NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A.J. Ogilvy scored 18 points and Vanderbilt beat Georgia 50-40 on Wednesday night in the lowest scoring game for both teams this season.
The preseason All-Southeastern Conference player had missed two of the past three games for Vanderbilt with a bone bruise in his right heal, including the Commodores' SEC opener last weekend in Kentucky. But Ogilvy started, played 29 minutes and helped Vanderbilt (12-4, 1-1) win for the seventh time in eight games as the Commodores opened league play at home.
Georgia (9-8, 0-2) lost its fourth straight overall. The Bulldogs had leads in each of the previous three games, blowing big leads in the second half of two of those including last weekend's loss to Tennessee. This time, they led only briefly in the opening minutes.
Terrance Woodbury scored 10 points for the Bulldogs.
Vanderbilt now has won four straight in this series.
The Commodores came in tied for first nationally in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 36.1 shooting. Georgia did even worse, hitting just 33.3 percent (18 of 54).
Georgia scored the first six points and led 12-4 before Ogilvy started a 6-0 spurt, and Darshawn McClellan's jumper put Vanderbilt ahead to stay at 14-12 with 7:31 left in the first half. Georgia then missed seven straight shots and hit only three of its final 15.
Vanderbilt started cold, hitting just three of their first 13 shots and missing all eight attempts from 3-point range in the half for the first time since going 0 of 9 at Tennessee last season. The Commodores still led 26-18 at halftime.
The Bulldogs pulled within four twice within the final 6 minutes, the last on a bucket by Albert Jackson with 3:04 left at 44-40. Brad Tinsley hit two free throws, and Ogilvy drove the lane for a layup to push the lead back to 48-40.
Ogilvy added another bucket with 91 seconds to go as the Commodores dribbled out the clock in the final seconds.
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October 27th, 2024
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