GeorgiaBulldogs UGA Under Head Coach Mark Fox: 4 20-win seasons • 5 Postseason Bids • 30 UGA Graduates • 3 NBA Draft Picks 2017-18 SCHEDULE Georgia: 15-12, 6-9 VS. LSU: 16-11, 7-8 OVERALL RECORD: 15-12 DATE: Saturday, February 24 GAME HOME: 10-3 • ROAD: 4-8 • NEUTRAL: 1-1 TIPOFF: 2:00 p.m. ET SEC RECORD: 6-9 HOME: 4-3 • ROAD: 2-7 ARENA: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) LOCATION: Athens, Ga. OCTOBER 28 Sun. 29 Exh.-vs. 2 Michigan State L 68-80 COACH: Mark Fox COACH: Will Wade NOVEMBER 160-130 in 9th season at UGA 16-11 in 1st season at LSU Thur. 2 Exh.-Valdosta State (SECN+) W 112-74 283-173 in 14th season overall 107-56 in 5th season overall Fri. 10 Bryant (SECN+) W 79-54 Tues. 14 USC Upstate (SECN+) W 74-65 MOST RECENT STARTERS Sun. 19 Texas A&M-CC (SECN+) W 68-65 NO. NAME PPG RPG NO. NAME PPG RPG Thur. 23 ^ at Cal State Fullerton (ESNPN) W 64-57 Fri. 24 ^ vs. San Diego State (ESPN2) L 68-75 0 TURTLE JACKSON 9.1 2.2 G 3 TREMONT WATERS 15.2 3.5 Sun. 26 ^ vs. 21 Saint Mary’s (ESPNU) W OT- 83-81 (6-4; 185; Jr.; Athens, Ga.) (5-11; 167; Fr.; New Haven, Conn.) DECEMBER 3 JUWAN PARKER 8.6 3.7 G 5 DARYL EDWARDS 6.8 1.5 Sat. 2 at Marquette (CBSSN) W 73-66 (6-4; 205; R-Sr.; Tulsa, Okla.) (6-3; 165; Jr.; Fresno, Calif.) Tues. 5 Winthrop (SECN) W 87-82 Sat. 16 at Massachusetts (NBCSN) L 62-72 20 RAYSHAUN HAMMONDS 6.1 4.9 F • G 4 SKYLAR MAYS 11.1 4.0 Tues. 19 Georgia Tech (ESPN2) W 80-59 (6-8; 227; Fr.; Norcross, Ga. ) (6-4; 200; Soph.; Baton Rouge, La.) Fri. 22 Temple (SECN) W 84-66 1 YANTE MATEN 19.3 8.6 F 44 WAYDE SIMS 5.9 3.1 Sun. 31 * at 16/15 Kentucky (ESPN) L 61-66 (6-8; 243; Sr.; Pontiac, Mich.) (6-6; 217; Soph.; Baton Rouge, La.) JANUARY Wed. 3 * Ole Miss (SECN) W 71-60 33 NICOLAS CLAXTON 3.7 3.5 F 21 AARON EPPS 9.9 6.1 Sat. 6 * Alabama (SECN) W 65-46 (6-11; 215; Fr.; Greenville, S.C.) (6-10; 214; Sr.; Ball, La.) Wed. 10 * at Missouri (ESPN2) L 56-68 Sat. 13 * South Carolina (SECN) L 57-64 OFF THE BENCH Tues. 16 * at LSU (ESPNU) W 61-60 34 DEREK OGBEIDE 7.3 5.8 F 1 DUOP REATH 13.1 5.3 Sat. 20 * at 17/20 Auburn (SECN) L 65-79 (6-8; 245; Jr.; Atlanta, Ga.) (6-11; 244; Sr.; Perth, Australia) Tues. 23 * Arkansas (SECN) L 2OT-77-80 Sat. 27 # at Kansas State (ESPNU) L 51-56 4 TYREE CRUMP 6.1 1.1 G 0 BRANDON SAMPSON 7.3 2.3 Tues. 30 * 23/24 Florida (SECN) W 72-60 (6-1; 182; Soph.; Bainbridge, Ga.) (6-5; 184; Jr.; Baton Rouge, La. ) FEBRUARY 10 TESHAUN HIGHTOWER 2.5 1.2 G 14 RANDY ONWUASOR 4.8 2.0 Sat. 3 * at Miss. State (ESPNU) L 57-72 (6-4; 180; Fr.; Lithonia, Ga.) (6-3; 210; Fr.; Inglewood, Calif.) Wed. 7 * at Vanderbilt (SECN) L 66-81 Sat. 10 * 8/9 Auburn (SECN) L 61-78 32 MIKE EDWARDS 2.1 2.0 F • G 2 BRANDON RACHAL 3.9 2.6 Wed. 14 * at Florida (SECN) W OT- 72-69 (6-9; 225; Jr.; Westland, Mich.) (6-2; 215; Fr.; Natchitoches, La.) Sat. 17 * 18/17 Tennessee (SECN) W 73-62 5 PAPE DIATTA 1.5 1.5 F • G 12 MARSHALL GRAVES 1.6 0.5 Wed. 21 * at South Carolina (SECN) L 57-66 (6-7; 220; Sr.; Dakar, Senegal) (6-2; 185; Soph.; Ponchatoula, La.) Sat. 24 * LSU (ESPNU) 2:00 Wed. 28 * Texas A&M (SECN) 8:30 MARCH TALE OF THE TAPE TEAM LEADERS Sat. 3 * at Tennessee (SECN) 6:00 UGA STAT LSU UGA STAT LSU UGA STAT LSU 7-11 SEC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) 68.3 Points per game 77.5 71.4 FT pct. 74.2 Maten - 19.3 Scoring 15.2 - Waters ^ – Wooden Legacy ◊ * – SEC Games ◊ # – SEC/Big 12 Challenge +1.3 Scoring margin +4.2 15.7 FTs per game 13.9 Maten - 8.6 Rebounding 6.2 - Epps Rankings, if different, are AP/USA Today ◊ All times EASTERN 42.6 FG pct. 48.0 +5.3 Rebound Margin -0.5 Ogbeide - 62.0 FG Pct. 55.6 - Reath 39.5 FG defense 45.2 12.3 Assists per game 14.2 Jackson - 3.6 Assists 5.9- Waters 32.1 3FG pct. 35.2 0.93 Assists-to-TOs 1.25 Maten - 1.3 Blocks 1.0 - 2 Players t MEDIA COVERAGE 33.2 3FG defense 34.6 4.5 Blocks per game 3.5 Jackson - 0.7 Steals 2.1 - Waters WATCH: ESPNU 6.0 3FGs per game 8.0 4.0 Steals per game 7.4 Maten - 34.1 Minutes 32.8 - Waters Taylor Zarzour (pbp); Barry Booker (analyst) THE STARTING 5... LISTEN: GEORGIA NETWORK UGA is one of Yante Maten UGA leads Juwan Parker, Nicolas Scott Howard (pbp); only 13 teams is the only the SEC and the only DI Claxton Chuck Dowdle (color); in the nation with player in the SEC’s is ranked No. MBB player with a started at Vandy, Tony Schiavone (producer) 6 or more “Q1” top 10 in scoring, 9 nationally in master’s, is 3rd on becoming the 9th Flagship: WSB AM 750 (Atlanta); wins in the new rebounding, FG FG percentage UGA’s career FT current Bulldog to Satellite: Sirius 138; XM 191 NCAA RPI matrix. pct. & FT pct. defense at .395. pct. leaders list. start as a freshman. SID: Mike Mobley • Email: [email protected] • Cell: 706-540-7486 • Social Media: @UGABasketball PAGE 2 Georgia VS. LSU GAME NOTES @UGABASKETBALL BULLDOGS HOST LSU IN REMATCH t t UGA QUICK FACTS KEEPING AN EYE ON OF JANUARY THRILLER AT THE PMAC LOCATION ...........................Athens, Ga. Georgia host LSU at Stegeman Colise- ENTERING TODAY’S GAME: um on Saturday afternoon in a rematch of ENROLLMENT .............................. 37,606 AMONG UGA’S CAREER LEADERS FOUNDED ........................................1785 a January 16 thriller at the Pete Maravich CONFERENCE ..................Southeastern Assembly Center. The Bulldogs rallied from YANTE MATEN IS... NICKNAME ...............................Bulldogs a double-digit halftime deficit en route to a • 7 points from No. 3 Vern Fleming MASCOT ....................................... Uga X 61-60 victory via a Yante Maten hook with 5.7 • 18 points from No. 2 Alec Kessler COLORS .............................. Red & Black seconds remaining. • 341 points from No. 1 Litterial Green PRESIDENT Georgia is currently 15-12 overall and 6-9 • 1 rebound from No. 5 Charles Claxton • 28 rebounds from No. 4 Jerry Waller ..... Jere W. Morehead (UGA J.D. ‘80) in the SEC. The Bulldogs are among a group of 10 teams within two games of each other • 45 FGs from No. 5 Bob Leinhard FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE • 94 FGAs from No. 4 Dominque Wilkins ................ David Shipley (Oberlin ‘72) entering the final three league outings. Those • 65 FTs from No. 3 Litterial Green J. REID PARKER DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS squads occupy spaces 3-12 in the standing. • 85 FTAs from No. 3 Alec Kessler ..............Greg McGarity (Georgia ‘76) Maten, a top-10 candidate for both the • 63 blocks from No. 2 Charles Claxton Senior CLASS and Karl Malone Awards, leads UGA: FIRST & STILL FOREMOST the SEC in scoring by almost a full point per DEREK OGBEIDE IS... • UGA was chartered on Jan. 27, 1785, and game at 19.3 ppg (Alabama’s Collin Sexton • 14 rebounds from No. 20 Nemanja Djurisic – as the first state-chartered university in and Arkansas’ Jaylen Barford are second at • 16 rebounds from No. 19 Jumaine Jones America – serves as the birthplace of public • 20 rebounds from No. 18 Shandon Anderson 18.4 ppg). Maten is the only player ranked higher education in the U.S. • 21 rebounds from No. 17 Dominique • UGA’s was chartered two years before the among the SEC’s top-10 in scoring, rebound- Wilkins U.S. Constitution was signed and four years ing (No. 3), field goal percentage (No. 7) and prior to George Washington’s inauguration as our first President. free throw percentage (No. 5)...and also is No. SERIES HISTORY WITH LSU • UGA has been ranked among the nation’s 2 in minutes played. LSU sports a 64-46 edge in the all-time top-25 public universities by U.S. News & Maten has been a picture of consistency for series with Georgia; however, the Bulldogs World Report every year since 2000. UGA the Bulldogs. are 27-22 against the Tigers here in Athens. was No. 16 in the most recent rankings In 27 games this season, he has 26 dou- Last month in Baton Rouge, Yante released in September 2017. ble-figure outings, with 14 20-point perfor- Maten’s bucket with 5.7 seconds remaining mances and 11 double-doubles. lifted Georgia to a 61-60 victory at LSU. Over 90 games since the start of his sopho- A box score from that contest – Game 17 PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN GUY’D more year, Maten has 82 double-digit scoring this season – can be found on Page 18 of 1 YANTE (Yahn-tay) MATEN (May-tin) performances, with 36 20-point and five these Game Notes.