National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 73, Georgia 66
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 15, 2022
Where: Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
Officials:
# Steven Anderson, # Joe Lindsay, # Courtney Green
Attendance:
6980
By Field Level Media
Jordan Wright had a double-double with a game-high 20 points and 12 rebounds as Vanderbilt rallied in the second half for a 73-66 victory over host Georgia in a Southeastern Conference game Saturday in Athens, Ga.
Quentin Millora-Brown scored 11 points and Myles Stute added nine points as the Commodores overcame an off-night by Scotty Pippen Jr., the SEC's leading scorer who was held to 13 points after entering the night averaging 19.2 points per game. Pippen, who went 3-for-12 from the field, had a game-high seven assists.
Wright went 8-for-13 from the field, including 4-for-7 from beyond the arc, in addition to adding six assists, as Vanderbilt (10-6, 2-2 SEC) ended a two-game losing streak with its first win in Athens since 2014.
Jaxon Etter scored 16 points and Braelen Bridges had 14 for Georgia (5-12, 0-4), which lost its sixth straight game and for the seventh time in its past eight contests. The Bulldogs remain the lone SEC team without a league win.
Vanderbilt shot 48.2 percent (27-for-56) from the field, including 30 percent (9-for-30) from 3-point range. Georgia shot 44.8 percent (26-for-58) and 30 percent (6-for-20) from beyond the arc, but it also committed 17 turnovers that the Commodores converted into 25 points.
The Commodores began taking control of the game after trailing 34-20 with 1:43 left in the first half.
After pulling to within 36-28 at halftime, Vanderbilt opened the second half on a 10-0 run to take a 38-36 lead following Millora-Brown's dunk with just under 17 minutes remaining.
The Commodores stretched their lead 46-40 on Wright's dunk with 14:38 remaining, as the Bulldogs shot 2-for-8 from the field with three turnovers in the first 5:37 of the second half.
Georgia responded by pulling to within 55-54 on Etter's 3-pointer with 9:15 left, but that was as close as the Bulldogs would get.
Vanderbilt scored the next seven points to push its lead to 62-54 following Trey Thomas' 3-pointer with 7:22 remaining and never looked back.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Vanderbilt |
|
Georgia |
Jordan Wright 20 |
Scoring |
Jaxon Etter 16 |
Scotty Pippen Jr. 7 |
Assists |
Aaron Cook 4 |
Jordan Wright 12 |
Rebounds |
Noah Baumann 7 |
Scotty Pippen Jr. 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Jabri Abdur-Rahim 2 |
Scotty Pippen Jr. 3 |
Steals |
Aaron Cook 1 |
Quentin Millora-Brown 3 |
Blocks |
Braelen Bridges 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Vanderbilt
|
73 |
48.2 |
9-30 |
10-19 |
17 |
26 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
Georgia
|
66 |
44.8 |
6-20 |
8-10 |
15 |
35 |
2 |
2 |
17 |