Tennessee guard Josh Richardson (1) holds the ball while defended by Georgia guard Kenny Gaines (12) during their game, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/Athens Banner-Herald, AJ Reynolds) ATHENS, Ga. — Josh Richardson marked a milestone he’ll want to remember with a performance he’ll want to forget.
On the afternoon he became just the 11th player to start 100 games in the history of the Tennessee men’s basketball program, the senior missed all but one of his 13 shots and scored a season-low two points.
“That’s not normal for him,” said teammate Armani Moore
The Volunteers still nearly managed to escape Stegeman Coliseum with a win Saturday, but Georgia rode some big 3-pointers by its smallest player, 5-foot-10 guard J.J. Frazier, to a 56-53 Southeastern Conference victory that sent Tennessee to a fourth loss in five games.
With 16 and 15 points, Moore and Robert Hubbs picked up the scoring slack for Richardson, who scored a career-high 30 in a home loss to Mississippi State just four nights earlier, and Tennessee (13-9, 5-5) forced 20 turnovers to counter its 36-percent shooting.