NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Collis Temple III hit a 3 and then made two free throws in the final 22.7 seconds Thursday night to lift LSU to a 63-62 upset of Georgia in a dramatic final game of the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The entire game was neck-in-neck and came down to the wire as it did the first time the teams played.

Georgia (16-14) took the lead on D.A. Layne's basket with 14:07 left and went ahead by five seven times but LSU (13-15) rallied each time.

The final minute got tense as Shon Coleman put Georgia ahead 62-58 with 36.5 seconds left. But Temple hit a 3 with 22.7 seconds to go to pull LSU within one.

Torris Bright knocked down Georgia's inbounds pass, and Temple was fouled picking it up. Temple made two free throws to give LSU its first lead since 16:38 remaining.

Layne drove down the court in the final seconds and passed to Rashad Wright on the right wing, but Wright's 3-point shot at the buzzer hit the rim and bounced off.

Temple finished with 12 points while Ronald Dupree and Jermaine Williams each had 14 points. Bright had 12 points and Brian Beshara scored 11 and grabbed 10 rebounds for LSU, which will face second-seeded Arkansas in the last game on Friday.

Layne scored 24 points, including 6-of-9 from beyond the arc, for Georgia, which was hoping another win would help give them a chance to go to the NCAA tournament.

Ezra Williams added 12 and Coleman had 11 for the Bulldogs, who had beaten LSU 68-63 in Athens.

The Tigers had won only two conference games this season with only five scholarship players because of injuries and NCAA regulations that limited recruiting.

Third-seeded Georgia has not won in the SEC tournament since 1998.

The furious finish was expected after neither team led by more than six points the entire game and couldn't sustain long scoring runs.

LSU was held without a field goal for six minutes until Beshara's jumper with 5:33 to go.

But Georgia couldn't take advantage as the Bulldogs made just three baskets until Layne heated up again. He hit two baskets to restore Georgia's lead to 55-50 with 4:45 remaining.

LSU went ahead 32-31 at halftime after 10 lead changes in the first half.