GeorgiaBasketball 2018-19 SCHEDULE Georgia (10-15, 1-11) VS. MISSISSIPPI ST. (18-7, 6-6) OVERALL RECORD: 10-15 DATE: Wednesday, February 20 HOME: 8-6 • ROAD: 1-7 • NEUTRAL: 1-2 TIPOFF: 6:30 p.m. ET SEC RECORD: 1-11 HOME: 1-5 • ROAD: 0-6 ARENA: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) LOCATION: Athens, Ga. OCTOBER SERIES RECORD: UGA leads, 58-54 Thur. 18 EXH.-at UAB W 56-54 LAST MEETING: MSU, 72-57, on 2/3/18 NOVEMBER Thur. 1 EXH.-W. Georgia (SECN+) W 98-49 Fri. 9 Savannah State (SECN+) W 110-76 THE OPENING TIP t TALE OF THE TAPE Tues. 13 at Temple (ESPN3) L 77-81 After five-consecutive midweek road trips, Fri. 16 ^ Sam Houston State (SECN+) W 75-64 Georgia will host its first non-weekend game Mon. 19 ^ vs. Illinois State (Stadium) W 80-68 STATISTIC UGA MSU Tues. 20 ^ vs. 16/16 Clemson (Stadium) L 49-64 outing Stegeman Coliseum on Wednesday Points Per Game 74.2 78.5 Wed. 21 ^ vs. Georgia St. (Stadium) L 67-91 when Mississippi State, the SEC West’s version Opp. Point Per Game 75.6 70.8 Tues. 27 Kennesaw State (SECN+) W 84-51 of the Bulldogs, travels to Athens. Scoring Margin -1.4 +7.8 DECEMBER The contest will be the Georgia’s first mid- Field Goal Pct. .447 .473 Mon. 3 Texas Southern (SECN+) W 92-75 week home game in 36 days, the first since Opp. Field Goal Pct. .426 .441 Sat. 15 20/20 Arizona State (SECN) L 74-76 hosting No. 12 Kentucky on Jan. 15. 3-Point Pct. .331 .372 Tues. 18 Oakland (SECN+) W 81-69 3-Pointers Per Game 6.9 8.4 Sat. 22 at Georgia Tech (ESPNU) W 70-59 Opp. 3-Point Pct. .330 .349 Sun. 30 Massachusetts (SECN) W 91-72 FINALLY...SOME AVAILABLE TICKETS Free Throw Pct. .716 .727 The Mississippi State game will likely snap JANUARY Free Throws Per Game 16.6 13.8 Sat. 5 * at 3/3 Tennessee (SECN) L 50-96 a streak of six-consecutive home sellouts for Rebounds Per Game 39.8 36.0 Wed. 9 * Vanderbilt (SECN) W 82-63 Georgia. In fact, every game since the Vander- Opp. Rebound Per Game 35.0 31.7 Sat. 12 * at 11/10 Auburn (ESPN2) L 78-93 bilt contest on Jan. 9 was sold out before the Rebound Margin +4.7 +4.4 Tues. 15 * 12/14 Kentucky (ESPN) L 49-69 calendar rolled over to 2019. Assists Per Game 14.0 14.8 Sat. 19 * Florida (CBS) L 52-62 Turnovers Per Game 16.2 13.3 Wed. 23 * at 25/NR LSU (SECN) L 82-92 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 0.86 1.12 Sat. 26 # Texas (ESPN2) W 98-88 SERIES HISTORY WITH STATE Turnover Margin -5.3 +0.8 Tues. 29 * at Arkansas (ESPNU) L 60-70 Georgia is 58-54 all-time against Mississippi Steals Per Game 5.7 8.5 FEBRUARY State, including a 29-19 advantage in games Blocks Per Game 5.1 5.1 Sat. 2 * South Carolina (SECN) L 80-86 played in Athens. Wed. 6 * at Alabama (SECN) L 74-89 Tom Crean’s inaugural season with the Sat. 9 * Ole Miss (SECN) L 64-80 Tues. 12 * at Texas A&M (SECN) L 56-73 UP NEXT: DOGS TREK TO HOTTY TODDY Bulldogs’ has carried historic ramifications for Sat. 16 * LSU (SECN) L 79-83 Georgia will travel to Oxford this weekend to Georgia Basketball from an attendance stand- Wed. 20 * Mississippi State (SECN) 6:30 take on Ole Miss at 3:30 p.m. ET. point, including: Sat. 23 * at Ole Miss (SECN) 3:30 • Georgia announced sellouts of the Florida Wed. 27 * Auburn (ESPN2/U) 9:00 THE DOGS ARE DRAWING and Kentucky games on Oct. 24, the MARCH Last Saturday’s LSU game upped Georgia’s earliest date for a game to sell out in Sat. 2 * at Florida (SECN) 8:30 season attendance numbers. program history. Wed. 6 * Missouri (SECN) 6:30 Sat. 9 * at South Carolina (SECN) 1:00 The Bulldogs are averaging 9,038 fans over • The Texas game became a third sellout 3/13-17 SEC Tourney (Nashville, Tenn.) 14 home games this season, their highest aver- two days later on Oct. 26. Before this sea- ^ – Cayman Islands Classic (Athens & Grand Cayman) age since a school-record mark of 9,857 during son, the Bulldogs never had more than * – SEC games ◊ # – SEC/Big 12 Challenge the 2002-03 campaign. If it holds, that would one sellout prior to beginning the regular All times ET be the third-highest average in school history. season. t MEDIA COVERAGE THE STARTING 5... WATCH: SEC NETWORK Georgia is Nicolas With an Derek UGA’s Roy Philpott (play-by-play); averaging Claxton average Ogbeide coaching staff Daymeon Fishback (analyst) 9,038 fans over its is one of five 10,021 fans, is No. 9 among sports a combined 14 home dates, Division I MBB Stegeman has UGA’s career 80 seasons of LISTEN: BULLDOG SPORTS NETWORK the highest tally players to lead his been 95.2 percent rebounding D-I experience Scott Howard (¡play-by-play); since averaging team in scoring, full for UGA’s SEC leaders...and is (Crean-28, Scott-27, Chuck Dowdle (analyst); a school-record rebounding, six home dates. currently nine Dollar-23, Abdur- Tony Schiavone (producer) 9,857 fans during assists, blocks and That’s 3rd best in boards from the Rahim-12) with 38 Flagship: WSB AM 750; XM: 381; Internet: 972 2002-03 season. steals. the league. No. 8 spot. postseason bids. SID: Mike Mobley • Email: [email protected] • Cell: 706-540-7486 • Social Media: @UGABasketball PAGE 2 Georgia VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE GAME NOTES HEAD COACH TOM CREAN ASST. COACH JOE SCOTT • Named Georgia Basketball’s 22nd head coach on March 15, 2018. • Owns 16 seasons at a D-I head coach at Air Force, Princeton and Denver. • Sports 18 seasons as head coach at Marquette (1999-08) and Indiana (2008-17). • Tabbed among nation’s top-20 “X’s & O’s” coaches in 2013 ESPN survey of peers. • Led 13 of his teams to postseason play, including nine NCAA Tournament bids, four • A three-year starter and two-time All-Ivy pick playing for Pete Carril at Princeton. Sweet 16s appearances and a trip to the 2003 Final Four. ASST. COACH AMIR ABDUR-RAHIM • Produced 13 NBA players at Marquette (6) and Indiana (7), including nine who were on opening- • Sports 12 seasons experience at Texas A&M, Charleston, Ga. Tech and Murray State. day rosters for the 2018-19 season. All told, those 13 players have earned or are under contract • Played at Wheeler HS. One of six brothers to play college hoops, including Shareef, to earn more than $550 million. an NBA All-Star and 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist • In 18 seasons, his teams have finished among the nation’s top-25 squads statistically a combined 39 times in virtually every offensive and defensive statistic kept by the NCAA. ASST. COACH CHAD DOLLAR • Has coached 10 All-Americans and 38 all-conference performers. • Atlanta native with 20+ years experience in the SEC, ACC, AAC, C-USA and OVC. • All 52 of his four-year players at MU and IU have graduated, including six who earned their • Father, Don, was legendary coach at Atlanta’s Douglass HS. Brother, Cam, helped bachelor’s degrees in less than four years and five who have secured master’s degrees. lead UCLA to the 1995 NCAA title. DIRECTOR OF OPS JAKE THELEN DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY T.J. SAINT • Youngest “DOBO” at a Power-5 school, turned 26 the day before the season opener. • First season at UGA after working with Detroit Pistons the previous four years as • Served as graduate manager at Indiana for Tom Crean during 2016-17 season. head video coordinator with additional player development responsibilities. • At Bellarmine, consensus D-II All-American and Great Lakes Valley Conference POY. • Also served as “DOBO” and graduate assistant at Butler during 2011-14. S&C COACH SEAN HAYES ATHLETIC TRAINER LANCE SCHUEMANN • In his 8th season at UGA after serving on the Buffalo Bills’ staff from 2006-10. • Shaved his beard before the season, but it’s coming back in to match head shot. • One of two SEC MBB S&C leaders who has earned Master of Strength & • In first season at UGA after spending previous five seasons at Wyoming. Conditioning honors from Collegiate S&C Coaches Association. • Was a student athletic trainer for Florida MBB’s 2007 NCAA Champion team. t NUMERICAL NUGGETS CAREER STATS VS MISS S TAT E Nicolas Claxton bettered his . No. Name G-GS FGs Pct. 3FGs Pct. FTs Pct. PPG RPG A B S best efforts for points, rebounds, 16 assists, blocks, steals and minutes 0 Turtle Jackson 3-1 2-10 .200 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1.7 1.3 9 1 3 played a combined 16 times in the first seven 1 Teshaun Hightower – games of the season. Headlining that list 2 Jordan Harris 1-0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 were 22 points versus Illinois State and 15 4 Tyree Crump 2-1 5-12 .417 4-9 .444 2-4 .500 8.0 1.5 2 1 0 boards against Kennesaw State. 11 Christian Harrison – Derek Ogbeide, who began the 13 E’Torrion Wilridge 4-1 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1.3 1.5 5 2 0 season at No.