ATHENS - For the briefest of moments, Wofford coach Mike Young and his players might have thought they were experiencing the worst flashback imaginable.

But after losing to Georgia in all seven of its previous meetings - including an overtime loss last season - Wofford managed to hold on in the final seconds to take a 60-57 victory over the Bulldogs on Tuesday.

Leading 58-56 with just 6.1 seconds remaining, the Terriers (1-1) could only stand and watch as Georgia's Dustin Ware, a former North Cobb Christian School standout, had two chances to tie the game at the foul line. But Ware missed the back end of a one-and-one and Wofford's Cameron Rundles made a pair of free throws on the other end with 3 seconds remaining, putting the Terriers up three points.

Georgia (1-1) managed to get one final shot, a 3-point attempt with 1 second left by Trey Thompkins near the Bulldogs' bench, but it didn't fall, allowing Wofford to escape.

In last year's contest, former Georgia guard Zac Swansey made two 3-pointers in the final 15 seconds, including one at the buzzer, to put the game in overtime, a memory Young didn't want to see played out again.

And, in its 2004 visit to Athens, Wofford led Georgia by six points with 43 seconds remaining, but made just 2-of-6 free throws down the stretch and allowed the Bulldogs to sink two 3-pointers to send that game into overtime.

"We've been here in Athens under some different circumstances, so it's nice to leave town for once with a happy group of kids," Young said. "We figured that with (Ware) on the line with 6 seconds left, this would be the third time in a row we've been over here and it went into overtime, and that couldn't have been good. But he missed the back end, we got the ball back and Rundles made two free throws to close it out for us."

Led by Corey Godzinski's 13 points, the Terriers had three other players score in double digits: Jason Dawson with 12 points, Noah Dahlman 11 and Jamar Diggs 10.

Travis Leslie led Georgia with 17 points followed by Thompkins, who had 14 points and 16 rebounds.

Although Georgia pulled down 39 rebounds to Wofford's 37, Godzinski said the timing of the rebounds was integral to the victory.

"We came out a little flat in the first half and they killed us on the boards, getting way too many second shots," he said. "In the second half, we rebounded much better, giving them only one shot, and we were able to make shots down the stretch."

Georgia coach Mark Fox wasn't pleased with his team's first-half performance, which amounted to jumping out to an early 8-3 advantage but then allowing Wofford to go on a 16-0 run, getting ahead at 10-8 with 12:40 remaining. The Terriers scored nine more points to lead 19-8 before Thompson scored on a tap-in with 7:48 left to stop the Bulldogs' scoring drought.

"There was a lot of mental unattachment early in the game," Fox said. "We made a lot of mental errors early that we have not made in practice. We have to be mature enough and gain some experience so we can relax and stay connected mentally to what we are trying to do."

Wofford shot 38 percent from the field (21-of-55), but its 35-percent success rate from beyond the 3-point line may have made the difference in the game as Georgia made only two of 14 3-point attempts, both in the second half.

The Terriers were 12-for-14 (85 percent) from the foul line, while Georgia was 11-of-20 (55 percent).