Georgia beats Ole Miss for first SEC maintain of season 78-74

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Tye Fagan scored 19 aspects, Shavir Wheeler added 18 aspects and nine assists and Georgia held off Mississippi 78-74 on Saturday to salvage its first conference game of the season and snap a four-game dropping coast.

Ole Miss (6-6, 1-4 Southeastern Convention) led nearly your entire first half of with out reference to going 1 of 13 from the arc and had a one-level lead after Romello White’s basket in the opening seconds of the 2d half of. Nonetheless Fagan scored 13 aspects in a 24-8 hurry that left the Bulldogs (8-4, 1-4) forward 53-38 with 12 minutes remaining.

Devonte Shuler led a 9-0 hurry with seven aspects that bought the Rebels within a one with 1: 27 to head but Wheeler made four free throws over the next minute and one more by Justin Kier supplied the closing margin with 5 seconds left.

K.D. Johnson, taking half in in greatest his 2d game after given NCAA clearance, adopted his 21-level debut against Auburn with 14 aspects against the Rebels, including four 3-pointers on 5 makes an try. Toumani Camara added 13 aspects. The Bulldogs shot 75% in the 2d half of and 59% for the sport.

Shuler had four 3-pointers and scored 24 aspects with eight assists and Jarkel Joiner added a profession-high 22 aspects.

Ole Miss has misplaced three straight.

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