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Asa Newell scores 26 points to tie Georgia's program record for a freshman in his debut

AP
Nov 04, 2024

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Asa Newell scored 26 points to tie Dominique Wilkins' record for a Georgia Bulldogs freshman in his debut and the Bulldogs held off Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 83-78 on Monday night.

Newell made Georgia's first field goal - and its last. Tennessee Tech had a chance to cut its deficit to one possession with 2:50 remaining, but Newell had a chase-down block to prevent a layup and then scored on an offensive rebound at the other end to make it 78-71.

The six-foot-11 Newell was 13 of 22 from the field and also grabbed 11 rebounds.

Neither team led by double figures.

Georgia went 1 of 2 at the line for the second time in the final minute, but the Golden Eagles could not capitalize as Mekhi Cameron's long 3-pointer was off and the Bulldogs ran out the clock.

Dakota Leffew scored 18 points off the bench and made four 3-pointers for Georgia. Clemson transfer RJ Godfrey had 10 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double.

Cameron led Tennessee Tech with 21 points and Layton added 14. Jaylon Johnson had 12 points and seven assists.

Tennessee Tech is coming off a 10-21 campaign during coach John Pelphrey’s fifth season in Cookeville.

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1st Half
TNTC
Golden Eagles
38
UGA
Bulldogs
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Ola Ajiboye vs. Asa Newell (Bulldogs gains possession)
19:37	+2	Asa Newell makes two point layup (RJ Godfrey assists)	0-2
19:17	+3	Kyle Layton makes three point jump shot (Daniel Egbuniwe assists)	3-2
18:54	+2	Blue Cain makes two point layup	3-4
18:54		Daniel Egbuniwe shooting foul (Blue Cain draws the foul)
18:54	+1	Blue Cain makes regular free throw 1 of 1	3-5
18:36	+3	Mekhi Cameron makes three point jump shot (Jaylon Johnson assists)	6-5
18:27		Silas Demary Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Ola Ajiboye steals)
18:21		Silas Demary Jr. personal foul
18:08		Jaylon Johnson misses three point jump shot
18:06		Bulldogs defensive rebound
17:57		Asa Newell misses three point jump shot
17:55		Blue Cain offensive rebound
17:42		Blue Cain misses three point jump shot
17:40		Silas Demary Jr. offensive rebound
17:38		Blue Cain misses three point jump shot
17:36		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
17:36		Silas Demary Jr. personal foul
17:26		Kyle Layton misses three point jump shot
17:24		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
17:06	+2	Asa Newell makes two point dunk (Blue Cain assists)	6-7
16:46		Ola Ajiboye misses two point jump shot
16:44		Bulldogs defensive rebound
16:24		RJ Godfrey offensive foul
16:24		RJ Godfrey turnover (offensive foul)
16:12		Ola Ajiboye offensive foul
16:12		Ola Ajiboye turnover (offensive foul)
15:58	+2	Dakota Leffew makes two point layup	6-9
15:35		Jaylon Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Dakota Leffew steals)
15:29	+2	Asa Newell makes two point dunk	6-11
15:12	+2	Jaylon Johnson makes two point layup (Ola Ajiboye assists)	8-11
14:49		Asa Newell misses two point hook shot
14:47		Mekhi Cameron defensive rebound
14:39	+3	Mekhi Cameron makes three point jump shot	11-11
14:22	+3	Dakota Leffew makes three point jump shot (RJ Godfrey assists)	11-14
14:12		Ola Ajiboye misses two point layup
14:10		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
14:03		Tyrin Lawrence misses three point jump shot
14:01		Asa Newell offensive rebound
14:01	+2	Asa Newell makes two point layup	11-16
14:01		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
14:01		TV timeout
13:41		David Craig misses two point hook shot
13:39		Asa Newell defensive rebound
13:25		Dakota Leffew misses two point jump shot
13:23		Daniel Egbuniwe defensive rebound
13:11		Daniel Egbuniwe misses three point jump shot
13:09		Dakota Leffew defensive rebound
12:52	+2	Asa Newell makes two point layup (Dakota Leffew assists)	11-18
12:34		Daniel Egbuniwe misses two point layup
12:32		Dylan James defensive rebound
12:24		Asa Newell misses three point jump shot
12:22		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
12:13		Rodney Johnson Jr. misses two point layup
12:11		Dylan James defensive rebound
12:06		Somto Cyril offensive foul
12:06		Somto Cyril turnover (offensive foul)
11:39		Kyle Layton misses three point jump shot
11:37		Rodney Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
11:29	+2	Rodney Johnson Jr. makes two point layup	13-18
11:05		Ola Ajiboye personal foul
11:05		TV timeout
10:58		Silas Demary Jr. misses two point layup
10:56		Matthew Sells defensive rebound
10:54		Daniel Egbuniwe turnover (bad pass)
10:27	+2	Blue Cain makes two point layup (Dylan James assists)	13-20
10:18	+3	Matthew Sells makes three point jump shot (Rodney Johnson Jr. assists)	16-20
10:08		Silas Demary Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:06		Justin Abson offensive rebound
10:00	+2	Justin Abson makes two point dunk	16-22
9:36	+2	Mekhi Cameron makes two point jump shot	18-22
9:36		Somto Cyril shooting foul (Mekhi Cameron draws the foul)
9:36	+1	Mekhi Cameron makes regular free throw 1 of 1	19-22
9:19	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point layup (Silas Demary Jr. assists)	19-24
8:53		Daniel Egbuniwe misses three point jump shot
8:51		Rodney Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
8:42		Rodney Johnson Jr. misses two point layup
8:40		Rodney Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
8:29	+2	Daniel Egbuniwe makes two point hook shot	21-24
8:23		Blue Cain misses three point jump shot
8:21		Rodney Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
8:03	+2	Daniel Egbuniwe makes two point jump shot	23-24
7:55		Silas Demary Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Rodney Johnson Jr. steals)
7:42	+2	Mekhi Cameron makes two point layup	25-24
7:23	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point layup (Dylan James assists)	25-26
7:04		Jaylon Johnson misses two point layup
7:02		Silas Demary Jr. defensive rebound
6:58		Rodney Johnson Jr. shooting foul (Dylan James draws the foul)
6:58		TV timeout
6:58		Dylan James misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:58	+1	Dylan James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-27
6:39		Mekhi Cameron turnover (bad pass) (Blue Cain steals)
6:35	+2	Blue Cain makes two point layup	25-29
6:19		Matthew Sells misses three point jump shot
6:17		Asa Newell defensive rebound
6:10		Blue Cain misses three point jump shot
6:08		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
6:08		Asa Newell personal foul
5:48		Jaylon Johnson turnover (bad pass)
5:34		RJ Godfrey turnover (traveling)
5:20	+2	Ola Ajiboye makes two point layup (Grant Slatten assists)	27-29
5:05		Blue Cain turnover (Kyle Layton steals)
4:54		Jaylon Johnson misses three point jump shot
4:52		Asa Newell defensive rebound
4:35		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point layup
4:33		Asa Newell offensive rebound
4:27	+2	Asa Newell makes two point layup	27-31
4:22	+2	Kyle Layton makes two point jump shot (Jaylon Johnson assists)	29-31
4:13		Kyle Layton personal foul (Dakota Leffew draws the foul)
3:59		Dakota Leffew misses three point jump shot
3:57		RJ Godfrey offensive rebound
3:52		RJ Godfrey misses two point layup
3:50		Ola Ajiboye defensive rebound
3:45	+3	Kyle Layton makes three point jump shot (Jaylon Johnson assists)	32-31
3:29	+2	Asa Newell makes two point dunk (RJ Godfrey assists)	32-33
3:09		Jaylon Johnson misses three point jump shot
3:07		Dakota Leffew defensive rebound
2:55		Ola Ajiboye blocks Asa Newell's two point layup
2:53		Kyle Layton defensive rebound
2:40	+3	Grant Slatten makes three point jump shot (Jaylon Johnson assists)	35-33
2:40		TV timeout
2:34	+2	Asa Newell makes two point alley-oop dunk (Blue Cain assists)	35-35
2:21		Kyle Layton misses three point jump shot
2:19		Bulldogs defensive rebound
2:04	+2	Somto Cyril makes two point dunk (Dakota Leffew assists)	35-37
1:43		Grant Strong misses three point jump shot
1:41		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
1:20	+3	Dakota Leffew makes three point jump shot (Somto Cyril assists)	35-40
1:13		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
1:06		Rodney Johnson Jr. misses two point layup
1:04		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
0:54	+2	Dakota Leffew makes two point jump shot	35-42
0:37	+3	Rodney Johnson Jr. makes three point jump shot (Mekhi Cameron assists)	38-42
0:27		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:02		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point jump shot
0:00		Daniel Egbuniwe defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
TNTC
Golden Eagles
40
UGA
Bulldogs
41

Time		Play	Score
19:48	+3	Daniel Egbuniwe makes three point jump shot (Jaylon Johnson assists)	41-42
19:26		Asa Newell misses two point layup
19:24		RJ Godfrey offensive rebound
19:22		Ola Ajiboye personal foul
19:04		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point layup
19:02		Asa Newell offensive rebound
19:01		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
18:47	+2	Jaylon Johnson makes two point layup (Ola Ajiboye assists)	43-42
18:34		Blue Cain misses three point jump shot
18:32		Asa Newell offensive rebound
18:28	+2	Asa Newell makes two point dunk	43-44
18:14		Silas Demary Jr. personal foul
18:00		Jaylon Johnson misses three point jump shot
17:58		Kyle Layton offensive rebound
17:48		Mekhi Cameron turnover (lost ball) (Tyrin Lawrence steals)
17:41	+2	Tyrin Lawrence makes two point layup	43-46
17:41		Asa Newell blocks Daniel Egbuniwe's two point layup
17:39		Golden Eagles offensive rebound
17:39		Official timeout
17:27	+2	Rodney Johnson Jr. makes two point layup	45-46
17:27		RJ Godfrey shooting foul (Rodney Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
17:27		Rodney Johnson Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
17:27		Asa Newell defensive rebound
17:19		Dakota Leffew turnover (bad pass) (Kyle Layton steals)
17:15		Kyle Layton misses two point layup
17:13		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
17:13		RJ Godfrey turnover (Kyle Layton steals)
17:08		Jaylon Johnson misses two point layup
17:06		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
17:06		Rodney Johnson Jr. personal foul
16:44		Rodney Johnson Jr. personal foul
16:37	+3	Dakota Leffew makes three point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	45-49
16:01	+2	Mekhi Cameron makes two point layup	47-49
15:48	+2	Dakota Leffew makes two point layup	47-51
15:28	+3	Rodney Johnson Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jaylon Johnson assists)	50-51
15:15		RJ Godfrey misses two point layup
15:13		Asa Newell offensive rebound
15:07	+2	Asa Newell makes two point layup	50-53
14:46		Asa Newell blocks Mekhi Cameron's three point jump shot
14:44		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
14:43		TV timeout
14:29		Asa Newell misses two point jump shot
14:27		Somto Cyril offensive rebound
14:27		Ola Ajiboye shooting foul (Somto Cyril draws the foul)
14:27		Somto Cyril misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:27		Somto Cyril misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:27		Rodney Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
14:13		Silas Demary Jr. shooting foul (Jaylon Johnson draws the foul)
14:13	+1	Jaylon Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-53
14:13		Jaylon Johnson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:13		Asa Newell defensive rebound
14:03		Blue Cain turnover (out of bounds)
13:45		Mekhi Cameron misses three point jump shot
13:43		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
13:30	+3	Dakota Leffew makes three point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	51-56
13:16		Jaylon Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Somto Cyril steals)
13:03	+2	Asa Newell makes two point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	51-58
12:51		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
12:51		TV timeout
12:44		Somto Cyril blocks Mekhi Cameron's two point layup
12:42		Golden Eagles offensive rebound
12:39		Daniel Egbuniwe misses three point jump shot
12:37		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
12:30		Asa Newell misses three point jump shot
12:28		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
12:08	+2	Kyle Layton makes two point layup	53-58
11:38	+2	Blue Cain makes two point layup	53-60
11:22		Somto Cyril shooting foul (Mekhi Cameron draws the foul)
11:22		TV timeout
11:22	+1	Mekhi Cameron makes regular free throw 1 of 3	54-60
11:22	+1	Mekhi Cameron makes regular free throw 2 of 3	55-60
11:22		Mekhi Cameron misses regular free throw 3 of 3
11:22		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
11:12	+2	Silas Demary Jr. makes two point layup	55-62
10:44	+2	Daniel Egbuniwe makes two point layup	57-62
10:32		Jaylon Johnson personal foul (Silas Demary Jr. draws the foul)
10:32		Official timeout
10:25	+2	Dylan James makes two point dunk (Dakota Leffew assists)	57-64
9:57		Jaylon Johnson misses two point jump shot
9:55		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
9:50		Tyrin Lawrence turnover (Jaylon Johnson steals)
9:42	+2	Jaylon Johnson makes two point layup	59-64
9:32		Kyle Layton personal foul
9:29		Dakota Leffew misses three point jump shot
9:27		RJ Godfrey offensive rebound
9:19	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point hook shot	59-66
8:58	+2	Rodney Johnson Jr. makes two point dunk (Daniel Egbuniwe assists)	61-66
8:56		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
8:42		RJ Godfrey misses two point hook shot
8:40		Mekhi Cameron defensive rebound
8:30		Kyle Layton misses three point jump shot
8:28		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
8:16		Mekhi Cameron personal foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
8:16	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-67
8:16	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-68
7:50	+2	Kyle Layton makes two point layup (Jaylon Johnson assists)	63-68
7:26		Asa Newell misses two point jump shot
7:24		RJ Godfrey offensive rebound
7:18	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point layup	63-70
7:06		Ola Ajiboye turnover (lost ball) (RJ Godfrey steals)
7:01	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point dunk	63-72
7:00		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
7:00		TV timeout
6:33	+2	Grant Slatten makes two point jump shot	65-72
6:21		Ola Ajiboye blocks Silas Demary Jr.'s two point layup
6:19		Mekhi Cameron defensive rebound
6:10		Jaylon Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Dakota Leffew steals)
6:01		Silas Demary Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:59		Bulldogs offensive rebound
5:49		Ola Ajiboye personal foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
5:49		Tyrin Lawrence misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:49		Bulldogs offensive rebound
5:43		Tyrin Lawrence turnover (lost ball) (Kyle Layton steals)
5:21		Mekhi Cameron turnover (bad pass) (Asa Newell steals)
5:14	+2	Asa Newell makes two point dunk	65-74
4:57	+3	Mekhi Cameron makes three point jump shot (Rodney Johnson Jr. assists)	68-74
4:40		Justin Abson misses two point hook shot
4:38		Rodney Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
4:23		Kyle Layton turnover (bad pass) (Tyrin Lawrence steals)
4:22		Matthew Sells personal foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
4:22	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-75
4:22	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-76
4:06	+3	Jaylon Johnson makes three point jump shot	71-76
3:47		Justin Abson misses two point layup
3:45		Jaylon Johnson defensive rebound
3:38		Jaylon Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Silas Demary Jr. steals)
3:18		Asa Newell misses three point jump shot
3:16		Jaylon Johnson defensive rebound
3:08		Asa Newell blocks Grant Slatten's two point layup
3:06		Dakota Leffew defensive rebound
2:54		Silas Demary Jr. misses two point layup
2:52		Asa Newell offensive rebound
2:44	+2	Asa Newell makes two point layup	71-78
2:27		Tyrin Lawrence personal foul (Mekhi Cameron draws the foul)
2:27		TV timeout
2:23		Jaylon Johnson turnover (Dakota Leffew steals)
2:12		RJ Godfrey offensive foul
2:12		RJ Godfrey turnover (offensive foul)
2:06		Jaylon Johnson misses three point jump shot
2:04		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
1:46		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point layup
1:44		Rodney Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
1:40		RJ Godfrey personal foul
1:40	+1	Jaylon Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-78
1:40	+1	Jaylon Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-78
1:32		Jaylon Johnson personal foul (Silas Demary Jr. draws the foul)
1:32	+1	Silas Demary Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-79
1:32	+1	Silas Demary Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-80
1:15	+2	Mekhi Cameron makes two point layup	75-80
0:53		Mekhi Cameron personal foul (Silas Demary Jr. draws the foul)
0:53		Silas Demary Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:53	+1	Silas Demary Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-81
0:35		Tyrin Lawrence shooting foul (Mekhi Cameron draws the foul)
0:35		Mekhi Cameron misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:35	+1	Mekhi Cameron makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-81
0:25		Jaylon Johnson personal foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
0:25		Tyrin Lawrence misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:25	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-82
0:12	+2	Kyle Layton makes two point layup	78-82
0:12		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:09		Mekhi Cameron personal foul (Silas Demary Jr. draws the foul)
0:09	+1	Silas Demary Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-83
0:09		Silas Demary Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:09		Daniel Egbuniwe defensive rebound
0:05		Mekhi Cameron misses three point jump shot
0:03		Silas Demary Jr. defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Silas Demary Jr. defensive rebound