After taking down No. 6 Kentucky on Tuesday night time, the Georgia Bulldogs pulled off one other upset with a 72-62 win over No. 17 Oklahoma on Saturday.
The win offers Georgia back-to-back wins over AP Prime 25 groups and retains Oklahoma winless in SEC play.
The Bulldogs pulled the upset regardless of capturing simply 3-of-17 (17.6%) from past the arc. Sophomore guard Silas Demary Jr. had 10 factors, with eight of these factors coming from the charity stripe.
Demary Jr. put the Sooners on a poster with this slam — his solely area purpose of the sport — early within the motion to offer Georgia a 6-2 lead.
Though the Sooners led 36-33 on the break, it was not a great second-half efficiency. Oklahoma was outscored 39-26 and shot simply 25.9% from deep the whole recreation. There have been 28 fouls dedicated by the Sooners.
Whereas 4 gamers scored in double figures, Oklahoma’s main scorer Jeremiah Fears had a season-low two factors on 1-of-11 capturing. Throughout Oklahoma’s three-game dropping streak to open convention play, Fears has shot a mixed 10-of-34. If the Sooners are going to contend in a loaded SEC, it wants Fears to be at his greatest and discover a strategy to preserve a second-half lead after blowing a 51-33 benefit towards No. 10 Texas A&M on Wednesday.
After a 13-0 begin, Oklahoma (13-3, 0-3 SEC) finds itself in want of a win to maintain tempo within the SEC. That subsequent alternative comes on Wednesday when the Sooners host Texas within the first SEC assembly between the 2 groups.
The highway solely will get more durable for Georgia (14-2, 2-1 SEC) because it heads into back-to-back video games towards the present high two groups within the nation. The Bulldogs journey to Knoxville to face No. 1 Tennessee on Wednesday earlier than returning residence to host No. 2 Auburn subsequent Saturday.
If Georgia retains successful the rebounding benefit, which it did towards Kentucky and Oklahoma, it’ll be troublesome to decelerate the remainder of the way in which.
