National Basketball Association
Georgia 61, Saint Louis 59
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 20, 2010
Where: Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
Officials:
# Tony Dawkins, # DJ Cartensen, # Brent Hampton
Attendance:
7192
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Jeremy Price scored on a layup at the buzzer as visiting Georgia rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to topple St. Louis 61-59 on Saturday night.
Travis Leslie scored six points down the stretch to help the Bulldogs turn a four-point deficit into a 59-57 lead with 40 seconds left. But the Billikens responded with a short jumper by Jordair Jett with 22 seconds left before Price got the game-winner.
Leslie finished with 19 points and six rebounds and Price added 16 points and seven rebounds for Georgia (3-0), which trailed by 14 twice in the first half and was behind 44-30 early in the second half.
Rob Loe scored 19 points and drained 5 of 8 shots from the arc and Kyle Cassity had 13 points and three 3-pointers for the Billikens (1-2), who shot 9 of 17 from the arc to help offset 52.3 percent shooting by Georgia.
Top Game Performances
Georgia |
|
Saint Louis |
Travis Leslie 19 |
Scoring |
Rob Loe 19 |
Gerald Robinson Jr. 8 |
Assists |
Jordair Jett 4 |
Jeremy Price 7 |
Rebounds |
Cory Remekun 9 |
Travis Leslie 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Dwayne Evans 5 |
Connor Nolte 3 |
Steals |
Kyle Cassity 2 |
Connor Nolte 2 |
Blocks |
Cory Remekun 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgia
|
61 |
52.3 |
3-6 |
12-18 |
12 |
26 |
5 |
10 |
|
Saint Louis
|
59 |
45.5 |
9-17 |
10-16 |
13 |
21 |
5 |
9 |
|