ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Georgia overcame a rare low-scoring game from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and beat cold-shooting Texas A&M 52-46 on Saturday, giving the Bulldogs five straight Southeastern Conference wins for the first time in 12 years.
Caldwell-Pope, second in the SEC with his average of 17.8 points per game, had only 10 points - all on free throws. He preserved his streak of scoring in double figures in every game when he sank two free throws with 17 seconds remaining to help hold off a late comeback attempt by the Aggies.
Nemanja Djurisic led Georgia (12-11, 6-4) with 13 points. The Bulldogs have won five straight SEC games for the first time since winning six straight in 2001.
Fabyon Harris led Texas A&M (14-9, 4-6) with 17 points. Elston Turner had 13 points despite making only 2 of 14 shots from the field.
The Aggies, who lost 59-52 at home to Georgia on Jan. 26, were swept in the season series.
Georgia won despite making only 12 shots from the field. Led by Caldwell-Pope's perfect 10-for-10 shooting, the Bulldogs made 25 of 32 free throws.
Texas A&M made only 4 of 22 shots (18.2 percent) in the half and trailed 25-16 at halftime. The Aggies shot only 24 percent from the field (12 of 50) for the game, easily its lowest mark of the season.
Caldwell-Pope, who had a least a share of Georgia's scoring lead in 20 of 22 games before Saturday, missed his only three shots from the field as the Bulldogs struggled against Texas A&M's tight defense.
A 3-pointer by Djurisic early in the second half - the first 3 of the game for either team - gave Georgia a 28-18 lead. Caldwell-Pope made two free throws to stretch the lead to 12 points.
Harris sank three 3-pointers in a 14-5 run for Texas A&M to cut the lead to 35-32. Georgia recovered with eight unanswered points, including 3-pointers by Vincent Williams and Sherrard Brantley, for a 43-32 lead.
Texas A&M cut the lead to four points at 50-46 before Caldwell-Pope's final free throws.
The Aggies, coming off a 70-68 win over No. 21 Missouri, were 0 for 7 from the field against Georgia before Elston Turner's baseline jumper with 12:10 remaining in the first half.
Georgia's Donte Williams fouled out with 4:35 remaining, less than a minute after the Aggies' Harris left the game with four fouls.
Kourtney Roberson had 12 rebounds for Texas A&M.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M (14-9) | 16 | 30 | 46 |
| Georgia (12-11) « | 25 | 27 | 52 |
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| Texas A&M Aggies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Roberson, F | 33 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| R. Turner, F | 13 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| E. Turner, G | 35 | 2-14 | 9-11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| A. Caruso, G | 34 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| F. Harris, G | 34 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Reese | 23 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Jahns | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| A. Young | 14 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | 12-50 | 19-26 | 33 | 3 | 25 | 46 | |
| 24% | 73.1% | ||||||
| Georgia Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Morris, F | 22 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Williams, F | 13 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| J. Florveus, C | 25 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Caldwell-Pope, G | 33 | 0-3 | 10-10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| V. Williams, G | 16 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Djurisic | 30 | 4-9 | 4-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| C. Mann | 24 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| S. Brantley | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Gaines | 10 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Dixon | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Cannon | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 12-37 | 25-32 | 37 | 8 | 22 | 52 | |
| 32.4% | 78.1% | ||||||
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