National Basketball Association
Georgia 64, Auburn 61
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 7, 2015
Where: Auburn Arena, Auburn, Alabama
Officials:
# Mike Nance, # Antinio Petty, # Brian Shey
Attendance:
9121
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Georgia 64, Auburn 61: J.J. Frazier scored 16 points and Charles Mann added 15 as the visiting Bulldogs rallied to hand the Tigers their sixth consecutive loss.
Mann shot 9-of-9 from the free-throw line, Frazier went 3-for-4 from 3-point range and Nemanja Djurisic recorded 14 points and eight rebounds for Georgia (20-10, 11-7 SEC), which reached 20 victories for the second consecutive season. Marcus Thornton added eight points as the Bulldogs finished with a school-record six SEC road victories.
KT Harrell, the SEC’s leading scorer, finished with 24 points to pace the Tigers (12-19, 4-14) but missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer in the waning seconds. K.C. Ross-Miller and Cinmeon Bowers each added 11 points, but Auburn shot 10-of-18 from the free-throw line – missing 3-of-4 foul shots in the final two minutes.
The Bulldogs trailed by seven on two occasions in the second half but rallied to take a 60-58 lead on Frazier’s jumper from the left wing with 2:35 left, and two free throws by Mann with 1:26 remaining pushed them ahead 62-60. The Tigers forced a shot-clock violation and Bowers was fouled with 5.8 seconds to play, but he missed 1-of-2 from the line before Frazier hit two free throws at the other end and Harrell’s 3-pointer banged off the rim at the buzzer.
Georgia committed seven turnovers in the first six minutes in trailing 11-5 but rallied to take a 31-28 halftime lead on Frazier’s 3-pointer. Harrell made back-to-back shots from long range to put the Tigers ahead 46-39 just over six minutes into the second half, and six straight points from Ross-Miller made it 52-45, but Mann scored seven consecutive points to tie the game at 52 with 8:48 left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Both teams played without their second-leading scorer - Georgia’s Kenny Gaines sat out with a sprained foot while Auburn’s Antoine Mason is away following the death of his father (former NBA All-Star Anthony Mason). … Mann surpassed 1,000 career points (1,009) and is two assists shy of 300. … Harrell scored 20 or more points for the 16th time this season, finishing 6-for-17 from the field - including 4-for-13 from 3-point range.
Top Game Performances
| Georgia |
|
Auburn |
|
J.J. Frazier 16 |
Scoring |
KT Harrell 24 |
|
J.J. Frazier 4 |
Assists |
KT Harrell 4 |
|
Nemanja Djurisic 8 |
Rebounds |
Cinmeon Bowers 5 |
|
Charles Mann 9 |
Free Throws Made |
KT Harrell 8 |
|
Nemanja Djurisic 2 |
Steals |
Cinmeon Bowers 2 |
|
Nemanja Djurisic 1 |
Blocks |
Alex Thompson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Georgia
|
64 |
50.0 |
5-10 |
19-21 |
12 |
32 |
3 |
4 |
17 |
| Auburn
|
61 |
41.2 |
9-29 |
10-18 |
13 |
17 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
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