National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Georgia 79, Bryant 54
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 10, 2017
Where: Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
Officials: # Bart Lenox, # Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, # Owen Scott
Attendance: 7387

Yante Maten scored 21 points and freshman Rayshaun Hammonds had a big performance in his debut as Georgia pummeled Bryant 79-54 on Friday night at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga.

Hammonds became the first true freshman to start the season opener for Georgia since Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in 2011. Hammonds hit 7 of 9 shots from the field and finished with 17 points.

Sophomore guard Adam Grant scored 24 points to lead Bryant, which got off to a dreadful start and never recovered. Ryan Layman added 13 points off the bench for the visiting Bulldogs from the Northeast Conference.

Georgia used an 11-0 run, capped by a jump hook from Maten, to take command early in the first half.

Will Jackson and Tyree Crump combined to hit five 3-pointers and score 17 points in the first half. Bryant shot 17.6 percent from the floor and had 17 points in the first half.

Georgia led 40-17 at halftime.

Jackson finished with 11 points and Crump had eight off the bench for coach Mark Fox's Bulldogs, who were picked to finish eighth in the SEC by the media.

Maten grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked four shots. The senior was tabbed as the co-preseason player of the year in the SEC along with Missouri's Michael Porter Jr. and Texas A&M's Robert Williams.

Bryant was picked to finish eighth in the 10-team Northeast Conference by league coaches.
Top Game Performances
 
Bryant   Georgia
Adam Grant 24 Scoring Yante Maten 21
Taylor McHugh 3 Assists E'Torrion Wilridge 3
Ryan Layman 7 Rebounds Yante Maten 12
Adam Grant 5 Free Throws Made Yante Maten 6
Ikenna Ndugba 2 Steals Derek Ogbeide 2
Ryan Layman 1 Blocks Yante Maten 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Bryant 54 25.8 8-31 12-20 7 33 2 5 14
Georgia 79 43.3 8-20 19-32 14 58 10 8 17