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Georgia at Alabama

sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

I realize this isn't the biggest thing happening in Georgia athletics tonight. But I'm here in Tuscaloosa to cover Georgia's game at Alabama. As usual, check here for updates and anlysis.

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  • RLanceCRLanceC Posts: 32 ✭✭ Sophomore

    Very interested to see how UGA handles the los of Yante. Do you think they change the style of play at all?

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Georgia's starting lineup post-Yante Maten:

    Turtle Jackson re-enters, taking the place of Maten. So a point guard comes in for the power forward, and Georgia goes with a small lineup:

    G-Turtle Jackson
    G-JJ Frazier
    F-Juwan Parker
    F-E'Torrion Wilridge
    C-Derek Ogbeide

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    About to tip off here. Not a packed house by any means, despite a team in the running for an NCAA bid. Not unusual, though, as Alabama faces the same hurdles attendance wise: Midweek games in Tuscaloosa (just as in Athens) don't usually draw well.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    A sign that it may not be Georgia's night: On Alabama's first possession, the shot clock had almost ran out when a Crimson Tide player, literally on his knees after diving for the ball, heaved the ball at the basket ... and it went in.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Turtle Jackson so far validating the decision to start him, has four points early as Georgia leads 8-4.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Houston Kessler comes in, airballs a 3, now Derek Ogbeide checking in.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Tyree Crump enters and becomes the 10th player for Georgia.

    Alabama, meanwhile, struggling mightily on offense. Georgia out to a 12-4 lead, but could've been more.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Alabama's D'Armond Davis hits two straight 3s, to finally get Alabama going.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    J.J. Frazier is 2-for-6 from the field, but they've all been good shots, and he's also drawn fouls twice to get to the line. This is what Frazier has to do now with Maten out: Try to take control, and either score or draw attention that opens up thing for teammates.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Derek Ogbeide playing really well so far. He just got his fifth rebound, hauling in an offensive rebound in between two Alabama players, and was fouled in the process. Georgia leads 24-14, and Ogbeidi going to the line after the timeout.

    This is starting well for Georgia, which if it can keep this up, Alabama doesn't typically have the 3-point shooting to mount a quick rally. I say "typically" because we saw what happened the first time they played.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Halftime: Georgia 30, Alabama 18.

    It looked like Georgia was going to finish the half on at least a 6-0 run, but Frazier lost the ball driving, and it gave Alabama’s Avery Johnson Jr. a breakaway dunk at the buzzer.

    A potential momentum-turner if Alabama comes back here.

    Still, all in all a great first half for Georgia, as its zone really gave Alabama problems, and forced them to take a lot of shots they obviously didn't like. The Crimson Tide were 7-for-31 from the field, and 1-for-4 from the free throw line. Yikes.

    Georgia, on the other hand, played very patient and generally took good shots, ending up 12-for-23 from the field. Some good minutes by Turtle Jackson, Derek Ogbeide and of course Frazier, who's leading the way with 11 points.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Another notable stat: Georgia didn't make a single 3 in the first half. In fact it only tried two, and one of the was a Houston Kessler airball. So Georgia has only had one 3 even hit the rim - and yet still leads by 12. That'll happen when the other team shoots 23 percent.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Ooh, early Tyree Crump PT in the second half, coming in at the 17:41 mark. Georgia leads by 11.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior
    edited February 2017

    Frazier’s 3 from the corner, Georgia’s first of the game, made it 36-22 with 17 minutes left. But Alabama’s Ar’Mond Davis answered with a 3.

    Davis, who entered averaging just 6.3 points per game, now has 13. File this under "He was in the scouting report, right?"

  • RLanceCRLanceC Posts: 32 ✭✭ Sophomore

    Need JJ back on the floor to settle things down.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Dicey territory for Georgia, as the lead is down to eight and it just turned it over. Alabama is on an 8-2 run, and the crowd is getting into it.

    For the first time tonight, it's really looking like Georgia is limited offensively. This run would be a time to get the ball down to Maten on a set play, but obviously that can't happen now. They tried to run one for Ogbeide just now, but the shot wasn't there and he passed out to Jackson, who missed a 3.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    It's now a four-point game, and the crowd (such as it is) fully into it. Alabama is getting better shots and hitting them, while Georgia can't get much help for Frazier right now. Jackson just missed a wide open 3.

    Mark Fox calls timeout.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Alabama's porous first-half shooting is no more. It has made six shots in a row, and is shooting 75 percent this half.

  • RLanceCRLanceC Posts: 32 ✭✭ Sophomore

    We have to get on the defensive boards.

  • sethemersonsethemerson Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Hey everybody, there's a reason I've been beating the Tyree Crump drum all season: Two straight 3s and Georgia has a bit of breathing room again, leading 48-42. Avery Johnson calls timeout, evidently to discuss guarding the freshman.

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