ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to help Georgia beat Auburn 57-49 on Wednesday night.
The Bulldogs (9-11, 3-4 Southeastern Conference) have won three of four.
Frankie Sullivan and Allen Payne each finished with 13 points for Auburn (8-12, 2-5). The Tigers, who have dropped five straight, matched their season-low in points and shot a season-worst 28.3 percent.
Caldwell-Pope, Georgia's leading scorer in 18 of 20 games this season, gave the Bulldogs a four-point lead with a putback at the 1:09 mark and followed with two free throws to make it 53-47 with 31 seconds left.
Georgia began the game ranked No. 325 in the nation in scoring, but Auburn was the team that struggled all night offensively.
Sullivan, the SEC's third-leading scorer, didn't produce a point until the 8:45 mark of the first half, but hit a 3 early in the second half that brought the Tigers within one, at 28-27.
Auburn went nearly 7 full minutes without a basket in the second half until Jordan Price's layup cut the lead to 34-33 with 10:53 remaining.
The Tigers, who visit No. 17 Missouri on Saturday, failed to score a field goal in the final 2:42.
In the last 1:14 of the first half, the teams combined for three turnovers and four fouls. The only points came on two free throws by Sullivan, who was fouled on a 3-point attempt by Kenny Gaines with less than 1 second remaining.
Georgia led 26-22 at halftime.
Neither team led by more than six points until Vincent Williams hit a pair of free throws to end the scoring in the final seconds.
Chris Denson added 12 points for Auburn.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Auburn (8-12) | 22 | 27 | 49 |
| Georgia (9-11) « | 26 | 31 | 57 |
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| Auburn Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Payne, F | 26 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| S. Johnson, F | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| R. Chubb, C | 30 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| F. Sullivan, G | 35 | 4-12 | 4-8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| C. Denson, G | 28 | 4-12 | 4-9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Price | 26 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Wallace | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Dixon-Tatum | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Johnson | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Granger | 6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| B. Greene Jr. | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-53 | 15-27 | 33 | 7 | 25 | 49 | |
| 28.3% | 55.6% | ||||||
| Georgia Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Williams, F | 28 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| J. Florveus, F | 22 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| B. Morris, F | 18 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| K. Caldwell-Pope, G | 31 | 7-11 | 4-4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| V. Williams, G | 12 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Mann | 28 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| S. Brantley | 22 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| N. Djurisic | 21 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| K. Gaines | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Dixon | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Cannon | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-43 | 15-26 | 38 | 11 | 21 | 57 | |
| 44.2% | 57.7% | ||||||
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