 |
Scoring |
Kenny Gaines 18 |
|
Malcolm Canada 2 |
Assists |
Charles Mann 3 |
|
Cinmeon Bowers 8 |
Rebounds |
Marcus Thornton 7 |
|
Antoine Mason 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Kenny Gaines 4 |
|
KT Harrell 2 |
Steals |
Nemanja Djurisic 1 |
|
Cinmeon Bowers 1 |
Blocks |
Kenny Gaines 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Auburn
|
69 |
44.9 |
7-17 |
18-25 |
5 |
27 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
| Georgia
|
68 |
37.7 |
4-19 |
18-21 |
9 |
36 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
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