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  Friday, Nov. 24 4:30pm ET
Bulldogs face Stanford in final
 
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BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) -- D.A. Layne scored 21 points and Georgia overcame a nine-point deficit to earn a 65-60 victory over Utah (No. 14 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) on Friday in the semifinals of the Puerto Rico Shootout.

"Our defense was good in this game and in the first game," Bulldogs coach Jim Harrick said. "Sure they're a bigger team, but we outrebounded them because we're quicker jumpers. In the last 12 minutes, we locked them up."

Shon Coleman added 20 points and seven rebounds for Georgia (2-2), which will face No. 5 Stanford on Saturday in the championship game. The Cardinals beat Memphis 83-60.

Nate Althoff and Chris Burgess each scored 12 points for Utah (2-1)

Utah led 45-36 with 12:13 remaining, but Georgia used a 12-2 run to take a 48-47 lead with 8:43 left. Coleman scored five straight points during the run.

Utah fought back to tie it three times before Georgia scored five straight points to take a 57-52 lead on Coleman's free throw with 3:42 left.

Althoff completed a three-point play to cut the lead to two with 3:22 showing, but Georgia pulled away as Coleman scored and drew two fouls.

"We need to work on who's handling the ball and who's taking the shots," Utah assistant coach Dick Hunsaker said.

"It was a tough game. I feel bad for the players. They played hard and our defense tried to take them out of their offense, but they got a lot of second shots. They knocked us off our screens. They're a very physical team."

 


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