FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — B.J. Young did it again for Arkansas.
Young hit a spinning layup in the lane with 6 seconds remaining to give the Razorbacks a 62-60 win over Georgia on Thursday night.
The win is the third straight for the Razorbacks, their longest winning streak in Southeastern Conference play in three seasons.
Arkansas (17-9, 8-5) led by as many as 11 points in the second half before the Bulldogs (12-14, 6-7) rallied to take a 56-53 lead with 2:33 remaining. Young, however, hit his second game-winning shot in as many games to improve the Razorbacks to 16-1 at home.
Anthlon Bell led Arkansas with 17 points, while Marshawn Powell added 11.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored all 15 of his points in the second half to lead Georgia, which has now lost three straight after a five-game winning streak.
The Bulldogs trailed throughout, eventually rallying to take a 56-53 lead with 2:33 remaining after a 3-pointer by Caldwell-Pope.
Powell, who was saddled with foul trouble for much of the game and played only 15 minutes, answered with a 3-pointer on the other end for Arkansas.
Powell then put the Razorbacks up 60-58 with less than a minute remaining, but Caldwell-Pope had an answer of his own to tie the game.
Following a timeout, Young — who scored on back-to-back three-point plays in the closing minute to beat Missouri last week — drove into the lane and connected on the game-winning shot.
Arkansas is now three games over .500 in the SEC for the first time since the 2007-08 season — the last time the school reached the NCAA tournament.
The Razorbacks led 28-18 after a foul-plagued first half during which four players went to the bench with two fouls, including Powell.
The junior, who scored 24 points in a win over Missouri in the Razorbacks’ last game, quickly picked up his third and fourth fouls early in the second half and spent much of the rest of the game on the bench.
Bell made sure Arkansas was able to hold off Georgia without its second-leading scorer, connecting on his fourth and fifth 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to push the lead to 39-28.
The Bulldogs were far from finished, however, reeling off a 15-4 run — including an 11-0 stretch — to tie the game at 43 after a basket inside by Nemanja Djurisic.
Sherrard Brantley also finished in double figures with 10 points for Georgia
GEORGIA (12-14)
D. Williams 3-5 0-1 6, Morris 0-2 4-4 4, Florveus 0-2 2-2 2, Caldwell-Pope 4-8 5-6 15, V. Williams 1-6 2-2 5, Mann 1-5 3-4 5, Dixon 2-2 2-2 6, Gaines 0-2 0-2 0, Brantley 3-5 2-2 10, Cannon 0-0 0-0 0, Djurisic 3-9 0-2 7. Totals 17-46 20-27 60.
ARKANSAS (17-9)
Clarke 3-4 2-3 8, Powell 4-9 2-3 11, Wade 0-4 2-2 2, Scott 2-3 1-2 7, Young 4-10 0-0 8, Madden 0-1 0-0 0, Bell 6-10 0-0 17, Gulley 0-0 0-0 0, Haydar 1-3 1-2 4, Mickelson 0-4 0-0 0, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Qualls 2-8 0-0 5. Totals 22-57 8-12 62.
Halftime—Arkansas 28-18. 3-Point Goals—Georgia 6-14 (Brantley 2-3, Caldwell-Pope 2-5, Djurisic 1-2, V. Williams 1-3, Gaines 0-1), Arkansas 10-26 (Bell 5-8, Scott 2-3, Haydar 1-2, Powell 1-3, Qualls 1-3, Madden 0-1, Clarke 0-1, Young 0-2, Wade 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Georgia 37 (D. Williams 7), Arkansas 33 (Wade 6). Assists—Georgia 12 (V. Williams 5), Arkansas 14 (Haydar 3). Total Fouls—Georgia 16, Arkansas 23. A—13,443.