GEORGIA BASKETbaLL 2012-13 UPDATE Tim Hix, Associate Director, UGA Sports Communications • Office: (706) 542-1621 • Cell: (706) 540-7487 Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @UGABasketball, @UGAAthletics • Facebook.com/georgiabulldogs • www.georgiadogs.com 2012-13 Schedule / Results GAME 29: Tennessee (17-10, 9-6) at Georgia (13-15, 7-8) Date Opponent TV Tipoff 1:45 p.m. (EST) • Saturday, Mar. 2, 2013 • Athens, Ga. N2 Georgia 86, Young Harris 52 (Exh.) N9 Georgia 68, Jacksonville 62 TELEVISION: Live telecast on the SEC Network (Dave Baker and Joe Dean, Jr.) N12 Youngstown State 68, Georgia 56* GEORGIA RADIO: Bulldog Sports Network by IMG: Scott Howard (Play-by-Play), Mark Slonaker N15 Southern Miss 62, Georgia 60 (OT)* (Color) N19 #1 Indiana 66, Georgia 53** Local stations: In Atlanta: WSB (750 AM) & WSBB (95.5 FM). In Athens: WRFC (AM 960). N20 #11 UCLA 60, Georgia 56** SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius Ch. 128 / XM Ch. 199 N23 Georgia 54, East Tenn. State 38 ON THE INTERNET For up-to-date information, log on to: http://www.georgiadogs.com N30 South Florida 64, Georgia 53# Online radio broadcasts of Georgia games can be found on the Georgiadogs GTV web site D4 Georgia Tech 62, Georgia 54 (subscription required). D15 Iona 81, Georgia 78 (OT) D18 Georgia 58, Mercer 49 About this game... D22 Georgia 64, USC 56 D29 Georgia 82, Florida A&M 73 • Georgia concludes its home schedule with a 2-game homestand that begins Saturday J4 Georgia 52, George Washington 41 against Tennessee. These two teams first met on Feb. 6 in Knoxville. Georgia posted its second J9 #11 Florida 77, Georgia 44 win at Tennessee in the past three tries, taking a 68-62 decision. The victory was the Bulldogs’ J12 Miss. State 72, Georgia 61 fourth amidst their 5-game win streak earlier this season, as well as their third consecutive win on J16 #17 Missouri 79, Georgia 62 the road. J19 Georgia 67, LSU 58 • Tennessee leads the series 92-55. Georgia won last year’s meeting in Athens 57-53 in J23 #8 Florida 64, Georgia 47 overtime. This season the Bulldogs will be aiming for the program’s first regular-season sweep J26 Georgia 59, Texas A&M 52 over the Vols since the 2001 season. J30 Georgia 57, Auburn 49 • The Bulldogs arrive at this game with a 13-15 overall record, 7-8 in SEC play. Most re- F2 Georgia 67, South Carolina 56 cently, they dropped a 63-62 outcome Wednesday night at Vanderbilt. Georgia led by as many F6 Georgia 68, Tennessee 62 as 17 points in the first half, by 12 at intermission and by double digits as late as the 11-minute F9 Georgia 52, Texas A&M 46 mark of the second half. It marked the third straight road game in which the Bulldogs led in the F12 Alabama 52, Georgia 45 final minute of regulation, only to fall short. F16 Ole Miss 84, Georgia 74 (OT) • Leading the way throughout this season has been sophomore Kentavious Caldwell- F21 Arkansas 62, Georgia 60 Pope. The Greenville, Ga., native enters this game averaging 17.7 points per game, which ranks F23 Georgia 62, South Carolina 54 (OT) second in the SEC. In fact, he ranks among the SEC leaders in nine of the 13 categories for F27 Vanderbilt 63, Georgia 62 which individual stats are compiled. KCP comes off a 20-point, 14-rebound effort at Vanderbilt M2 Tennessee SECN 1:45 pm on Wednesday, a game in which he tallied his fifth double-double of this season in less than 15 M7 Kentucky ESPN 7:00 pm minutes. M9 at Alabama SECN 4:00 pm • A special feature of today’s halftime will be the recognition of Georgia’s first All-American in *Progressive Legends Classic - Athens basketball, Anthony Joseph “Zippy” Morocco, who earned the honor in 1953. Sixty years and **Progressive Legends Classic - Brooklyn, N.Y. five days ago, Morocco set the SEC’s single-season scoring record while racking up 38 points in #SEC/Big East Challenge - Tampa, Fla. All Times Eastern an 87-86 win at Tennessee. 2012-13 Bulldogs at a Glance Possible Starters... No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Worth Noting... 31 Brandon Morris F 6-7 205 Fr. 4.1 2.3 Lithonia, Ga. Versatile freshman has started 19 games this season. 15 Donte’ Williams** F 6-9 225 Jr. 5.4 4.9 Ellenwood, Ga. Has led team in offensive rebounding over past two seasons. 32 John Florveus* F/C 6-11 240 Sr. 2.6 3.2 Miami, Fla. Has started 13 of the past 14 games; team-high 8 rebs. in 2nd TAMU win. 11 Vincent Williams*** G 6-0 165 Sr. 5.0 2.3a Homestead, Fla. Started 10 of 15 SEC games at PG; 39% from 3-pt. range in SEC games. 1 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope* G 6-5 205 So. 17.7 6.9 Greenville, Ga. Notched fifth double-double of season (20/14) @Vandy on Wednesday. Off the Bench... 2 Marcus Thornton** F 6-8 235 Jr. 3.8 4.4 Atlanta, Ga. Out indefinitely with recurrent knee problems; arthroscopic surgery on Dec. 26. 4 Charles Mann G 6-4 205 Fr. 6.2 2.6a Alpharetta, Ga. Has started 8 games at PG; team leader in assists (73) and FTs att. (135). 5 Tim Dixon* F/C 6-9 225 So. 1.9 2.3 Columbus, Ga. Started SEC games vs. Miss. State, Missouri; 6 pts, 3 rebs. in 12 min. vs. Ark. 10 Taylor Echols G 6-1 160 So. 0.0 0.0 McDonough, Ga. Walk-on who earned spot on team through fall tryouts. 12 Kenny Gaines G 6-3 195 Fr. 3.4 0.9 Atlanta, Ga. Missed Vandy game with heel injury; scored 12 pts. in 1st game vs. Tenn. 23 Sherrard Brantley** G 6-2 187 Sr. 3.3 1.3 Dublin, Ga. Scored a career-high 10 points vs. Arkansas last week. 24 Houston Kessler F 6-8 215 Fr. -- -- Newnan, Ga. Likely redshirt in 2013; Father Chad played at UGA 1984-87. 41 John Cannon* C 6-10 240 So. 2.8 2.0 Burnsville, N.C. Scored eight points in just 15 minutes in Feb. 2 win at South Carolina. 42 Nemanja Djurisic* F 6-8 230 So. 7.8 3.8 Podgorica, Montenegro Team-high 13 pts. in win over Texas A&M on 2/9. *Denotes letters earned Head Coach: Mark Fox (E. New Mexico ‘91). Assistant Coaches: Kwanza Johnson (Tulsa ‘95), Philip Pearson (Alabama ‘93), Stacey Palmore (Livingstone ‘93) Dir. of Basketball Operations: Kent Davison (Sterling ‘72). Operations Coordinator: Jonas Hayes (Georgia ‘04). Graduate Assistants: Will MacEwen (Georgia ‘11) and Matt Bucklin (Georgia ‘12) 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Game Notes About Tennessee (17-10 overall, 9-6 in SEC games) Head Coach: Cuonzo Martin Record at Tennessee / Years: 36-25 / 2nd season Overall Record / Years: 97-66 / 5th season Assistant Coaches: Tracy Webster (Assoc. HC), Jon Harris, Kent Williams PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG F - 5 Jarnell Stokes 6-8 270 So. Memphis, Tenn. 12.6 9.2 G - 11 Trae Golden 6-2 205 Jr. Powder Springs, Ga. 12.1 4.0a G - 52 Jordan McRae 6-5 178 Jr. Midway, Ga. 15.3 3.9 G - 1 Josh Richardson 6-6 188 So. Edmond, Okla. 7.6 4.4 Covering G - 4 Armani Moore 6-5 203 Fr. Kennesaw, Ga. 2.3 2.6 Georgia Basketball Georgia vs. Tennessee • Interviews • Interview opportunities for players and • Saturday’s game is the 148th all-time meeting between Georgia and Tennessee in basketball. Coach Fox will be on pre-determined dates Tennessee leads the series, which began in 1913 and has been renewed annually since the 1951 and times during the season. As much ad- season, by a 92-55 count. vance notice as possible will be given before • Georgia has had little success against Tennessee in recent years, winning just six of the past 21 these dates. These opportunities will take meetings. Bulldog teams under Mark Fox, however, have won four of seven matchups. place before the team’s daily practices, which • These two teams split their series last season. Georgia took a 57-53 overtime decision in Athens generally start at 3:00 p.m. on weekdays. while UT won 73-62 in Knoxville 2 1/2 weeks later. In 2011, the visiting team won each time in the Media are encouraged to arrange interviews in advance with Tim Hix of the Sports Information series. Office. • A geographical breakdown of the series follows: • Locker, training and weight rooms are Games in Athens: UGA leads 35-33 open only to coaches, players and support Games in Knoxville: UT leads 55-15 staff. Neutral-Court Games: UGA leads 5-4 • Practices Noteworthy • Practices will be CLOSED to the media this season. However, television and still • Right now, Georgia has just one player (KCP at 17.7 ppg) averaging in double-digit scoring. Not photographers will be able to shoot the FIRST only is it the sole SEC school with such a distinction, but that also makes it the only Bulldog team of 15 MINUTES of each practice. During this the past 50 years with just a single double-figure scorer. 15-minute period, all photographers are asked • Georgia has used 12 different starting lineups this season. The one constant through all 12 to remain in the baseline areas normally reserved for shooting in a game.