Maten, who leads the SEC in scoring (19.6 points per game), had 17 of his game-high 21 points in the second half. He added 12 rebounds, three more than his SEC-leading average.

Derek Ogbeide scored 11 points for Georgia (12-5, 3-3), making all five of his field-goal attempts. The Bulldogs, winning their first SEC road game after two losses, visit Auburn on Saturday.

Brandon Sampson scored 17 points to lead the Tigers (11-6, 2-3), Duop Reath scored 12 and Skylar Mays 11. LSU, 0-3 at home in the SEC after going 1-8 last season, visits Vanderbilt on Saturday.

Reath broke a 50-all tie by making a 3-pointer before the lead changed hands four times, the last coming when Sampson's 3-pointer gave LSU a 58-56 lead.

Georgia's Teshaun Hightower made a steal and drove toward the basket as Mays committed an intentional foul. Hightower missed both free throws, but Juwan Parker made a 3-pointer for a 59-58 lead with 56 seconds left.

Reath gave the Tigers the lead on a jumper with 41 seconds left.

Hightower missed a 3-pointer, but Parker rebounded, and after a Bulldogs timeout, Maten made the game-winner.

LSU's Tremont Waters missed a 3-pointer just before the buzzer.

The Tigers led by 10 at halftime, but Maten scored seven points during a 14-3 run that gave the Bulldogs a 38-37 lead.

William Jackson II and Jordan Harris both made 3-pointers and Mante made two free throws as Georgia increased the lead to 46-41.

Sampson's jumper completed a 6-0 run that put LSU on top, 47-46.

Maten made a layup that pulled Georgia even at 50 with 5:54 left.

The score was tied three times before Daryl Edwards made a 3-pointer and Aaron Epps scored five points to give LSU a 17-9 lead.

Five different Tigers scored and they extended the lead to 32-20 as Georgia went scoreless for 3 1/2 minutes.

Maten sank a jumper to end the drought, and he added a tip-in before Waters made a jumper for the Tigers' only points in the final four minutes of the half. LSU had a 34-24 halftime lead.

--Field Level Media