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Terrible Basketball, just terrible. If they lose this game Fox should be fired as he walks off the court. He obviously has no idea about substitution or how to inspire a team.
Georgia played 11 guys in the first half. The only scholarship player not to get in was Kenny Paul Geno. On the one hand, okay, depth. On the other, this just doesn't seem like the time to be toying around with lineups. It's too late in the season, your season is on the line, this needs to be a win.
I'll be curious if they shorten the rotation in the second half. The starting lineup remains the same: Wilridge and Parker joining Frazier, Maten and Ogbeide.
Better start to the second half for Georgia, which has tied it a couple times. MSU helped by committing three turnovers in the first four minutes, and starting 0-for-4 from the field. But Georgia also had chances to tae further advantage and didn't. Still no points from Frazier, who missed a long pull-up three on the break. He's trying to get going, and right now he has the luxury of trying some lower-percentage shots with the game close and plenty of time left.
Frazier finally scores - on a pull-up 3, giving Georgia a 40-35 lead, and Ben Howland calls timeout.
It was Frazier's seventh shot of the game, and third of the half. But he's finally in the scoring column.
Oh, and J.J. Frazier came out of the game after finally hitting that 3.
Frazier did go right back in. In all, it ended up being a 17-5 run for Georgia spanning both halves, taking a 5-point lead.
MSU did stem the run. But Juwan Parker's getting hot now, just hit a second straight mid-range jumper, this time while being fouled. He has a free throw after the timeout, with Georgia leading 47-42.
This is a potentially vital stretch for Georgia, which could extend this game or see MSU come right back. The visitors have strong outside shooting that could come back at any point, and Georgia needs to avoid that.
Referee Karl Hess, on consecutive possessions, calls away-from-the-ball offensive fouls on Yante Maten, who's now up to three fouls.
Frazier with yet another big 3, this time from the corner to push it back to a 5-point game. At halftime, a media colleague predicted about 15 points for Frazier in the second half. Well, he's at 9 right now with 6:47 left.
Georgia has extended it to a 9-point lead with 3:07 left - after Mississippi State had briefly tied it. Mike Edwards - whose two missed free throws came right before the game-tying 3 - immediately scored on a bit of a crazy, Cameron Forte-style baseline shot. That began an 8-0 run, and then Edwards just threw down an alley-oop dunk on the break off a Frazier feed.
WOW!
Georgia wins, 79-72.
Not pretty. But necessary.