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Georgia vs. Mississippi State

sethemerson

After a long afternoon of covering football stadium stuff ... how about some late-night basketball?!?!

Georgia tips off against Mississippi State at 9:05 p.m. It would seem the Bulldogs - er, Georgia, is the favorite and should put this in the win column. Especially coming off Saturday's big road win. But Georgia (14-11, 5-7) and Mississippi State (14-11, 5-7) have similar records, and the visitors can shoot the 3-ball really well. That's been a problem for Georgia this year.

Mississippi State has lost four of its last five and six of its last eight. So this is a game Georgia needs to get, which would make Saturday's game against Kentucky a pretty big one. Check here for updates and analysis.

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ugaboss

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.

sethemerson

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.

sethemerson

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.

sethemerson

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.

sethemerson

Oh, and J.J. Frazier came out of the game after finally hitting that 3.

sethemerson

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.

sethemerson

Referee Karl Hess, on consecutive possessions, calls away-from-the-ball offensive fouls on Yante Maten, who's now up to three fouls.

sethemerson

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.

sethemerson

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.

SavageDawg17

@sethemerson said:
Edwards just threw down an alley-oop dunk on the break off a Frazier feed.

WOW!

https://twitter.com/BassinDawg/status/831712060874584064

sethemerson

Georgia wins, 79-72.

Not pretty. But necessary.