ATHENS, Ga. — Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 20 points, Blue Kane scored 18 and No. 21 Georgia jumped out to a double-digit lead before outscoring Arkansas in the second half to beat the No. 17 Razorbacks 90-76 on Saturday.
Arkansas trailed 55-36 less than four minutes into the second half, but went on a 20-3 run over about five minutes to cut Georgia’s lead to 62-61. Arkansas tied the game at 68 on a three-pointer from Darius Acuff Jr., who scored 20 points for the Razorbacks, with 6:43 left.
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Georgia (15-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) responded with a 12-2 run to take an 80-70 lead. In that game, Georgia held Arkansas (13-5, 3-2) scoreless for nearly four minutes.
Kane scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half. This is the 16th time in 18 games this season that he has scored in double figures.
Somto Cyril scored just six points but added a career-high seven blocks and five rebounds for Georgia. With Cyril, Georgia scored 29 points off 17 Arkansas turnovers.
Canon Catchings had 14 points and 5 assists.
Arkansas’ Billy Richmond III and Malique Ewin each scored 12 points.
Georgia’s rebounding woes continued, with the Bulldogs outrebounding 43-35, but Georgia’s defense held Arkansas to one of its lowest points of the season. Arkansas enters this game averaging 90.5 points, scoring less than 80 points for the fifth time in 18 games this season.
