Box Score | Postgame Notes
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Sahvir Wheeler drove for a game-winning layup with 2 seconds to play to lift Georgia over SMU 87-85 Friday night.
Wheeler made a similar layup at the end of the first overtime.
Rayshaun Hammonds led Georgia (7-3) with 21 points. Anthony Edwards added 16 points and Tyree Crump 12.
Isiaha Mike led SMU (8-2) with 25 points. Tyson Jolly scored 19, and Feron Hunt 17.
Jolly, a 78% free throw shooter entering the game, missed 5 of 9 free throws, and they seemed to all be important. The last opportunity came with 1:23 to go in the second overtime, when he missed a free throw on a bonus.
Jolly later missed a 3-pointer that allowed Georgia to play for the last shot. Coach Tom Crean spread the floor and let Wheeler drive for the game winner.
SMU twice was up by three in the first overtime. But when Jolly missed the front end of a one-and-one, it gave Wheeler the opportunity to tie the game 77-all on a layup with 3.7 seconds remaining.
Georgia kept a narrow lead for most of the first half, but a four-point play by the Mustangs' Feron Hunt sparked an 8-0 run that put SMU ahead 26-21 late in the half.
The Bulldogs closed the half with some momentum, however, when senior Jordan Harris slammed in a miss at the buzzer. Playing for the first time this year after a nine-game suspension, Harris scored the last four points of the half for Georgia to close within 28-25. Both teams shot poorly in the first half. SMU missed 13 of 14 3-point attempts. Georgia was little better, missing 10 of 13 long-range attempts.
Whatever lid was on the basket in the first half was removed as the second half started, with both teams heating up from long range. Well for SMU, at least Mike warmed up, hitting a pair of 3s. But Georgia hit four triples to creep ahead 45-44 with 11:55 to play. The Bulldogs took the lead on a layup by Donnell Gresham on a wild exchange that saw both teams miss contested layups as they raced up and down the floor.
It was a short-lived lead as Mike hit another trey for the Mustangs. After a scoreless first half, Mike was a one-man wrecking crew for SMU, scoring 16 points in the first 12 minutes of the second half, boosting the Mustangs to a 56-52 lead. The last two points came on a spectacular alley-oop slam on a breakaway.
Georgia surged back ahead, ignited by a Harris steal and slam, taking a 62-58 lead with 3:59 to play.
SMU retook the lead at 68-67 on a layup by Kendric Davis with 1:58 to play. Georgia's Hammonds hit one of two free throws with 1:34 remaining to tie the score, setting up the overtime.
SMU Postgame Notes – Dec. 20, 2019
Georgia 87 (7-3), SMU 85 (8-2) (2OT)
Stegeman Coliseum // Athens, Ga.
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SMU NOTES
SMU Starting Five: Tyson Jolly, Feron Hunt, Kendric Davis, Isiaha Mike, Ethan Chargois (2-2)
First Overtime game since Dec. 8, 2014 vs UC Santa Barbara (W, 80-73)
-was longest overtimeless streak in the country
First Double Overtime game since Dec. 28, 2011 vs. Oklahoma State (L, 69-57)
First Double Overtime true road game since Feb. 2 1991 vs. Texas Tech (L, 80-77)
OFFENSIVE NOTES
-Brought in 26 offensive rebounds, new season high (was 17)
-Second most assists in a game this season, 19 (high is 21)
-Two players with 6+ assists (Hunt & Davis), first since 1-19-2017 vs. UConn (Brown & Milton)
-Four in double figure scoring for the 5th time this season
DEFENSIVE NOTES
-Held UGA (12th highest scoring team in NCAA, 83.1 ppg) to 68 in regulation
-3 Mustangs with 3+ steals (Jolly, Mike, Chargois), first time since 12/2/2017 vs. USC (Douglas, Emelogu, Whitt)
SMU INDIVIDUAL NOTES
#1
Feron Hunt, So.
12 first-half points most by a Mustang this season (previous high was 11, four times
-Career high 6 assists
#15 Isiaha Mike, Jr.
-Matches career high with 25 points (all in second half and overtimes)
-First 25+ point, 10 rebound game since Semi Ojeleye (Mar. 10, 2017 vs. ECU)
-Sixth career double-double (4th at SMU, 2nd this season)
#0 Tyson Jolly, Jr.
-Career high 3 steals
-Eighth 15+ point game this season
-Second career double-double
#22 Isiah Jasey, Jr..
-Made his SMU debut
-Tied his career high with 6 points
#10 Kendric Davis, So.
-Fifth double-digit scoring output in 6 his games at SMU
