Live Updates: Wake Forest Basketball vs Georgia

Final: Wake Forest wins 81-71

Second Half, Under 4 (2:07): Wake Forest leads 71-61

With that foul, that's likely going to do it from the Joel
Georgia hits a three, immediately fouls; Wake just needs to hit their FTs down the stretch
Georgia starts to foul; Appleby 2-2 from line
Appleby immediately draws the offensive foul
Offensive foul on the inbound; ball goes back to Georgia. Deacons only lead by 9 with under 2 to go
Bradford fills in for the fouled-out Klintman

Second Half, Under 8 (7:41): Wake Forest leads 63-46

Georgia has gone on a 14-2 run over the past 4 minutes...and Bobi Klintman fouled out leading into the break
Another Wake miss and Georgia will come back with the back end of an and-one after the break; that big lead is suddenly just 10 points
Good look from Taylor to find Klintman back door, Wake desperately needed that bucket
The Joel did not like that foul call; Georgia on an eight-point run, would be more if they could hit free throws
And-one opportunity given away by Klintman; UGA can't convert
Big ovation for Appleby as he goes to bench
Appleby with an unbelievable move for the layup
Nifty under-the-hoop finish from Bradford; Deacs offense is humming
Alley-oop from Appleby to Bradford, great vision

Second Half, Under 12 (11:36): Wake Forest leads 54-40

Huge defensive stop, Wake gets a three and then another stop; Forbes was halfway on the court with a fist pump of excitement
Not sure what happened on the carry call, Bradford runs into Williamson, but based on Forbes' reaction perhaps the wrong call
Wake Forest starting to let up in the paint defensively
Good patience and knack to get to the inside from Appleby, beautiful play
Daivien Williamson with a crazy drive and finish as the shot clock expires

Second Half, Under 16 (15:51): Wake Forest leads 48-25

Bradford 0-2 from line, but Hildreth gets the rebound and hits a three
Good look inside from Hildreth to Bradford, draws foul
Loose ball, Georgia 3, Steve Forbes timeout; Wake Forest's once 23-point lead is down to 11
Another missed shot for Monsanto, who then can't get fully extended to defend a three-pointer; likely Forbes pulls him at next whistle
Wide-open Appleby three right out of the timeout, Deacs needed that one
Seven-straight points for the Bulldogs and Steve Forbes calls a timeout
Open three-pointer right out of the break for UGA

Second Half, First 4 (20:00): Wake Forest leads 41-22

Another unbelievable pass from Appleby to find Williamson on opposite key for a 3
Crazy good ball movement from Appleby to find Bradford in paint for layup
Missed three from Carr and UGA comes back and hits one of their own

Halftime: Wake Forest leads 41-22

First Half, Under 4 (3:29): Wake Forest leads 34-19

Final possession of the half had the Joel all on their feet and loud; UGA gets the foul with under a second left, much to the chagrin of the fans and Steve Forbes
Stuff by Bobi on the other end and Hildreth with the nifty finish
Great job by Carr finding Klintman on back-door cut for easy layup
Wide open Carr for three from the top of the key
Something went wrong on that defensive rebound for Wake, Bulldog wide open under hoop for O-reb and put back. Forbes calls timeout immediately

First Half, Under 8 (7:52): Wake Forest leads 26-14

But then Appleby comes right down and hits a 3 of his own
Tough 5-point swing: Keller misses easy layup, UGA comes down and hits three-pointer
Another good defensive stop for the Deacs, worked UGA all the way down on clock and forced a bad shot; quick on counter and draws a foul
With that Appleby layup, UGA head coach Mike White calls a timeout. The Joel gets to their feet and shows their appreciation. Deacs up by 14
Put-back dunk by Bradford
With that sixth team foul for UGA, Wake Forest is now in the single bonus and will go to the line on the next foul

First Half, Under 12 (11:40): Wake Forest leads 16-9

First Half, Under 16 (15:24): Wake Forest leads 9-8

Deacs are really pressing on defense, almost force a turnover and then get a shot-clock violation. Crowd voices their approval and bench erupts
Deacs force another turnover and go quick, another acrobatic layup for Williamson
Quick 5 team fouls for UGA with over 13 left in the half
Cool, quick three by Williamson on the kick; looked very comfortable shooting that ball. Gives Deacs their biggest lead of the game
Second turnover for Keller
Williamson converts the and-one out of the break

First Half, First 4 (20:00): 0-0

Spinorama and-one opportunity for Williamson; loudest the Joel has gotten all night. Will go to the line to convert after the break
Keller checks in and immediately turns the ball over
Second time Bradford has gotten backed down in paint
Lot of fight shown by Carr, who was worked to the floor by two Bulldogs defenders; gets the ball out to Williamson who is fouled (2-2)
Georgia doing a good job of backing Wake down in the paint
Bad foul by Georgia on an Appleby three-pointer, he'll go to the line for extras; converts 2-3
Big stop down low by Appleby, then Carr gets the and-one opportunity on the post backdown; converts the and-one

Pregame:

Wake Forest G Jao Ituka will once again not play in tonight's matchup due to an injury
Wake Forest G Robert McCray is also not dressed for tonight's game