Georgia basketball had a thrilling final second victory over Kentucky

Georgia game winner!

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SEC Network (SECNetwork) January 21, 2021

ATHENS – BJ Horn scored a inside pass from Sahefer Wheeler 1.3 seconds before the match to lead Georgia to a 63-62 win over Kentucky on Wednesday night.

“It feels great, it feels great to beat a team like Kentucky,” said Horn, a Virginia Tech graduate transfer. “We came to battle.

“It’s a great experience to win the game. It’s my first time in college basketball.”

UGA’s first win over Kentucky since 2013 shattered the series’ 14-game defeats in the series and resulted in a kind of ceremonial dog usually dedicated to March Madness.

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“We thought we were going to win,” Crane said. “I am proud of the way they were held and ultimately executed.”

Brandon Boston scored 18 goals to lead the UK, which saw a desperate three-quarter shot in the final moments of Keon Brooks (12 points), but failed to whistle.

The Bulldogs (9-4, 2-4 SEC) trailed by six points two minutes before the end of the match against Wildcats (4-9, 3-3) at Stegeman Coliseum, but Georgia maintained its balance to win its second consecutive league match.

Freshman KD Johnson hit a triple-pointer leaving 1:49 to cut KFC’s lead in half at 62-59.

Moments later, Weller catches Andrew Garcia under the basket to lead Georgia to 62-61 with 33 seconds remaining.

Wheeler puts new Kentucky state goalkeeper Devin Askew on line for the next flight.

Spoiled, the UK team’s best free throw player with 82 percent, missed the front end of one free throw position with 23.5 seconds remaining, leading to UGA’s final possession.

Wheeler drove the lane in the final seconds, but his shot was rejected off limits by Isaiah Jackson, Kentucky’s sixth shot that was blocked at night.

Coach Tom Crane called for a 30-second timeout with 3.5 seconds remaining.

“When we took this time out, Coach Crane asked everyone to stop everything and take three breaths,” Garcia said. “We took these three breaths and went back to the fight.”

Wheeler’s first attempt to hold the ball inland failed and he had to call another timeout, prompting Crean to take another dribble play.

The second time it was magic. The Bulldogs lined up in a straight line formation, and finds Wheeler Horn cutting the basket.

Horne, who is 6 feet by 6 feet, took most of the match on the perimeter catching his 3-point shot, taking over the rest, putting the ball up at the start after making a diagonal pass at the start.

Garcia, a graduate transfer from Stony Brook, led Georgia with 16 points and 6 rebounds.

Wheeler scored 10 points and 7 assists, Johnson scored 10 points, Justin Kerr scored 7 points and got 5 of the Bulldog’s 10 robberies.

Georgia retained the 30-27 advantage in the first half after leading up to nine points.

Johnson defeated a triple pointer at 5:37 to close the round 10-0 to 26-17.

John Calipari called out, and his team responded 8-0 to come back one time at 26-25.

However, Wheeler kept the UK on the way to the breather with two driving baskets as UGA grabbed the ledge heading to the breather.

The Bulldog returns to work at 2 p.m. against Florida in Athens.

Gators (7-4, 4-3) is out of a 75-49 home win over No. 6 Tennessee Tuesday evening.