Georgia and Missouri staff members scuffle before halftime

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https://twitter.com/A_Kauff/status/817805763573846016

Andrew Kauffman ‏@A_Kauff 26m26 minutes ago

Final: Georgia beats #Mizzou 71-66. The Tigers fall to 5-9 and 0-2 in the SEC. That's now 6 straight losses for MU. #abc17

Brandon Kiley ‏@BKSportsTalk 26m26 minutes ago

And just like that, #Mizzou falls to 0-22 in true road games under Kim Anderson.

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Steve Shields?

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Georgia Hoops Blog ‏@UGAHoopsCentral Jan 5

Georgia Hoops Blog Retweeted Michael Bonner

Just another example that in the SEC, #ItJustMeansMore

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https://twitter.com/Mark_Schlabach/status/817806144358010882

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Lovable Losers in a Pillow Fight!

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Georgia Hoops Blog ‏@UGAHoopsCentral Jan 5

Georgia Hoops Blog Retweeted Michael Bonner

Just another example that in the SEC, #ItJustMeansMore

Awesome!

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https://twitter.com/Mark_Schlabach/status/817806144358010882

Wes Rucker ‏@wesrucker247 3h3 hours ago

Just that that Mizzou-Georgia halftime score and OMG that sounds horrible. 26-20? Yuck.


Apparently just missed Steven Hill

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Dave Matter ‏@Dave_Matter 1h1 hour ago

Anderson not satisfied with loss but glad to see his team show some fight after the incident at halftime

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https://twitter.com/JasonHButt/status/817847738503233537

ATHENS

One thing was clear: Yante Maten rebounded the basketball with the buzzer sounding at halftime of Saturday's 71-66 win over Missouri. Missouri guard Jordan Geist came running in and tried to grab the ball from Maten, resulting in a confrontation.

Teammates ran to the scene and from there, things took an ugly turn as both benches -- players and coaches alike -- tangled up with one another.

It took a minute or two to finally separate the two programs with officials needing to review the incident. In the end, referees decided to issue unsporting technical fouls to Georgia assistant Kent Davison and Missouri assistant Steve Shields. Neither team shot free throws to start the second half but began it with one team foul each.

After the game, Georgia's players were told by head coach Mark Fox not to talk about the incident, so their vantage point of what transpired is not available for the public record.

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Steve Shields?

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Marc Weiszer ‏@marcweiszer 5h5 hours ago

Checked with SEC on UGA-Missouri scuffle: "The conference office has reviewed the incident and no additional discipline will be issued."

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https://twitter.com/marcweiszer/status/818097042140565504

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https://twitter.com/ChipTowersAJC/status/817851408951209984

ATHENS — The last time Georgia was involved in a viral moment, Kent Davison was part of it, but only at the end of a 15-second clip that made Jimmy Kimmel Live.

This time, Davison was front and center.

It might be surreal to those who know him, but there was Davison, Georgia's fairly anonymous director of operations, having to be restrained by assistant coach Jonas Hayes during a scuffle with Missouri on Saturday. Davison drew a technical foul, as did a Missouri assistant coach [Steve Shields], after a fracas just after the first half ended.

There remained confusion after the game on exactly what happened. The half had ended with Georgia forward Yante Maten grabbing a rebound, then a Missouri player appeared to grab at the ball, and before anyone knew it there was finger-pointing, shoving and referees and head coaches trying to separate everybody.

"I didn't see what started it," Missouri coach Kim Anderson said. "I tried to get in and break it up. I don't know if break it up's the right word. But I just tried to calm people down."

Maten's comment: "No one really knows what happened, other than we're competitive and competing for the basketball."

There was general agreement on this: It spurred a run by Georgia, which trailed by six at halftime but then went on a 21-6 run...