ATHENS (AP) — Yante Maten scored a game-high 19 points, J.J. Frazier added 18 points and Georgia never trailed to beat UNC-Asheville 60-46 Monday night.
Georgia's win marked the 250th coaching victory for Mark Fox, now in his eighth season. Fox is 127-104 at Georgia.
"We showed more poise, I thought we competed better, but we're at home," said Fox, who has won seven of eight home openers at Georgia. "We've got to be able to deal with adverse situations on the road and adverse environments. ... Tonight we played better basketball and that is progress, which is good."
Frazier tallied a 3-pointer at the 17:57 mark of the first half to record his 1,000th career point for Georgia (1-1). Frazier became the 47th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
"It's another win and another basket made," Frazier said. "I'm grateful to be healthy enough to play this long, but I've been here four years so it was about time I got to it."
UNCA (0-2) got double-digit scoring from Ahmad Thomas, who finished with 13 points, and Macio Teague, who added 11 points.
Georgia shot 40 percent from the field (22 of 55) while UNCA managed 34 percent (20 of 59). UNCA also lagged behind on the boards as Georgia held a 45-29 edge on the glass, including 34 defensive rebounds.
"Usually it's about boxing out and going to get it, pretty much," said Maten, who led Georgia with nine rebounds.
UNCA collected 17 bench points to Georgia's six. The only other areas where UNCA was able to keep up with Georgia were in the lane, where it posted 22 points in the paint compared to Georgia's 24, and in the turnover department, where UNCA recorded 11 to Georgia's 17 and posted 13 points off its opponent's miscues.
"I was really happy with the way we took care of the basketball, certainly when looking at the turnover margin," UNCA coach Nick McDevitt said. "I was really happy with our ability to take care of the ball and how hard we were playing. We just couldn't get anything to fall. Some of them were ill-advised shots, but for the most part, I thought we were taking open looks by guys that can shoot the basketball."
Georgia cleared its bench by game's end, with seven of 14 players reaching the scoring column, including freshman Jordan Harris, whose first collegiate shot attempt was a 3-pointer in the second half.
BIG PICTURE
Georgia: After falling in their season opener Friday night at Clemson, Georgia bounces back with a decisive victory over UNCA
UNCA: The Bulldogs are still looking for their first win of the season after losing back to back games.
AUGUST COMPANY
Frazier is the 47th Georgia player to hit 1,000 points and is the sixth player under Mark Fox to reach the mark, joining Charles Mann (1,411 points), Trey Thompkins (1,396), Kenny Gaines (1,324), Nemi Djurisic (1,123), Travis Leslie (1,099) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (1,013).
QUOTABLE
"We have to see how it evolves. Some guys may be ready to take a step forward and some guys may not. But it's nice to have some depth and we're going to need some options." Georgia coach Mark Fox on employing all 14 of his players Monday.
UP NEXT
Georgia: The Bulldogs will remain at home and will seek to improve to 2-1 on Thursday when they host Furman at 7 p.m. Georgia leads the all-time series 22-4 and is 13-1 against the Paladins in Stegeman Coliseum.
UNCA: The Bulldogs will try to keep from starting the season at 0-3 when it travels to Spartanburg, SC, on Thursday to square off against USC Upstate.
