ATHENS — A venture to Georgia proved to be anything but pleasant for the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team Wednesday night.
It was a Southeastern Conference game of firsts for both the Volunteers and the Bulldogs.
The 80-63 victory was the first conference win for Georgia, and for Tennessee it was the first round loss to a league foe.
Georgia (11-5 overall, 1-2 in the SEC) got off to a fast start and darted out to a 47-28 lead by halftime and the Big Orange (10-6, 2-2 SEC) never really recovered from the early punch thrown by the Bulldogs.
Jordan Bowden led the Vols with 12 points while Josiah-Jordan James added 11.
Yves Pons scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds.
📊 FINAL NUMBERS 📊
BOWDEN – 12p / 3r
JAMES – 11p / 4r / 3a
PONS – 8p / 8r / 2b
VESCOVI – 7p / 3r / 3a
FULKERSON – 6p / 4r
PLAVÅ IĆ – 5p / 3r
JOHNSON – 5p / 2r
NKAMHOUA – 4p / 3r
PEMBER – 3p
GAINES – 2p— Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) January 16, 2020
The Bulldogs had two players post double figures in the scoring column. Anthony Edwards had 26 points and Rayshaun Hammonds added 21.
Hammonds, a forward, had 21.