Georgia basketball is bouncing into the Final Four of the National Invitation Tournament after silencing a rowdy Ohio State crowd Tuesday night.
Buckeye forward Jordan Battle’s potential game-winning 3-point shot bounced off the front of the rim as the buzzer sounded on a 79-77 UGA win.
The Bulldogs (20-16) denied OSU (22-14) a trip to Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. There, UGA will face the winner of No. 1 seed Seton Hall and UNLV at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
It’s Georgia’s third trip to the NIT semifinals, the first since 1998. UGA has never made it to the NIT championship game in 15 appearances.
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