3 months ago
Ricky McPhee, a walk-on until this year,
scored a career-high 20 points to lead Georgia to a 79-58 win over North Carolina-Asheville on Tuesday night.
McPhee hit 8 of 9 field goals, including 4 of 5 3-pointers.
Travis Leslie added 17 points and Trey Thompkins scored 16 for
Georgia (2-2).
Albert Jackson came off the bench to score 10 for
the Bulldogs.
John Williams scored 14 for UNC-Asheville (0-4) and Sean Smith
added 12.
UNC-Asheville followed a season-long trend in falling behind
fast as Georgia bolted to a 16-2 lead less than 4 minutes into the game.
McPhee had five of his 13 first-half points during the spurt.
Thompkins got seven of his 13 first-half points in the final
4:35 of the half.
The game was a homecoming of sorts for UNC-Asheville coach Eddie Biedenbach, who was an assistant under Hugh Durham at Georgia during the 1980s.
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