ATHENS, Ga. – With just under 10 minutes left to play, Hayden Brown hit one of his four 3-pointers and pulled The Citadel men's basketball team to within one point, 74-73, of Georgia.

The visiting Bulldogs from Charleston never trailed by more than 12 points, and kept things close, but the Southeastern Conference Dawgs managed to escape Tuesday night's game with a 95-86 win in front of over 8,000 fans.

Game Information
Location: Athens, Ga. (Stegeman Coliseum)
Final Score: Georgia 95, The Citadel 86
Records: Georgia (2-0), The Citadel (0-2)
Series: UGA leads, 3-2

KEY STATS

• Georgia opened the game with a 7-2 run, including five straight points, but Eddie Davis, III and Rudy Fitzgibbons, III hit back-to-back 3-pointers to pull the 'Dogs to within one, 9-8 of Georgia.
• Georgia continually managed to pull ahead by three possessions, but every time the lead approached double digits, the road 'Dogs would mount a comeback.
• With just under two minutes to play in the first half, Anthony Edwards hit a fast-break 3-pointer to give UGA a 10-point, 45-35 lead, but Brown and Kaelon Harris scored five straight points to cut back into the lead before UGA settled for an eight-point, 48-40 lead at halftime.
• UGA opened the second half by stretching the lead out to 11, 51-40 after Tyree Crump hit a layup nearly a minute in, but Harris hit a free throw and Kaiden Rice converted one of his three treys to cut the lead back down to seven, 51-44.
• The homestanding Bulldogs managed to stretch the lead out to 12, 62-50 with 15:32 left in regulation when Edwards scored a fast-break layup, but that was the largest lead of the game as Brown and Harris once again joined forces to cut back into the lead.
• With 11:23 to play, Edwards hit a pair of one-and-one free throws to stretch the UGA lead out to nine, 74-65, but Brown and Fletcher Abee scored a combined eight points, including five from Brown, to cut the deficit down to one, 74-73, with 9:42 left.
• Despite Georgia taking advantage of some fouls down the stretch to extend the lead back out, The Citadel never gave up and with 3:04 left in regulation, Brown once again scored off a layup to pull the 'Dogs to within two at 87-85.
• UGA closed the game out on a 6-1 run to secure the nine-point win.
• After shooting 57.1% (16-of-28) from the field in the second half, The Citadel ended the game shooting 49.2% (30-of-61) from the field, including 42.4% (14-of-33) from beyond the 3-point arc.
• UGA shot 45.8% (33-of-72) from the field for the game and managed to connect on just 24.1% (7-of-29) of their 3-point attempts.
• UGA scored 28 of their points off The Citadel's 22 turnovers, but the visiting Bulldogs held UGA to just 10 second-chance points.
• Brown led The Citadel with a career-high 26 points off 8-of-14 shooting (.571), including converting a game-high four 3-pointers. Brown just missed out on the double-double with six rebounds, marking a career-high for the Greer, South Carolina native in games against Power 5 teams.
• Harris recorded his second career double-double, and first since the 2017-18 season, with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Harris, who made his first start of the season, went 5-of-10 (.500) from the field and added five assists, one off his career high.
• Rice added 11 points, including a trio of 3-pointers recorded his second career block.
• Tyson Batiste came close to recorded a triple-double as he finished his 30 minutes of work with eight points, eight assists and six rebounds. The eight assists set a career high for the graduate transfer, while the six boards were just one off his career high.
• Georgia's Edwards led all scorers with 29 points to go along with five rebounds and four assists.

NOTABLES

• The Citadel brought down 43 rebounds Tuesday night, marking the most since the 2018-19 team corralled in 43 at Samford on Jan. 17.
• The Bulldogs' 20 assists against UGA marked the most since the 2018-19 team recorded 22 at home against UNC Greensboro last season on Feb. 28.
• Brown continued to show up for the biggest games of the season as he scored 26 points against the Dawgs. In six games against Power 5 opponents, Brown has averaged 11.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 59.1% (26-of-44) from the field, 52.6% (10-of-19) from beyond the 3-point arc and 72.7% (8-of-11) from the free throw line.
• Brown's game-high four 3-pointers made marked a career high for the junior forward.
• Seven different Bulldogs converted at least one 3-pointer for the Bulldogs Tuesday night.
• The 11 rebounds by Harris were two off his career high set against Mid-Atlantic Christian last season.
• Harris's 15 points were the most for the senior since he scored 18 at home against Furman during the 2017-18 season on Feb. 3.
• Batiste's eight assists marked a career high.
• Freshman Brady Spence made his collegiate debut in the first half of Tuesday's game and scored his first collegiate points nearly eight minutes into the game.
• Davis corralled in six rebounds, marking the most for the graduate transfer since he brought down six boards at home against Western New England last season for Hartford.
• Davis played in his 99^th career collegiate game.

QUOTABLES FROM COACH BAUCOM
"I'm very proud of the guys overall, but I'm especially proud of the way we defended. We did foul a little too much, but I thought our guys never got down. In all of our huddles, they were alert, their eyes were on us, they were asking us questions and even giving us suggestions. You can win a lot of games with guys like that. We had way too many turnovers in the first half, but I thought we cut down on that in the second half. Despite that, I thought our execution offensively was very good."

COMING UP
The Bulldogs return home this weekend for a 1 p.m. game against Campbell on Saturday, Nov. 16. The 'Dogs will then hit the road for a week, including three games at Southeast Missouri State (Nov. 19), Illinois (Nov. 20) and Marist (Nov. 23).

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