Hartford is given a gift by facing a 12 seed in the 3rd round. However, UGA takes advantage of the Hawks defense, running up 72 pts in the 1st half! Hartford fights back behind Henriquez's 41 points and this is a tight one in the 2nd half. With 5:35 left, Hartford leads 103-101. Georgia's offense stumbles at this point and Hartford goes on an 11-3 run to take a double digit lead inside of 2 minutes. Too late for a UGA comeback and the Hawks join the Panthers in the Elite 8!
Code:
Hartford 118, Georgia 106
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Georgia (20-13, 10-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nikko Godwin C 32 4-9 3-3 5 10 0 1 11
David Bernard SF 29 8-10 0-1 2 6 2 4 17
Rex Beeman SF 36 7-11 6-8 0 3 4 1 21
Geoff Miskin SG 28 5-7 3-3 0 4 1 3 15
Dan Gulledge PG 25 3-10 1-3 2 5 13 5 8
Jon Johnson PF 30 8-17 5-8 2 7 1 1 21
Quentin Poe PG 9 1-2 2-2 0 0 1 0 4
Tony White C 6 2-2 2-3 0 2 0 0 6
David Baker SF 3 1-1 1-1 0 2 0 0 3
Rodger Willis SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 22 (N.Godwin 1, D.Bernard 4, R.Beeman 3,
G.Miskin 2, D.Gulledge 8, J.Johnson 2, Q.Poe 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (N.Godwin 1, D.Bernard 1, R.Beeman 1,
D.Gulledge 1, J.Johnson 3)
Steals: 7 (R.Beeman 2, G.Miskin 1, D.Gulledge 3,
T.White 1)
3P FGs: 5-13 (N.Godwin 0-1, D.Bernard 1-1, R.Beeman
1-4, G.Miskin 2-3, D.Gulledge 1-4)
Hartford (31-4, 15-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
George Brisson PF 19 4-4 0-0 1 4 1 3 8
Chris Disney PF 25 3-9 0-0 1 2 4 3 6
Russell Herbst SF 25 5-11 2-2 3 8 8 2 13
Alexis Henriquez SG 31 16-24 3-5 1 4 6 3 41
Cody Braxton PG 27 6-13 0-0 2 5 6 2 16
Emery Waldon PG 12 3-5 2-4 0 1 1 4 10
Wallace Nelson SF 18 3-11 0-0 2 3 6 1 7
Shawn Washer SF 8 3-3 0-0 1 2 2 1 6
Gregory McCaffrey C 22 2-5 0-0 2 8 4 3 4
Jeremy Yen C 14 3-4 1-1 2 3 1 3 7
Turnovers: 17 (G.Brisson 1, R.Herbst 2, A.Henriquez 2,
C.Braxton 3, E.Waldon 2, W.Nelson 4, S.Washer 1,
G.McCaffrey 1, J.Yen 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Disney 1)
Steals: 16 (G.Brisson 2, R.Herbst 1, A.Henriquez 7,
C.Braxton 4, E.Waldon 1, J.Yen 1)
3P FGs: 14-33 (R.Herbst 1-4, A.Henriquez 6-13,
C.Braxton 4-8, E.Waldon 2-3, W.Nelson 1-5)
Player of Game: SG Alexis Henriquez (HART)