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Georgia pulled one out of the hat tonight and defeated the Florida Gators 88-86.

With a number of historical marks of infamy breathing down their necks, Woodbury scored a career-high 32 points, and the Bulldogs played easily their best game of the season against their biggest nemesis of all time on the way to an 88-86 victory over Florida.

The Dawgs were powered by the career best effort of senior Terrance Woodbury.

Woodbury put on a shooting clinic. The 6-foot-7 senior made his first eight shots — including all seven in the first half — was 9-of-13 for the game, made 7-of-10 from 3-point range and went 7-of-7 from the foul line. It was a near-perfect game.

“I was in a zone. I don’t even know why,” said Woodbury, who hadn’t beaten Florida in his career. “I was just, like, ‘they’re going in, cool; we’re winning, cool.’ When I banked that one in [in the first half] I was like, ‘all right, this is my night.’ I just knew I had to keep shooting for us to win.”

This is something this team can build on… no matter who the coach is next year. Hopefully they can also reap some benefits this season and grab another win or two.

I really thought the team would finish the regular season without a conference win. The fact that they ended the streak is great news for any Georgia sports fan. The fact that they broke it against the Florida Gators makes it especially sweet.

Congratulations to Coach Hermann and the Bulldog seniors.

RELATED LINKS:

• Dogs down Gators to end losing skid – Athens Banner-Herald
• Dogs end 11-game skid - AJC
• Woodbury leads Georgia to first SEC win – Macon Telegraph