National Basketball Association
Southern Miss 62, Georgia 60
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 15, 2012
Where: Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
Officials:
# Doug Aprahamian, # Lionel Butler, # Steve Ruppenthal
Attendance:
4521
By SportsDirect Inc.
Southern Miss 62, Georgia 60 (OT): Dwayne Davis' layup with 31 seconds left in overtime broke a 60-60 tie to give the Golden Eagles an overtime victory over the host Bulldogs in the Progressive Legends Classic.
Jerrold Brooks scored 17 points to lead Southern Miss (2-0), which has won both its games in overtime this season. The Golden Eagles blew a six-point lead late in the second half, but Michael Craig’s steal set up Davis’ game-winning basket in the extra session.
Georgia (1-2) had three shots in the final five seconds, but Kentavious Caldwell-Pope could not convert. Caldwell-Pope scored 17 points on 5-of-21 shooting to lead the Bulldogs, who play No. 1 Indiana on Monday.
Davis, who scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, scored with 4:30 left in regulation to give Southern Miss a 55-49 advantage. Georgia scored the final six points of regulation, tying the game on Nemanja Djurisic’s jumper with 1:26 left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Sherrard Brantley hit a 40-footer at the first half buzzer for the Bulldogs. … Georgia forward Donte' Williams, who was suspended for the first two games for unspecified reasons, scored four points. … The Bulldogs shot 35 percent from the field in the first half. Georgia came into the game ranked 301st in the nation in field-goal percentage (36.3 percent).
Top Game Performances
| Southern Miss |
|
Georgia |
|
Jerrold Brooks 17 |
Scoring |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 17 |
|
Michael Craig 4 |
Assists |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 5 |
|
Dwayne Davis 12 |
Rebounds |
Marcus Thornton 7 |
|
Dwayne Davis 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 4 |
|
Dwayne Davis 2 |
Steals |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 3 |
|
Michael Craig 2 |
Blocks |
Kenny Gaines 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Southern Miss
|
62 |
51.0 |
7-18 |
5-8 |
12 |
34 |
3 |
5 |
22 |
| Georgia
|
60 |
38.5 |
9-30 |
11-21 |
17 |
26 |
3 |
6 |
15 |