Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs at Georgia Bulldogs
· NCAA Men's Basketball
49 - 58
Georgia defeats Gardner-Webb 58-49
Parker led with a game-high nine rebounds and Thornton finished with seven as the Bulldogs went over the .500 mark for the first time since their season opener.
Gardner-Webb's Naji Hibbert led the Runnin' Bulldogs (6-7) with 14 points and Tyler Strange scored 10 points. Donte' Williams added nine points for Georgia.
Georgia (5-4) held a pair of 10-point leads early in the second half but Gardner-Webb stayed within reach, even moving to within one point (38-37) with 6:32 left to play.
But the Bulldogs went on an 18-11 run in the final five minutes to hold off Gardner-Webb, which lost 85-66 on Monday to No. 8 Duke. Georgia has now won four straight after a four-game losing streak.
Georgia experienced a point drought of 5:35 in the first half, but scored the final eight points before the break as Nemanja Djurisic nailed a 3-pointer at the 2:25 mark and then connected on a layup with 1:51 remaining. Charles Mann closed out the scoring with 40 seconds left on a stickback to put the Bulldogs up 21-12.
Thursday's game was played in the late morning to accommodate some 5,000 Athens-Clarke County school children, faculty and staff.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 49 - 58 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Tyler Strange Turnover. | 49 - 58 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Brandon Morris made Free Throw. | 49 - 58 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Brandon Morris made Free Throw. | 49 - 57 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Foul on Isaiah Ivey. | 49 - 56 |
Statistics
 GWEB |
 UGA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 17-54 | FG | 18-47 |
| 31 | Field Goal % | 38 |
| 5-19 | 3PT | 3-10 |
| 26 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 10-18 | FT | 19-25 |
| 56 | Free Throw % | 76 |
| 27 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Defensive Rebounds | 32 |
| 11 | Assists | 9 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 19 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Off Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 16 | Points in Paint | 30 |
| 23 | Fouls | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Athens, GA
Attendance: 8,719 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big South Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16-2 | - | 27-8 |
| Arkansas | 13-5 | 3 | 28-9 |
| Alabama | 13-5 | 3 | 25-10 |
| Vanderbilt | 11-7 | 5 | 27-9 |
| Tennessee | 11-7 | 5 | 25-12 |
| Texas A&M | 11-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
| Georgia | 10-8 | 6 | 22-11 |
| Kentucky | 10-8 | 6 | 22-14 |
| Missouri | 10-8 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 7 | 21-15 |
| Auburn | 7-11 | 9 | 22-16 |
| Oklahoma | 7-11 | 9 | 21-16 |
| Mississippi State | 5-13 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Ole Miss | 4-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
| South Carolina | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
| LSU | 3-15 | 13 | 15-17 |