Chicago ? Jarvis Hayes scored 20 of his career-high 31 points in the second half Friday night as Georgia overcame an early 14-point deficit to beat Murray State 85-68 in the East Regional.

Third-seeded Georgia (22-9) scored the final 12 points and moves on to face No. 11 seed Southern Illinois (27-7) on Sunday. The Salukis downed Texas Tech 76-68 and sent coach Bob Knight home with another first-round loss.

Hayes had a pair of 3-pointers and another jumper to spark a 16-5 run that allowed the Bulldogs to open a nine-point lead in the second half.

Cuthbert Victor’s 3-pointer with 3:38 left got the Racers within five, but Hayes hit another jumper, Chris Daniels converted a three-point play and also dunked in the closing 12-0 spurt.

Rashard Wright added 16 points and 10 assists for the Bulldogs and Jonas Hayes, Jarvis’ brother, scored 14 and grabbed 14 rebounds.

Victor scored 23 and Justine Burdine, who made four quick 3-pointers to start the game and give Murray State an early 14-point lead, had 21 for the Racers (19-13).

Burdine came out shooting, hitting three 3-pointers in the first 4 minutes and scoring 11 points before the Bulldogs could check his quickness.

Burdine’s fourth 3 made it 25-11 before the Bulldogs began to peck away with their defense and inside game.

Ezra Williams scored after a steal and pass from Jarvis Hayes and then connected on a 3-pointer, priming a 27-8 run by the Bulldogs as they cooled off Burdine – who had 14 first-half points_ and took a 42-39 halftime lead behind a 25-17 rebounding edge.

Georgia center Steve Thomas, held out of Thursday’s practice because of a 102-degree fever, started for the Bulldogs and scored one point in 16 minutes.

Murray State fell to 1-11 in NCAA tournament play, its lone win coming over N.C. State in 1988.

Georgia is making its second straight appearance under coach Jim Harrick.

Harrick has coached a team in the NCAA tournament 16 times during stints at Pepperdine, UCLA, Rhode Island and now Georgia. Harrick led the Bruins to a national title in 1995.