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Hoyas down Gators in OT

Nov 27, 2014 - 5:32 AM Nassau, Bahamas (SportsNetwork.com) - D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera hit a pull-up jumper with 3.4 seconds left in overtime and Georgetown beat 18th-ranked Florida 66-65 in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

The Hoyas trailed by one following Kasey Hill's three-point play with just under 12 seconds to play. Out of a timeout, Smith-Rivera was isolated at the top of the key and put a move on Michael Frazier II before stepping back and hitting a long two.

Smith-Rivera led Georgetown (4-0) with 17 points, while Jabril Trawick and Paul White finished with 10 apiece.

Georgetown's reward for winning is a meeting with No. 2 Wisconsin in the semifinals.

Dorian Finney-Smith, who missed the last two games with a wrist injury, returned and scored 16 points to lead Florida (2-2), which shot just 35.9 percent from the field. Frazier had 12 points and Jon Horford finished with 10 points and 11 boards.

Late in regulation, Frazier grabbed an Eli Carter airball at the end of a shot clock and laid it back in to cut Florida's deficit to one. After Smith-Rivera split a pair from the line, Horford made two free throws to tie it at 51.

Hill's jumper then gave Florida a lead with under two minutes to play, and Smith-Rivera knotted it back up with a baseline runner.

Florida got one last look at the basket after Trawick was whistled for a charge, and L.J. Peak swatted Carter's layup in traffic as regulation came to an end.

A pair of freshmen hit crucial triples in overtime for the Hoyas. White's first career 3-pointer with 2:05 to play gave them a 60-56 lead. Georgetown trailed by one with 31 seconds left, when Peak connected from deep.

Georgetown led by as many as eight late in the first half after Trawick's free throw at 1:48. Carter ended the period with a layup and made it a four-point game at the half.

The Gators played from behind for most of the second but never trailed by more than six.

Game Notes

Florida had won two in a row against Georgetown ... Florida's reserves outscored Georgetown's bench, 25-15 ... Neither team shot it well from deep, as Georgetown finished 3-for-13 and Florida shot 6-for-23.