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Georgia
Saturday, 12/19
8:00 PM
Stegeman Coliseum
SEC Network
Our final OOC game of the 20-21 season presents an opportunity to earn what will likely be our second Q2 victory against a 5-0 Georgia squad (KP #93).
Georgia only returns 2 of its top 8 minute-earners from last year's 16-16 squad that included 2020 #1 NBA draft pick Anthony Edwards. They've bolstered this year's squad with grad transfers from Va. Tech, Stony Brook, and George Mason along with a few JUCOs.
They do return some impressive talent in former top 100 recruits Sahvir Wheeler and Christian Brown who are both sophomores. 3rd-year coach Tom Crean recruited the #11 recruiting class in college basketball in 2019.
Less impressive has been Georgia's schedule so far (297th on KP), which has featured a 13-point win over Montana (KP #150), and 3 wins over teams that were ranked 270th or worse in Ken Pom, along with one win over a D2 team - all at home.
In Georgia's last game against #273 Samford, they were down 13 points at one point in the first half, 9 points in the second half, and didn't take the lead for good until there were 32 seconds left in the game before holding on for a 79-75 win.
Like us, they've shot the ball well inside the arch (56.1% 2FG) and poorly from outside (27.6% 3FG).
They've also shot an abysmal 23/41 from the FT line (56%) over their past two games.
They've been an elite rebounding team so far though, particularly on the offensive glass where they grab just over 15 boards/game (we allowed 13 & 12 off rebounds to Tenn and USF respectively).
This appears to be a very winnable game but a victory will require us to correct some of our glaring issues from our past few losses.
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