Bulldogs UGA Under Head Coach Mark Fox: 4 20-Win Seasons • 5 Postseason Bids • 30 UGA Graduates • 3 NBA Draft Picks 2016-17 SCHEDULE GEORGIA: 1-0 VS
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GeorgiaBulldogs UGA Under Head Coach Mark Fox: 4 20-win seasons • 5 Postseason Bids • 30 UGA Graduates • 3 NBA Draft Picks 2016-17 SCHEDULE Georgia: 1-0 VS. USC UPSTATE: 1-1 OVERALL RECORD: 1-0 DATE: Tuesday, November 14 GAME HOME: 1-0 • ROAD: 0-0 • NEUTRAL: 0-0 TIPOFF: 7:00 p.m. ET SEC RECORD: 0-0 HOME: 0-0 • ROAD: 0-0 ARENA: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) LOCATION: Athens, Ga. OCTOBER 2 Sun. 29 Exh.-vs. 2 Michigan State L 68-80 COACH: Mark Fox COACH: Kyle Perry NOVEMBER 146-118 in 9th season at UGA 1-1 in 1st season at USCU Thur. 2 Exh.-Valdosta State (SECN+) W 112-74 269-161 in 14th season overall 1-1 in 1st season overall Fri. 10 Bryant (SECN+) W 79-54 Tues. 14 USC Upstate (SECN+) 7:00 MOST RECENT STARTERS Sun. 19 Texas A&M-CC (SECN+) 1:00 NO. NAME PPG RPG NO. NAME PPG RPG Thur. 23 ^ at Cal State Fullerton (ESNPN) 10:30 Fri. 24 ^ vs. TBD 7:00/9:00 0 TURTLE JACKSON 11.0 1.0 G 1 MIKE CUNNINGHAM 12.5 2.5 Sun. 26 ^ vs. TBD TBD (6-4; 185; Jr.; Athens, Ga.) (6-0; 185; R-Jr.; Washington, D.C.) DECEMBER 13 E’TORRION WILRIDGE 1.0 4.0 F • G 3 JURE SPAN 18.0 4.0 Sat. 2 at Marquette (CBSSN) 2:00 (6-6; 220; Jr.; Beaumont, Texas) (6-4; 175; Jr.; Litija, Slovenia) Tues. 5 Winthrop (SECN) 7:00 20 RAYSHAUN HAMMONDS 17.0 7.0 F 4 RAMEL THOMPKIS 9.0 11.0 Sat. 16 at Massachusetts (NBCSN) 3:00 (6-8; 227; Fr.; Norcross, Ga.) (6-7; 202; Sr.; Vidalia, Ga.) Tues. 19 Georgia Tech (ESPNU) 9:00 Fri. 22 Temple (SECN) 1:00 1 YANTE MATEN 21.0 12.0 F 0 MALIK MOORE 20.5 7.0 Sun. 31 * at Kentucky (ESPN) 6:00 (6-8; 243; Sr.; Pontiac, Mich.) (6-6; 190; Jr.; Asheville, N.C.) JANUARY 34 DEREK OGBEIDE 2.0 4.0 F 13 CARSON SMITH 5.0 4.0 Wed. 3 * Ole Miss (SECN) 6:30 (6-8; 245; Jr.; Atlanta, Ga.) (6-6; 194; Sr.; Fort Mill, S.C.) Sat. 6 * Alabama (SECN) 12:00 Wed. 10 * at Missouri (ESPN2) 9:00 Sat. 13 * South Carolina (SECN) 1:00 OFF THE BENCH Tues. 16 * at LSU (ESPNU) 7:00 3 JUWAN PARKER 1.0 4.0 G 11 DEION HOLMES 10.5 2.5 Sat. 20 * at Auburn (SECN) 6:00 (6-4; 205; R-Sr.; Tulsa, Okla.) (6-2; 188; Jr.; Chesnee, S.C.) Tues. 23 * Arkansas (SECN) 6:30 Sat. 27 # at Kansas State (ESPNU) 2:00 4 TYREE CRUMP 8.0 1.0 G 15 PAT WELCH 3.5 1.5 Tues. 30 * Florida (SECN) 7:00 (6-1; 182; Soph.; Bainbridge, Ga.) (5-11; 181; Jr.; Pembroke, N.H.) FEBRUARY 33 NICOLAS CLAXTON 6.0 8.0 F • G 23 THOMAS BOOKER 0.0 0.0 Sat. 3 * at Miss. State (ESPNU) 6:00 (6-11; 215; Fr.; Greenville, S.C.) (6-2; 178; R-Fr.; Nashville, Tenn.) Wed. 7 * at Vanderbilt (SECN) 8:30 Sat. 10 * Auburn (SECN) 3:30 10 TESHAUN HIGHTOWER 6.0 2.0 G • C 12 ISAIAH ANDERSON 0.0 4.0 Wed. 14 * at Florida (SECN) 9:00 (6-4; 180; Fr.; Lithonia, Ga.) (6-8; 260; Fr.; Chester, Va.) Sat. 17 * Tennessee (SECN) 6:00 32 MIKE EDWARDS 2.0 3.0 F 35 YESKIN WALKER-WILKINS 0.0 0.0 Wed. 21 * at South Carolina (SECN) 6:30 (6-9; 225; Jr.; Westland, Mich) (6-4; 190; Fr.; Houston, Texas) Sat. 24 * LSU (ESPN) 2:00 Wed. 28 * Texas A&M (SECN) 8:30 TALE OF THE TAPE TEAM LEADERS MARCH Sat. 3 * at Tennessee (SECN) 6:00 UGA STAT USCU UGA STAT USCU UGA STAT UCSU 7-11 SEC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) 79.0 Points per game 81.0 19.0 FTs per game 8.0 Maten - 21.0 Scoring 20.5 - Moore +25.0 Scoring margin +2.0 +20.0 Rebound Margin -1.0 Maten - 12.0 Rebounding 11.0 - Thompkins ^ – Wooden Legacy ◊ * – SEC Games ◊ # – SEC/Big 12 Challenge 43.3 FG pct. 43.1 14.7 Assists per game 13.5 Claxton - 77.8 FG Pct. 68.4 - Span Rankings, if different, are AP/USA Today ◊ All times EASTERN 25.8 FG defense 42.4 0.82 Assists-to-TOs 1.04 Wilridge - 3.0 Assists 3.5 - Moore 40.0 3FG pct. 41.8 -3.0 Turnover Margin +1.0 Maten - 4.0 Blocks 2.0 - 2 Players 25.8 3FG defense 32.0 10.0 Blocks per game 2.0 Ogbeide - 2.0 Steals 1.5 - 3 Players t MEDIA COVERAGE 59.4 FT pct. 59.3 8.0 Steals per game 7.5 Maten - 23.0 Minutes 37.0 - Thompkins WATCH: SEC NETWORK + Jeff Dantzler (pbp); THE STARTING 5... Jarvis Hayes (analyst) Yante Maten Juwan Parker Rayshaun Mark & Cindy Stegeman LISTEN: GEORGIA NETWORK was ranked as is the only Hammonds Fox are giving Coliseum Scott Howard (pbp); one of the nation’s active D-I MBB became the first $1 to local charity underwent Chuck Dowdle (color); top-25 players by player who has UGA freshman to for every fan at $8 million in Tony Schiavone (producer) CBS (22), ESPN already earned a start an opener UGA’s three Nov. renovations during Flagship: WSB AM 750 (Atlanta) (23) and NBC (24). master’s degree. since KCP in ‘12. home dates. the summer. SID: Mike Mobley • Email: [email protected] • Cell: 706-540-7486 • Social Media: @UGABasketball PAGE 2 Georgia VS. USC UPSTATE GAME NOTES @UGABASKETBALL BULLDOGS CONTINUE HOMESTAND t t UGA QUICK FACTS KEEPING AN EYE ON WITH TUESDAY DATE VS. USC UPSTATE LOCATION ...........................Athens, Ga. Georgia hosts the USC Upstate Spartans ENTERING TODAY’S GAME: on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. in the middle ENROLLMENT ..............................36,574 AMONG UGA’S CAREER LEADERS FOUNDED ........................................1785 outing of a three-game, 10-day homestand to CONFERENCE ..................Southeastern open the 2017-18 season. YANTE MATEN IS... NICKNAME ...............................Bulldogs Last Friday, the Bulldogs built a 40-17 • 3 points from No. 21 Charles Claxton MASCOT ....................................... Uga X halftime lead and cruised to a 79-54 victory • 53 points from No. 20 Kenny Gaines COLORS .............................. Red & Black over Bryant. On Sunday, Georgia hosts Texas • 15 rebounds from No. 15 Ray Jeffords PRESIDENT A&M-Corpus Christi before embarking on a • 2 FTs from No. 8 Bob Lienhard road trip to compete in the Wooden Legacy in • 5 FTs from No. 7 Sundiata Gaines ..... Jere W. Morehead (UGA J.D. ‘80) • 13 FTs from No. 6 Jimmy Pitts FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE Fullerton, Calif., over Thanksgiving. • 27 FTAs from No. 12 Terry Fair ................ David Shipley (Oberlin ‘72) Yante Maten led the Bulldogs with 21 • 15 blocks from No. 3 Terrell Bell J. REID PARKER DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS points and 12 rebounds versus Bryant. That ..............Greg McGarity (Georgia ‘76) represented the SEC Preseason Player of Travis Leslie and Zac Swansey both the Year’s 63rd double-digit scoring output, scored 11 points and Ricky McPhee and UGA: FIRST & STILL FOREMOST 18th double-figure rebound count and 17th Terrance Woodbury added 10 points apiece • UGA was chartered on Jan. 27, 1785, and double-double in his Georgia career. – as the first state-chartered university in to lead a balanced Bulldog offensive attack. America – serves as the birthplace of public Rayshaun Hammonds celebrated his birth- A 15-2 run midway through the opening higher education in the U.S. day by becoming the first Bulldog freshman period supplied Georgia with a 24-12 lead, • UGA’s was chartered two years before the to start a season opener since Kentavious and the Bulldogs led by double digits for U.S. Constitution was signed and four years Caldwell-Pope in 2011 and then went on to the final 14:14 of the contest. The final score prior to George Washington’s inauguration as our first President. post 17 points (on 7-of-9 FG shooting) and also was Georgia’s largest lead, 24 points. • UGA has been ranked among the nation’s seven rebounds in his UGA debut. top-25 public universities by U.S. News & Turtle Jackson rounded out the double-fig- LAST TIME OUT... World Report every year since 2000. UGA ure scorers with a career-high 11 points. Yante Maten’s opened his senior sea- was No. 16 in the most recent rankings USC Upstate arrives in Athens with a released in September 2017. son with a double-double and Rayshaun 1-1 record. The Spartans dropped a 92-77 Hammonds scored 17 points in his collegiate decision at No. 15 Minnesota last Friday but debut to lead Georgia in a 79-54 victory over bounced back to top Allen, 85-66, on Sunday. Bryant last Friday night. PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN GUY’D Malik Moore leads four Spartans averaging Maten posted 21 points, his 23rd 20-point 1 YANTE (Yahn-tay) MATEN (May-tin) 10-plus points at 21.5 ppg, while Jure Span outing in his career with the Bulldogs, and adds 18.0 ppg, Mike Cunningham chips in grabbed 12 boards. Hammonds’ output was 3 JUWAN (Jah-wahn) Parker 13.0 ppg and Deion Holmes contributes 10.5 the most by a Georgia freshman in an open- 4 TYREE (Tie-ree) Crump ppg. Ramel Thompkins is posting just under a er in a decade and one day, since Jeremy 5 PAPE (Pop) Diatta (G-ah-tuh) double-double at 9.0 ppg and 11.0 rpg.