Georgia overcomes second-half scare to defeat Grand Canyon 73-68.
Georgia Bulldogs men's Basketball continued its impressive start to the season Saturday night taking down Grand Canyon at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. With this win Georgia improves to 9-1, its best start to a season this century.
The Bulldogs had to overcome adversity in the second half after Grand Canyon cut the lead to just three points with 1:24 left. With 17 seconds remaining, true freshman superstar Asa Newell made an and 1 layup to give Georgia a five-point lead. This was the biggest make of Newell's young career and likely solidifies him as one of Georgia's go-to scorers in the clutch.Somto Cyril also shined, scoring 12 points, collecting 8 rebounds, and blocking 5 shots.
This was far from a complete game for Georgia as they were out-rebounded 35-33 and turned the ball over 18 times., however finding a way to win against a good opponent despite the mistakes shows the resiliency that this team has. Georgia has been among the nation's best at blocking shots this season. After blocking 9 shots against Grand Canyon, the Bulldogs are top 5 in the nation with 64 blocks. This team makes it difficult to score in the paint which will help them tremendously as conference play approaches.
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