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| JUNIUS CHANEY 6-8/260 FORWARD, JUNIOR DANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Hometown: DANVILLE, VIRGINIA Average: 13.3 ppg., 7.5 rpg. |
SAVANNAH, Georgia (Dec. 31, 2011) - Shaw hit critical buckets at the wire and held on to a close win against Georgia College 67-63 at the Wingate By Wyndham Holiday Classic hosted by Armstrong Atlantic. Both teams were 7-2 coming into the contest. Shaw now improves to 8-2 on the season while Georgia drops to 7-3.
With 2:52 left in the game, Georgia's Bobcats finally overcame a late Shaw lead to tie the score, but Shaw outscored Georgia 6-2, staving off numerous Bobcat attempts to tie the game.
Shaw won the game in the paint on the offensive side of the court. Despite being outrebounded 28-23, the Bears were able to power inside for 40 points in the paint. On the defensive side, they held the Bobcats to only 24 inside points.
The Bears also won the battle at the free throw line. Both teams shot well, but the Bears sank ten of their 11 attempts, while the Bobcats hit only eight of their 11 shots.
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| CURTIS HINES 6-4/215 GUARD, SOPHOMORE LENOIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE Hometown: KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA Average: 18.7 ppg., 3.0 rpg., 1.0 Asst. |
With 13:26 left in the first, Georgia's Jared Holmes sank a three from the left wing to cut the Shaw lead to two, but even after a Shaw turnover, the Bobcats could not convert on the opportunity to tie the game.
The Bobcats would eventually cut the Shaw lead to one, but Curtis Hines hit two unanswered threes, giving the Bears their largest lead of the half at 23-16. Over the next three minutes, Georgia outscored the Bears 8-2, cutting the Shaw lead to one, but strong Bear defense kept the Bobcats from taking the lead.
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