Overview
- Marcus Millender hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to push Georgia over Xavier in the Charleston Classic semifinal.
- Xavier erased a 14-point second-half deficit and led 77-75 after an All Wright three with 1:38 remaining before Georgia’s final answer.
- Blue Cain led Georgia with 16 points and six assists, Dylan James added 10 points and seven rebounds off the bench, and Millender finished with 12.
- Tre Carroll and Jovan Milicevic scored 19 each for Xavier, Carroll grabbed 10 boards, Filip Borovicanin posted a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double, and Wright had 17.
- On the final sequence, Wright missed a baseline fadeaway, Carroll secured an offensive rebound and appeared to be bumped without a whistle, and Georgia advanced to play Clemson on Sunday as Xavier draws West Virginia for third place.