Hawks fall to Georgia in Athens

 
SUMMARY

Turnovers plagued the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks throughout much of Wednesday night's 94-29 loss at Georgia.

 
THE SCORE

Maryland Eastern Shore (0-2) - 29
Georgia Bulldogs (2-0) - 94
 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

 
Playing their second game in the state of Georgia in a three day-span, the Hawks fell behind 6-0 early while committing two early turnovers before an early timeout by UMES head coach Cleo Hill, Jr. UMES responded with baskets by Maurice Vassel and Trey Brown. The Bulldogs quickly regained momentum with a 16-2 run to take the control early, 22-6, at the 11:04 mark.

A putback dunk by UMES forward Maurio Hanson Jr. ended the Hawk scoring draught at the 8:52 mark but turnovers continued to plague the UMES offense throughout the opening 20 minutes. Georgia forced 18 first half turnovers. A three ball at the end of the half by Blue Cain capped off an impressive half for the Bulldogs, who took a 43-17 lead into the intermission.
 

Georgia remained in command for the remainder of the game, stretching the deficit to as many as 65 while holding the Hawks to under 18% shooting from the field in the second half.
 
 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

 
The Hawks committed 31 turnovers on Wednesday night.

Trey Brown had six points and seven rebounds to lead the UMES efforts.
 
12 Georgia players logged points.
 
Blue Cain and Jake Wilikns led the Bulldogs with 16 points each.
 
Georgia held a 31-2 edge in fastbreak points.
 

 
COMMENTS FROM HEAD COACH CLEO HILL, JR


"Georgia is very aggressive defensively. They have the ability to switch up defenses and it gave us problems all night. They also crashed the boards really hard and created extra possessions. We turned the ball over too many times and were unable to make it a game tonight."
 

"While we played some solid basketball on Monday night against Georgia Tech, this game should serve as a motivator. We have not yet established our team identity yet. Tonight is a learning opportunity against a tough opponent. We can't get too high like we did on Monday or too low after a game like tonight. We will remain focused on learning and doing a better job of executing."



UP NEXT


The Hawks come home to host Cheyney on Saturday at 4:30 pm.