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ATHENS, Ga. -- Yante Maten scored 16 points and had nine rebounds to lead Georgia to a 77-59 victory over Gardner-Webb on Friday, but it was far from a one-man show.Eleven Bulldogs scored and the team benefited from 35 bench points, both season highs for Georgia.That group included Mike Edwards, who scored a season-high 10 points, and Pape Diatta, a junior college transfer who added nine points and six rebounds.Pape needs lots of time when the clocks ticking to grow up and learn what it takes at this level, Georgia coach Mark Fox said. All of those guys need a lot of game time and we were able to get significant minutes to all of them. Really, it was good for us to get those guys on the court.Georgia (4-2) bounced back from a 65-54 loss to No. 5 Kansas on Tuesday, a game in which Maten scored 30 points and had 13 rebounds.The Bulldogs didnt arrive back to their dorms until 4 a.m. Wednesday and appeared sluggish in the first half.They led just 40-37 at halftime.We were a little bit tired, Diatta acknowledged.The Bulldogs came out energized in the second half.Georgia held Gardner-Webb (2-4) to one field goal in the first 6:46 of the second half and outscored the Runnin Bulldogs 11-4 during that stretch to take a 51-41 lead.Georgia expanded its advantage to 63-45 when Juwan Parker converted a 3-point play and Maten followed with a layup with 9:26 left.The Bulldogs, who improved to 3-0 at home this season, also scored 28 points off Gardner-Webbs 19 turnovers.I just think the second half was the story, Gardner-Webb coach Tim Craft said. Georgia was terrific defensively and made everything really difficult on us. We just struggled to score and turned the ball over in the second half, and we led to easy baskets for them.David Efianayi led Gardner-Webb with 15 points and LaQuincy Rideau scored 11.J.J. Frazier added 10 points and six assists for Georgia, which shot 47.3 percent (26 of 55) from the field and limited Gardner-Webb to 32.1 percent shooting.We have a lot of guys who can come in and contribute, said Diatta, who transferred from the College of Southern Idaho. I feel like at the end, (Gardner-Webb) couldnt hold on.UP NEXTGeorgia: This was the first of five consecutive home games for Georgia, which plays host to Morehouse on Nov. 30.Gardner-Webb: The Runnin Bulldogs will play their second home game of the season against Coker on Nov. 29.BIG PICTUREGeorgia needed to rebound from its loss to Kansas and is entering a stretch that could help pad its victory total. 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Thats got to really be the staple of who we are.Tennessee (3-3) was returning from a nine-day layoff after going 1-2 in the Maui Invitational last week, but it was Georgia Tech that looked like it hadnt played in over a week. Tennessee stayed in control virtually the entire way and led by as many as 28 points.Georgia Tech (4-3) played without usual starting guard Justin Moore, who stayed in Atlanta because of a stomach virus. Josh Heath, who made 15 starts in 2015-16, started in Moores place and scored just two points while shooting 0 for 7.Our mentality has been attack, attack, attack, Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner said. We played `un-attack today. We played real passive. I was disappointed in our energy level. That falls on my shoulders. Hopefully I can analyze and examine some things and decide what we can do to get better.Tennessee was playing its third straight game without Jordan Bone, who has a stress fracture in his left foot. Bone had been Tennessees starting point guard before his injury. The Vols also played a third straight game without forward Admiral Schofield due to a violation of team rules.The Vols overcame the absence of those two guys by getting big contributions from just about everyone who did play.Williams 14 points represented a career high for the freshman forward. Phillips, a natural shooting guard playing point guard for now, had five rebounds and a career-high seven assists with only one turnover.I feel liike I can play off the ball and I can play on the ball, Phillips said.dddddddddddd Whatever the team needs at the time... if somebody steps up and (Barnes) feels like theyre doing a better job than me, Ill move back to the wing. But personally I do enjoy playing the point. Im going to continue to get better at it every day.John Fulkerson scored 12 points and Robert Hubbs III added 10 points for Tennessee.Quinton Stephens scored 15, Christian Matthews had 14 and Josh Okogie added 11 for Georgia Tech. Ben Lammers had 10 points and 14 rebounds.THE TAKEAWAYGeorgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets offense didnt look quite the same without Moore, who averages a team-high 4.8 assists per game. Georgia Tech shot a season-low 32.7 percent from the floor and committed a season-high 19 turnovers.I thought their athleticism bothered us in some areas, Pastner said. We would get to the paint, but we would just throw up a `hope shot. Hopes a bad strategy.Tennessee: The Vols didnt look intimidated at all against a Georgia Tech team that entered the day with nine blocks per game to lead all Division I teams. Tennessee shot 52.8 percent from the floor and had only two of its shots blocked.OVERDUE OFFENSETennessee forward Lew Evans, a Utah State graduate transfer, had seven points, six rebounds and three assists Saturday after failing to score in his first five games with his new team. Evans had averaged 8.4 points per game at Utah State last season.KEY STATGeorgia Tech shot 46.2 percent (6 of 13) from 3-point range but just 28.6 percent (12 of 42) from inside the arc. The Yellow Jackets missed 16 of their first 17 two-point attempts.NEXT UPGeorgia Tech: At VCU on Wednesday.Tennessee: Hosts Presbyterian on Tuesday.---More AP College Basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '