ATHENS — Dwayne Davis’ breakaway layup with 31 seconds remaining in overtime off teammate Michael Craig’s steal gave Southern Miss a 62-60 victory over Georgia Thursday night.
Jerrold Brooks led the Golden Eagles (2-0) with 17 points, and Davis added 14. Southern Miss won its season opener in overtime as well, beating Western Kentucky 67-64.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Georgia (1-2) with 17 points, and Nemanja Djurisic added 12.
Georgia scored the first basket of the game on Vincent Williams’ 3-pointer, but the Golden Eagles scored the next 15 points, capped by Neil Watson’s breakaway layup. Southern Miss held the lead until the last 82 seconds.
With just over two minutes remaining in regulation, Georgia trailed 55-50 when the shot-clock buzzer sounded erroneously, stopping play. On the inbounds play, Djurisic hit his second 3-pointer. At 1:49, he tied the game 55-55 with a short jumper. Those were the last points of regulation.
SOUTHERN MISS. (2-0)
Davis 5-12 3-4 14, McGill 2-3 0-0 4, Brooks 6-13 0-0 17, Mills 1-5 2-2 4, Craig 4-7 0-0 8, Watson 2-3 0-0 5, Boardingham 2-2 0-0 4, Edwin 1-2 0-0 2, Carey 2-2 0-2 4. Totals 25-49 5-8 62.
GEORGIA (1-2)
Caldwell-Pope 5-21 4-5 17, Thornton 1-3 0-1 2, V. Williams 3-6 1-2 9, Florveus 0-0 0-0 0, Djurisic 4-8 2-3 12, Mann 0-2 4-6 4, Dixon 0-0 0-0 0, Gaines 0-0 0-0 0, D. Williams 2-2 0-4 4, Brantley 2-5 0-0 6, Morris 1-2 0-0 2, Cannon 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 20-52 11-21 60.
Halftime—Southern Miss. 31-27. End Of Regulation—Tied 55. 3-Point Goals—Southern Miss. 7-18 (Brooks 5-10, Watson 1-2, Davis 1-3, McGill 0-1, Craig 0-1, Edwin 0-1), Georgia 9-30 (Caldwell-Pope 3-14, Djurisic 2-4, V. Williams 2-5, Brantley 2-5, Thornton 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Southern Miss. 36 (Davis 12), Georgia 27 (Thornton 7). Assists—Southern Miss. 12 (Craig, Davis 4), Georgia 17 (Caldwell-Pope 5). Total Fouls—Southern Miss. 20, Georgia 13. A—4,521.
ALABAMA 65,
OREGON STATE 62
NEW YORK — Alabama appeared to be in control of the game. The Crimson Tide was hitting 3-pointers and forcing turnovers while building a 15-point lead over Oregon State.
Things changed in a hurry as the cushion started to disappear and the Beavers suddenly started taking care of the ball.
Even though Oregon State was able to tie the game with 43 seconds left, Alabama had one last big play left and it turned into a victory night in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project.
Rodney Cooper hit a 3-pointer from right in front of the Alabama bench with 12.2 seconds left to give the Crimson Tide (3-0) the win.
MURRAY STATE 79,
AUBURN 59
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Isaiah Canaan scored 26 points, Stacy Wilson added 18 and Murray State ran past Auburn at the Charleston Classic on Thursday night.
The Racers (2-0) will play another high-speed opponent, St. John’s, today for a spot in the eight-team tournament’s championship game Sunday. Auburn (1-1) will go against the host school, College of Charleston, in the consolation round.
The Tigers will need lots of consoling after this one. Murray State opened a 27-10 lead over the first 11 minutes and the margin only got wider the rest of the way.
TEXAS A&M 81,
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 59
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Five Texas A&M players scored in double digits as the Aggies defeated Prairie View A&M.
Fabyon Harris scored a game-high 18 points, including making 4 of 6 3-pointers, and he was followed by Ray Turner (17), J’Mychal Reese (15) and Elston Turner and Jordan Green (10 each). Ray Turner led A&M (3-0) with nine rebounds, but the Panthers (2-2) had a 41-34 advantage on the glass.
TENNESSEE 75,
UNC ASHEVILLE 68
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico — Jarnell Stokes and Kenny Hall led five Tennessee players in double figures as the Volunteers beat UNC Asheville in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Tipoff.
Jeremy Atkinson led UNC Asheville (1-2), and all scorers, with 18 points.
Keith Hornsby’s 3-pointer with under a minute left made it 72-65, but UNC Asheville couldn’t get any closer.