Yante Maten scored 19 points and Georgia held off No. 18 Tennessee for a 73-62 victory Saturday night that denied the Volunteers an opportunity to pull within a game of the SEC lead. “We went out there and competed tonight, but when it mattered, we weren’t there.”Lamonte Turner led Tennessee with 14 points. Georgia briefly led by double figures at 38-28 before a 3-pointer by Schofield started the Vols’ comeback. A tip-in by Kyle Alexander cut the Georgia lead to 51-49, but the Vols couldn’t take advantage of repeated opportunities to pull even.

Source: National Post February 18, 2018 01:18 UTC