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Georgia upsets Tennessee
in double overtime, 77-75
Bulldogs rallying from a 16-point first
half deficit and getting the winning
basket in the frantic final seconds.
Tennessee (17-3,4-2) tied the score
at 75 when Tony Harris scored on a
drive to the basket with 11.6 seconds
remaining in the second overtime. Daniels,
believing Harris had missed, slipped away
from the Volunteers.
“When I saw Tony going to the hole,
I could see the shot was not going to go
in,” said Daniels, who still didn’t realize
afterward that Harris actually tied the
game. “So I took off.”
Geoigia quickly inbounded the ball,
and Rashad "'Might found Daniels alone
at the other end of the court. The
freshman hauled in the long pass and laid
it in, sending the first home sellout crowd
in two years into a frenzy.
“Thank God I made the layup,” said
Daniels, whose shot hung on the rim
for a split-second before dropping through.
“I was worried a little bit at first. I had to
stand back to see if it went in.”
Harris raced to the other end of the
court as the clock wound down, but his
off-balance 3-pointer bounced off the rim,
and the buzzer sounded.
The student section stormed onto the
court to celebrate, actually knocking the
6-foot-7-inches, 265-pound Evans to the
court.
“They didn’t trample me or anything,”
Evans said, grinning. “They just patted
me on the back and lifted me up.”
For Tennessee, it was a stunning loss.
The Volunteers dominated the first half,
only to shoot a dismal 8-of-30 in the
second half to let the Bulldogs back in
the game.
“We got in their shirts and guarded
them like they’ve never been guarded
before,” said Adrian Jones, one of
Georgia’s top defenders. “I think they
folded a little bit.”
Tennessee coach Jerry Green
couldn’t figure out what happened to his
talented but enigmatic team.
“We make the game awfully hard
sometimes,” he said. “We started
holding the ball and taking tough
shots.”
D. A. Layne, who missed last-second
shots that could have won the game for
Geoigia in regulation and in the first over
time, led the Bulldogs with 24 points.
Isiah Victor paced Tennessee with 15
points and 13 rebounds.
Georgia, which has played the
toughest schedule in the country, will
probably move back into the Top 25 for
the fust time since early in the 1997-98
season.
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Shaun Gortman and the Lady Gamecocks lost their rematch with Florida on Sunday.
Lady Gators top USC again
by Kyle Almond
The Gamecock
The last time USC and No. 10
Florida faced off in women’s
basketball, both teams torched the nets
for a combined 182 points.
In the rematch Sunday, Florida
was the only team doing the torching.
USC shot only 29 percent from the
floor and was blown out, 91-53.
Brandi McCain, who had 29 points
against USC last week, had a huge game
again for the Lady Gators (17-2,5-1
SEC), scoring 30 points on 12-of-24
shooting. McCain also made five
3-pointers and had five assists.
“Brandi McCain played a
fantastic game today,” USC head coach
Susan Walvius said.
Shannon Segres was the high
scorer for USC (8-12, 3-4) with 13
points. Teresa Geter was behind her
with 12.
The Lady Gators had their way
with Carolina on the inside. Florida
scored 54 of their 91 points in the
paint, compared to USC’s 26. Florida
also out-rebounded the Lady
Gamecocks, 33-22.
The Lady Gators went into the
locker room with a 43-23 advantage,
91
53
and USC could do little to stop the
Lady Gators’ offensive ban-age.
USC struggled with their shots the
entire game. Carolina’s usually sharp
shooting Tatyana Troina was 0-for-8
from the field. Center Petra Ujhelyi
was a mere l-for-6, and Ines Ajanovic
was l-for-8. Geter and Segres were
the only Lady Gamecocks to shoot
over 50 percent.
Walvius credits Florida’s defense
for her team’s shooting woes.
“When Florida picked up their
.defensive pressure, it affected our
guards and knocked us out of sync,”
Walvius said. “The biggest difference
today was Florida’s defense.”
Florida head coach Carol Ross
agreed.
“"We played South Carolina only
a week ago, and we made great strides
defensively since that game,” Ross said.
“I liked how our players responded to
the challenge.”
The Lady Gamecocks’ next game
is at Auburn on Thursday.
The sports desk can be reached at
gamecocksports@hotmail.com
January 28,2001, O’Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla
No. 10 FLORIDA 91, SOUTH CAROLINA 53
SOUTH CAROLINA (8-12,3-4 SEC)
Troina 0-8 0-0 0, Geter 4-7 2-2 12, Ujhelyi 1-6 1-2 3, Ciocan 1-3 0
2 2, Gortman 3-8 0-0 7, Anaz 0-2 3-4 3, Ajanovic 1-8 24 4, Szakacs 0
0 2-2 2 Strohm 04 0-0 0, Segres 5-9 2-3 13, Hogiund 3-7 1-2 7, Totals
18-62 13-2153.
FLORIDA (17-2,5-1)
Mobley 24 2-2 6, Cardenas 4-7 0-0 8, Stocks 5-8 4-5 14, McCain
12-24 1-1 30, Bell 3-11 2-2 9, Moore 0-1 0-0 0, Knight 1-2 0-1 2,
Trimble 1-1 1-2 3, DeLoach 0-2 0-0 0, Hayden 7-14 5-6 19, Totals 35
74 15-19 91.
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ATHENS, Ga. — Geoigia has gone
from worst to first.
The improbable Bulldogs, who won
just three Southeastern Conference games
a year ago, cemented their spot atop the
league standings with a 77-75, double
overtime victory over No. 6 Tennessee
on Saturday.
Robb Dryden and the Bulldogs could
move back into the Top 25 after
Saturday’s win.
Chris Daniels scored the winning
basket on a layup with 7.3 seconds
remaining, giving Geoigia its first six
game winning streak in the SEC since
1990, when the Bulldogs won their
only regular-season championship.
“We’ve got more fans, more support,
more exposure, more confidence,” said
Anthony Evans, Georgia's tour de force
on the inside. “This shows how far we’ve
come compared to last year.”
Georgia was coming off its worst
season in 23 years: 10-20 overall and
3-13 in the SEC. But the Bulldogs
survived a brutal pre-conference
schedule and have thrived in league play.
Georgia (13-7, 6-1 SEC) already
defeated Florida and Mississippi on the
road. But this was one of the biggest
victories in school history, with the
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