Over Georgia
December 03, 2008
Junior guard A.J. Slaughter scored 20 points as WKU (4-2) defeated the University of Georgia (5-2) 67-63 Tuesday night in
front of a crowd of 7,086 at E.A Diddle Arena.
Slaughter, who has established himself as the leader and go-to-guy on this year's squad, scored 16 of his 20 points in the first half. With his team trailing 22-14 Slaughter scored 10 points during a 16-3 run to put the Toppers back on top at 30-25. Georgia regained the lead however and led at the break 38-35.
The game remained tight and hard-fought throughout the second half but the Hilltoppers were able to ice the game down the stretch with key free throws.
Sophomore Sergio Kerusch scored 13 points while junior center Jeremy Evans chipped in with 10 to round out the double figure scorers for the Hilltoppers. Sophomore forward Steffphon Pettigrew led the team on the boards pulling down eight.
“Western Kentucky is playing fabulous basketball right now and we’re a very young team, five freshman and four sophomores, and this is clearly our first opportunity like this of this season to play in this type of atmosphere,” Georgia coach Dennis Felton said.
The Hilltoppers return to action this Saturday at 2:00 pm on the road at Tulane.
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