Commit To The Georgia Basketball Game Notes 2020-21 SCHEDULE Georgia: 7-3, 0-3 SEC VS. AUBURN: 6-6, 0-4 SEC OVERALL RECORD: 7-3 DATE: Wednesday, January 13 HOME: 7-1 • ROAD: 0-2 TIPOFF: 7:00 p.m. ET SEC RECORD: 0-3 HOME: 0-1 • ROAD: 0-2 ARENA: Stegeman Coliseum (1,638) LOCATION: Athens, Ga. NOVEMBER SERIES RECORD: AU leads, 96-95 Sun. 29 Florida A&M (SECN) W 85-75 LAST MEETING: UGA, 65-55, on Feb. 19, 2020 DECEMBER Wed. 2 North Georgia (SECN+) W 84-62 Fri. 4 Jacksonville (SECN) W 98-65 THE OPENING TIP t TALE OF THE TAPE Tues. 8 Montana (SECN) W 63-50 The Georgia Bulldogs – America’s most Sat. 12 Samford (SECN+) W 79-75 balanced offensive Division I basketball team – re- STATISTIC UGA AU Sat. 19 Cincinnati (SECN) W 83-68 turn to action on Wednesday evening when they Tues. 22 Northeastern (SECN+) W 76-58 Points Per Game 80.2 75.7 Wed. 30 * Mississippi St. (SECN) L 73-83 host Auburn at Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs Opp. Point Per Game 72.9 73.7 enter this week as the only D-I men’s hoops Scoring Margin +7.3 +2.0 JANUARY Field Goal Pct. .465 .446 Wed. 6 * at LSU (SECN) L O T- 92-94 program with six players sporting double-figure Sat. 9 * at Arkansas (SECN) L 69-99 scoring averages. Through Sunday, 345 men’s Opp. Field Goal Pct. .424 .434 Wed. 13 * Auburn (SECN) 7:00 basketball teams had played games during the 3-Point Pct. .305 .340 3-Pointers Per Game 6.4 10.1 Sat. 16 * at Ole Miss (ESPN2) 12:00 2020-21 season. Wed. 20 * Kentucky (SECN) 7:00 Opp. 3-Point Pct. .327 .301 Sat. 23 * Florida (ESPN/2) 2:00 The Bulldogs are 7-3 overall. Georgia began Free Throw Pct. .704 .647 Wed. 27 * at S. Carolina (ESPNU) 7:00 the 2020-21 campaign with a 7-0 start that was Free Throws Per Game 14.0 13.6 Sat. 30 * Ole Miss (SECN) 6:00 the program’s best beginning in 38 years...since Rebounds Per Game 42.1 38.4 FEBRUARY Georgia’s 1982-83 Final Four season. Opp. Rebound Per Game 34.7 34.3 Tues. 2 * at Auburn (SECN) 7:00 Rebound Margin +7.4 +4.1 Sat. 6 * Vanderbilt (SECN) 1:00 SERIES HISTORY WITH AUBURN Assists Per Game 15.9 15.4 Wed. 10 * at Texas A&M (SECN) 7:00 Following last season’s double-digit upset over Turnovers Per Game 18.1 12.8 Sat. 13 * at Alabama (SECN) 3:30 Auburn before a sold-out Stegeman Coliseum, Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 0.88 0.90 Tues. 16 * Missouri (SECN) 6:30 Turnover Margin -0.3 -2.5 Sat. 20 * at Florida (SECN) 3:30 Georgia possesses a 62-27 advantage in all-time Tues. 23 * LSU (SECN) 7:00 Steals Per Game 8.7 6.9 meetings with the Tigers in Athens. AU owns Blocks Per Game 2.5 4.9 Sat. 27 * South Carolina (SECN) 1:00 a slim 96-95 lead in overall series between the MARCH interstate rivals on the hardwood. Toumani Camara hit several clutch free throws Wed. 3 * at Tennessee (ESPN2/U) 7:00 In last season’s matchup on Feb. 19, Georgia down the stretch. He entered the contest shooting 10-14 SEC Tourney (Nashville) grabbed the lead late in the first half and led the 56.1 percent from the line on the season but was * – SEC games ◊ All times ET entire second stanza en route to a 65-55 upset 10-of-12 against the Tigers. over No. 13/12 Auburn. A complete box score from that contest – as SCOUTING THE TIGERS PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN GUY’D well as game-by-game results for the last 10 Auburn arrives in Athens with a 6-6 overall record and an 0-4 mark in SEC play, most recently 5 Justin KIER (ky-er) (like tire with a “k”) outings in the series – can be found on Page 5 of these Game Notes. dropping a 94-90 home decision to Alabama last 10 TOUMANI (Too-mah-knee) CAMARA (Cuh-mahr-uh) The Bulldogs took the lead for good on an An- Saturday afternoon. 11 JAXON (Jack-son) ETTER (eh-tuhr) thony Edwards 3-pointer that put them up 25-23 The Tigers opened the season with an overtime 15 SAHVIR (SAH-veer) Wheeler with 3:55 left in the first half. victory against Saint Joseph’s before back-to- Georgia pushed that advantage to double digits back setbacks to Gonzaga and UCF. Following a 23 MIKAL (Michael) Starks at the 14:55 mark of the second half and never al- five-game winning streak, Auburn has come up 25 TYRON (Ty-ron) McMILLAN (mic-mill-uhn) lowed Auburn closer than three points the rest of short in each of its first four league outings by an the evening, lastly at 43-40 with 10:12 remaining. average of 7.3 ppg. t MEDIA COVERAGE THE STARTING 5... WATCH: SEC NETWORK Georgia is the Toumani Sahvir Seven UGA’s roster Roy Philpott (play-by-play); only Division Camara and Wheeler’s different features eight Mark Wise (analyst) I MBB team – of Sahvir Wheeler four point-assist Bulldogs have newcomers with the 345 that have enter the week tied double-doubles scored in double representative LISTEN: BULLDOG SPORTS NETWORK played games this for the SEC lead in the first nine figures this in every class – Scott Howard (play-by-play); season – with six with four double- games equaled season, combining two freshmen, a Chuck Dowdle (analyst); players currently doubles. Camara’s the second-best to produce 41 sophomore, two Adam Gillespie (producer) sporting double- are point-board. single-season total double-digit juniors and a trio Flagship: WSB AM 750; XM: 190 figure scoring Wheeler’s are by any SEC player performances in of senior graduate Internet: 961 averages. point-assist. in the 2000s. just 10 games. transfers. SID: Mike Mobley • Email: [email protected] • Cell: 706-540-7486 • Social Media: @UGABasketball PAGE 2 Georgia VS. AUBURN GAME NOTES HEAD COACH TOM CREAN ASST. COACH STEVE MCCLAIN • Named Georgia Basketball’s 22nd head coach on March 15, 2018. • Sports 28 seasons of collegiate coaching experience, including 18 as head coach. • 20 seasons as head coach at Marquette (‘99-08), Indiana (‘08-17) and Georgia (‘18-19) • On Crean’s staff at Indiana from 2010-15, with 2103 Big Ten title and three NCAAs. • Led 13 of his teams to postseason play, including nine NCAA Tournament bids, four • Spent five seasons as head coach at Illinois-Chicago (UIC) from 2015-20. Sweet 16s appearances and a trip to the 2003 Final Four. ASST. COACH CHAD DOLLAR • Produced 15 NBA players at Marquette (6), Indiana (7) and Georgia (2), including eight who • Atlanta native with 20+ years experience in the SEC, ACC, AAC, C-USA and OVC. were on opening-day rosters for the 2019-20 season. All told, those players have earned or are • Father, Don, was legendary coach at Atlanta’s Douglass HS. Brother, Cam, helped under contract to earn more than $625 million. lead UCLA to the 1995 NCAA title. • In 20 seasons, his teams have finished among the nation’s top-25 squads statistically a combined 40 times in virtually every offensive and defensive statistic kept by the NCAA. ASST. COACH JOHN LINEHAN • Has coached 10 All-Americans and 39 all-conference performers. • The NCAA D-I career leader in steals (385) and ‘02 National Def. Player of the Year. • 56 of his four-year players at MU, IU and UGA have graduated, including six who earned their • Played professionally overseas for 12 seasons, primarily in France. bachelor’s degrees in less than four years and five who have secured master’s degrees. • Spent time on staffs at Temple, Drexel and Brown before joining UGA staff in 2019. DIR. OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT BRIAN FISH PLAYER DEVELOPMENT ASST. MICHAEL CURRY • More than three decades of experience as head coach at Montana State (2014-19) • Played 11 seasons in the NBA with seven franchises. and on staffs at Oregon, Creighton, San Diego, TCU, Kansas State and Marshall. • Served as an NBA Vice President for two seasons before moving into coaching. • In 2009, named to Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame silver anniversary team. • Coaching experience includes being head coach of Pistons and Florida Atlantic. DIR. OF OPERATIONS JAKE THELEN DIR. OF STRATEGY TIM DATHER • Second-youngest “DOBO” at a Power-5 school, turned 28 on Nov. 8. • Spent last four seasons with Pacers and 2015-16 with the Clippers. • Served as graduate manager at Indiana for Tom Crean during 2016-17 season. • Served as Pacers’ head coach/assistant coach during 2018-19 NBA Summer League. • At Bellarmine, consensus D-II All-American and Great Lakes Valley Conference POY. • Worked four seasons at Indiana as both head student manager and grad. manager. S&C COACH SEAN HAYES ATHLETIC TRAINER LANCE SCHUEMANN • In his 10th season at UGA after serving on the Buffalo Bills’ staff from 2006-10. • In third season at UGA after spending previous five seasons at Wyoming. • One of two SEC MBB S&C leaders who has earned Master of Strength & • Was a student athletic trainer for Florida MBB’s 2007 NCAA Champion team. Conditioning honors from Collegiate S&C Coaches Association. • Also has stints on medical staffs at Valparaiso and Charleston Southern. Following consecutive wins by the Bull- Camara was whistled three more times in t NUMERICAL NUGGETS 6:58 of playing time in the second half, fouling dogs, Auburn scratched the series mark to The Bulldogs have scored 90 out with 10:02 left in the game.