Georgia Bulldogs UGA logoNASHVILLE – Apparently content to let their second-round SEC tournament game against LSU mirror their season, the Georgia Bulldogs waited until Thursday’s second half to compete.
They waited too long.
In a first-half effort reminiscent of their 1-4 start in conference play, Georgia trailed by 20 at halftime before a furious rally fell just short in a 68-63 defeat.
“Just came out not ready to play,” said UGA’s newly named SEC player of the year Kentavious Caldwell Pope, who scored 25 of his game-high 32 points in the final half but missed a 3-pointer that would have tied the game with 11 seconds to play.
“On the shoot-around we looked good. We just didn’t carry it on to the game.”