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Georgia vs. Texas
sethemerson
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Greetings from Stegeman Coliseum, where Georgia hosts Texas at 4 p.m. ET, as part of the SEC-Big 12 Invitational. The game is sold out, and they've put white and silver T-shirts on every chair in the lower section, which may kinda look cool on television.
This is obviously a game Georgia desperately needs in order to stop the bleeding. Texas isn't as good as years past, coming in with an 8-12 record. But it has talent and has played a tough schedule, and the way Georgia played the other night, it's not a gimme by any means.
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Mark Fox is making a change in the starting lineup today: Turtle Jackson enters the lineup in place of Jordan Harris, who had started the previous 12 games. Jackson, if you remember, started seven games during the non-conference portion of the season.
Seems like a good move to try to change something up with the offense ... and, well, the defense. Harris is still playing OK, but I wonder if this is more about J.J. Frazier, who can move to the 2. Fox's hope evidently is that the ball movement is better with Jackson and Frazier in there together.
Domonique Wilkins is here at half-court, raising the flag as the Bulldogs come on court.
Turtle Jackson starting pays off right away: His defense forces a loose ball, he runs out and dunks home the first basket of the game.
I am no B-ball expert, but I know why the Dawgs are'nt winning. The Dawgs just cant put the ball through the hoop.
Well, that basket by Turtle Jackson is still the only one for Georgia, and we're nearly five minutes in. Texas has a 5-2 lead, after struggling mightily itself with its shooting: The teams combined to start 1-for-12, with most of the misses by Georgia on shots close to the rim.
I generally like how Georgia is playing so far, it's just not hitting shots. J.J. Frazier continues to struggle with his shooting, and Yante Maten has missed some chippies as well. Need better from your two best players.
Georgia has inched back ahead on a Derek Ogbeide basket, so now it's 8-7. Both teams struggling to hit shots thus far; I continue to like the way Georgia is playing on both ends, but it does need to take advantage of this scoring lull by Texas.
Frazier is still scoreless and looks out of sorts. Maten only has two points. Pape Diatta is getting some early playing time and is bringing good energy. He had an open 3 and just missed it.
Georgia with turnovers on two straight possessions and Texas back ahead 16-8. Still no made 3s for Georgia, which is 4-or-16 from the floor.
It may be time to put Tyree Crump in and see if he can ignite something. I doubt that Fox will put him in, but the offense has become a big slog and Georgia is in trouble again here.
Lo and behold, Tyree Crump is at the scoring table. It took Texas taking a 19-9 lead, after its third 3 of the game, for Fox to make the move.
Georgia has whittled it back to six after consecutive baskets by Maten and Ogbeide. But the rebounding edge in the game has flipped to Texas, which is getting some confidence.
It took getting fouled for J.J. Frazier to get into the scoring column, but it was a big one: He was fouled shooting a 3 and hit all three free throws, whittling the lead to 19-16. Let's see if that gets Frazier going.
Texas now has made five 3s, and Georgia has zero. There's your difference right now: Texas leads 25-21 and is headed to the line after the media timeout.
Crump still getting extended minutes here, and while he hasn't scored, Georgia did draw within one with him in there running the point. Frazier is playing almost exclusively off the ball today.
They are awful. Do they even practice shooting?
J.J. Frazier is now 0-for-5 from the field, including 0-for-3 on 3s, and they've been open. And Georgia trails 28-21.
He's struggling mightily right now, both in this game and during this latest stretch of games.
This team has no pride.
Halftime: Texas 32, Georgia 23.
Just awful shooting from Georgia, especially two of its top three leading scorers: J.J. Frazier and Juwan Parker are a combined 0-for-9 from the field. They've only scored on free throws.
Texas is hitting too many 3s, and gained confidence as the half went on. But the main problem is Georgia's inability to hit shots. It's shooting 29 percent from the field and 0-for-6 on 3-pointers. That's got to change, or it's going to lose its third in a row, and on paper its worst loss of the season.
J.J. Frazier's first field goal of the game comes on a rainbow 2-pointer, just inside the line. A good sign for the Bulldogs?