Camara’s late block party helps Georgia fend off Vandy 73-70

<p>ATHENS, Ga. &mdash; Sahvir Wheeler scored 16 points and Toumani Camara’s late block helped send Georgia past feisty Vanderbilt 73-70 on Saturday.</p>
<p>The win for Georgia (12-6, 5-6 Southeastern Conference) marks its first three-game winning streak in three seasons under head coach Tom Crean.</p>
<p>Scotty Pippen Jr.’s layup off a sweet spin move in the lane knotted it at 70 with 44 seconds to go. After getting fouled, Camara made 1 of 2 foul shots with 15 seconds left for a one-point Bulldogs lead.</p>
<p>Again, Vanderbilt put the ball in Pippen’s hands and he drove the lane. This time, Camara provided help on defense and smacked Pippen’s shot off the backboard.</p>
<p>Justin Kier sank a pair of foul shots for Georgia with 2.1 seconds left for a 73-70 lead. Camara then again came up big deflecting the pass on Vanderbilt’s inbound attempt and time expired.</p>
<p>P.J. Horne scored 14 points for Georgia and Camara and Kier scored 10 apiece. Georgia used its size advantage on the interior to outscore the Commodores (5-9, 1-7) 40-26.</p>
<p>Dylan Disu scored 15 points for Vanderbilt, Pippen and Jordan Wright 12 each and Maxwell Evans 10.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt returns home to face Auburn on Tuesday. Georgia now is one of eight teams in the bunched up SEC with five or six conference wins. Georgia heads to Texas A&amp;M for a Wednesday night tilt.</p>
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