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UGA Football: Georgia Cruises to 49-14 Victory Over Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. –  With a second-half offensive surge, the ninth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (7-2, 7-2 SEC) pulled away from the 25th-ranked Missouri Tigers (5-4, 5-4 SEC), 49-14, Saturday afternoon in front of 10,830 fans at Faurot Field and an SEC Network television audience.

Redshirt sophomore quarterback JT Daniels finished 16-for-27 passing for 299 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore wide receiver George Pickens hauled in five receptions for 126 yards and two touchdowns, while redshirt sophomore tailback Zamir White also tallied 126 yards rushing on 12 carries with a touchdown. Freshman tailback Daijun Edwards also amassed a career-high 103 yards rushing and a touchdown. For the afternoon, the Bulldogs posted 615 yards on offense, the most for the team since 656 last season against Arkansas State.

After scoring 91 points in its last two outings, the Missouri offense was held to just 200 total yards by the Georgia defense, with sophomore safety Lewis Cine leading in tackles for the second-consecutive game with four stops.

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UGA Football: Georgia Football Postgame Notes Vs. Missouri

Daniels Directs Offense To Season High 49 Points: In a little more than three quarters of action, redshirt sophomore QB JT Daniels finished 16-for-27 for 299 yards and 3 TDs in a 49-14 victory. Georgia finished with 615 yards of total offense (299-passing, 316 rushing), the most since going for 656 against Arkansas State last year. This is the second straight game with 40+ points by the offense after a 45-16 road win over South Carolina.

In the first half, Daniels went 10-for-17 for 167 yards with 2 TDs as the Bulldogs carried a 21-14 halftime advantage. He directed touchdown drives on the first two possessions and then with the game tied at 14, he led a 75-yard TD drive in 43 seconds in the final minute of the first half. Also of note today, on a 3rd-and-8, he completed a 37-yard touchdown pass to James Cook for the second score of the contest.

On 3rd downs this year, Daniels improved to 16-for-19 for 270 yards and six TDs. Today, he finished 5-for-7 for 120 yards with all five resulting in a first down and two scores. In the second half on a 3rd-and-10 at MU 31, Daniels connected with Pickens for a TD to close out a 75-yard drive and a 28-14 edge. In the 3rdquarter alone, Georgia outscored the Tigers 21-0 with 284 yards of offense to MU’s 48. With 12:36 left in the contest and owning a 49-14 lead, Stetson Bennett came in at QB.

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UGA Men’s Basketball: Georgia Tops Samford, 79-75, in Thriller

75
Samford 2-2,0-0 SoCon
79
 Georgia 5-0,0-0 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Samford 35 40 75
Georgia 31 48 79

ATHENS, Ga – Despite trailing for nearly the entire game, the University of Georgia men’s basketball team outlasted the Samford Bulldogs, 79-75, Saturday evening in front of 1,638 fans at Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs (5-0) only led for 46 seconds Saturday, but a strong second half led by sophomore Sahvir Wheeler and junior Tye Fagan helped hold off a game Samford squad (2-2).

Graduate Justin Kier led Georgia with a season-high 18 points on 6-for-12 shooting, including 4-for-9 from beyond the arc. Wheeler and Fagan each pitched in 15 points, with Wheeler also leading the Bulldogs with six assists and Fagan tying for the team lead with seven rebounds. Graduates Andrew Garcia and P.J. Horne also tallied double-digit scoring performances with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Georgia only shot 43 percent from the field for the game, but improved to 50 percent in the second half and outrebounded Samford, 46-38, for the game.

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