UGA Remains Undefeated at Home with a Win over High Point

Athens, GA – Tonight, The Dawgs win their game against the High Point Panthers. Their third consecutive home game brings the Dawgs to 7-3 on the season and 6-0

Athens, GA – Tonight, The Dawgs win their game against the High Point Panthers. Their third consecutive home game brings the Dawgs to 7-3 on the season and 6-0 at home while the Panthers drop to 8-4 on the season.

High Point came out strong with a 3-pointer made by Trae Benham and assisted by Duke Miles in the opening minute and led the entire first period except for a brief 2:30-minute lead held by UGA within the first 5 minutes of the period. High Point went on a strong 10-2 run starting with 12:34 left, ending at 8:34 left and put HPU up 20-10. UGA was able to respond in kind with a 10-2 run that started with 8:12 left and ended with 5:18 and brought the score to 22-19 HPU. From there the rest of the first period was marked by brief scoring drives from each team and ended with the Panthers up on the Dawgs 33 to 30.

Big standouts of the first period were High Point’s junior guard Trae Benham who had 15 points (6 for 6 on free throws), 2 rebounds, and 2 assists as well as 7 foot tall freshman Juslin Bodo Bodo who had 7 rebounds. For UGA, senior guard Noah Thomasson had 11 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists.

HPU came out of the half strong scoring within the first minute and was able to get their lead to as high as eight points with 14:54 left in the period. However, UGA was able to take their first lead of the period (45-43) with 11:02 left and by a three-pointer from RJ Melendez. From here, the game was back and forth until UGA went on a 9-3 run starting with 8:18 left, ending with 3:15 left, and bringing the score to 59-50 UGA. Despite an eight-point surge in the last three minutes, HPU fell short against the Dawgs with the game ending in a 66-58 win for the Dawgs.

High Point took significantly more shots than UGA throughout the entire game, with 73 field goal attempts to UGA’s 52 and 36 3-point attempts to UGA’s 12. Despite HPU taking more shots, UGA was far more accurate (UGA went 44.2% on field goals while HPU went 23.3%) and was able to hold High Point to a season-low of 58 points (HPU’s previous season low was 72 points against Queens).

With the win tonight, the Dawgs get over the hill of their home-game hosting stretch and maintain their overall home-game win streak. Even though they suffered a loss, the Panthers were able to keep within 9 points of the Dawgs at all teams and were even able to lead by 10 in the first period. With UGA being their only Power 5 opponent, this should provide good fuel for High Point and the Rest of their season.

The Dawgs' next game is at home against Mount St. Mary’s on Wednesday, December 20th at 7 PM EST.