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Dogs Host UL Lafayette Wednesday at 6pm
December 13, 2016 | Men's Basketball
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- Opponent: UL Lafayette
- Records: Georgia (5-3), UL Lafayette (8-2)
- Rankings: Georgia NR, UL Lafayette NR
- Tipoff: Wednesday, December 14 - 6:00 p.m. ET
- Location: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) in Athens, Ga.
- TV: SEC Network (Tom Hart, PBP; Tony Delk, Color)
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The Starting Five
- UGA and ULL split their two previous meetings in the 1980s, when "ULL" was officially "USL." Both games were in Lafayette.
- J.J. Frazier is No. 2 in career FT percentage in UGA history and could become the school record holder with four straight makes.
- Yante Maten now leads the SEC in scoring and ranks second in both rebounding and FG percentage. He has a streak of 24 consecutive double-digit scoring outputs.
- J.J. Frazier became UGA's 47th 1,000-point scorer vs. UNC Asheville on Nov. 14. Frazier has since moved up to No. 31 and is 20 points from co-No. 29s Nemi Djurisic and Jerry Eppling.
- UGA has hit the 20-win plateau the past three years, just the second time in 111 seasons the Bulldogs have done so. Mark Fox is the first coach to lead UGA to three-straight 20-win efforts.
Dogs Back In Action Against ULL
The Georgia Bulldogs will return to the court on Wednesday evening when they host the UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at 6 p.m., an hour earlier than their usual weeknight tip time. The adjusted start is to provide a little extra time to convert Stegeman Coliseum from a basketball arena into the staging location for UGA's Fall Commencement on Friday.
The contest will end the longest layoff of the regular season for the Bulldogs, a 10-day span between games while Final Exams were administered. By comparison, Georgia will have a six-day window between outings surrounding the Christmas break.
The Bulldogs currently sport a 5-3 on the young season.
Yante Maten now leads both Georgia and the SEC scoring at 20.9 ppg. He also is the top Dog and second in the SEC in both rebounding (8.3 rpg) and field goal percentage (.571). J.J. Frazier is contributing 14.4 ppg (No. 16 in the SEC). His team-best averages of 1.9 steals and 4.4 assists per game are fifth- and sixth-best in the SEC, respectively.
Maten, a junior forward, and Frazier, a senior guard, are one of the nation's most potent inside-outside tandems. Last season, Frazier averaged 16.9 ppg and Maten contributed 16.5 ppg. Individually, that made them the first- and third-leading returning scorers in the SEC. Together, they were the fifth-best forward-guard scoring duo returning to Division I basketball for 2016-17.
UL Lafayette arrives in Athens at 8-2 riding an eight-game winning streak. After losing both ends of a two-game road trip to open the 2016-17 campaign, the Ragin' Cajuns have won their last eight outings by an impressive 23.5 points per game.
Frank Bartley IV paces a quartet of double-digit scorers for ULL at 19.1 ppg. Bryce Washington is adding a double-double of 15.3 ppg and 11.2 rpg, while Jay Wright chips in 14.5 ppg and Justin Miller notches 10.1 ppg.
Potential Starters
| GEORGIA BULLDOGS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown | PPG | RPG |
| 0 | William Jackson II | G | 6-4 | 185 | So. | Athens, Ga. | 5.0 | 1.4 |
| 3 | Juwan Parker | G | 6-4 | 205 | Jr. | Tulsa, Okla. | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| 30 | J.J. Frazier | G | 5-10 | 155 | Sr. | Glennville, Ga. | 14.4 | 3.6 |
| 1 | Yante Maten | F | 6-8 | 240 | Jr. | Pontiac, Mich. | 20.9 | 8.3 |
| 34 | Derek Ogbeide | F | 6-8 | 245 | So. | Atlanta, Ga. | 6.5 | 5.3 |
Head Coach: Mark Fox
Record at Georgia / Years: 131-106 / 8th season
Overall Record/Years: 254-149 / 13th season
Assistant Coaches: Philip Pearson, Jonas Hayes, Yasir Rosemond
| UL LAFAYETTE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown | PPG | RPG |
| 1 | Jay Wright | G | 6-1 | 170 | Sr. | Rincon, Ga. | 14.5 | 3.1 |
| 4 | Frank Bartley IV | G | 6-3 | 214 | Jr. | Baton Rouge La. | 19.1 | 3.6 |
| 25 | Roydell Brown | F | 6-5 | 184 | Fr. | New Orleans, La. | 4.5 | 0.8 |
| 3 | Justin Miller | F | 6-7 | 251 | Fr. | Owensboro, Ky. | 10.1 | 4.6 |
| 32 | Bryce Washington | C | 6-6 | 248 | Jr. | New Orleans, La. | 15.3 | 11.2 |
Head Coach: Bob Marlin
Record at ULL / Years: 115-94 / 7th season
Overall Record / Years: 463-260 / 24th season
Keeping An Eye On...Entering today's game:
J.J. Frazier is...
- 20 points from co-No. 29s Jerry Eppling and Nemanja Djurisic
- 28 points from No. 27 G.G. Smith
- 8 3FGs from No. 9 Jody Patton
- 1 3FGAs from No. 9 K. Caldwell-Pope
- 5 FTs from No. 12 Jerry Waller
- 4 FTAs from No. 20 Walter Daniels
Yante Maten is...
- 2 blocks from No. 7 Willie Anderson
- 5 blocks from No. 6 Richard Corhen
- 111 points from becoming UGA's 48th 1,000-point career scorer
Series History With "ULL"...Or "USL"
Georgia and UL Lafayette split their previous two meetings in the 1980s, when "ULL" was actually "USL" and known as Southwestern Louisiana. The school officially changed its name in 1999.
The Bulldogs defeated the Ragin' Cajuns 78-75 in their 1985-86 opener behind 22 points and six assists from Joe Ward, as well as 19 points from David Dunn. Georgia opened up a 43-28 halftime lead and withstood a furious rally following intermission.
Interestingly, that is the last time Georgia won a true road game in a season opener.
The Bulldogs returned to Lafayette two years later to begin the 1987-88 season as part of the Louisiana Tip-Off Classic. Georgia defeated Southern, 93-87, in the Bulldogs' first-round matchup before falling to the Ragin' Cajuns, 86-68, in the tournament's championship game.
Last Time Out
The Georgia Bulldogs could not tame the hot-shooting Marquette Golden Eagles last Sunday (Dec. 4) afternoon in an 89-79 loss at Stegeman Coliseum.
The Bulldogs were as close as two points with a little more than seven minutes left in the second half, but the Golden Eagles went on an 11-0 run to control and secure the win.
Yante Maten and J.J. Frazier contributed 24 and 22 points, respectively, while Mike Edwards added 11 points and Juwan Parker grabbed team-high seven rebounds.
Marquette pulled ahead as far as 10 points, 27-17, at the 10:22 mark of the first, but the Bulldogs exploded on a 13-3 run to notch it up at 30-all. Frazier closed the first half with a floater in the waning seconds to take Georgia into the break trailing 46-43.
Marquette opened the second half with its ninth 3-pointer (on 11 attempts at that point) en route to strengthening the Golden Eagles' lead to 63-49. However, Frazier jumpstarted a Bulldog run with a trey followed by two free throws and an assist to Mike Edwards for an emphatic slam dunk to bring Georgia within five at 68-63.
A pair of free throws by William "Turtle" Jackson II later cut the Bulldogs' deficit to two points, but the Golden Eagles continued to answer. Marquette's Sam Hauser made his fourth 3-pointer of the game at the 5:35 mark to extend the Golden Eagle's lead back to eight points at 78-70.
The Bulldogs shot a better clip at 49-percent compared to Marquette's 46-percent from the field, but it was the Golden Eagles' 13 3-pointers that were the difference.
Dogs Near Historic Home Victory
Georgia enters its matchup with UL Lafayette sporting 498 all-time victories at Stegeman Coliseum.
The venue was christened on Feb. 22, 1964, when a standing-room-only crowd of 13,200 witnessed the Bulldogs defeat Georgia Tech, 81-68. The first game in the Coliseum actually was the undercard to that contest, an 86-75 win by UGA's freshman team over its counterparts from Tech.
The Bulldogs went on to finish 3-1 at the then-named Georgia Coliseum during the 1963-64 season, posting additional wins over Vanderbilt and Florida State (with a young assistant coach named Hugh Durham on the Seminoles' bench).
Georgia has played every season since in the architectural marvel and is in the 54th full home campaign in the arena during 2016-17.
The "Georgia Coliseum" was renamed Stegeman Coliseum on March 2, 1996. The namesake is Herman J. Stegeman, who coached basketball, baseball, football and track & field and also served as Athletic Director at UGA during his 20-year tenure on campus from 1919-39.
Maten Joins Top-10 UGA Swatters
Yante Maten's season-high four blocked shots against Marquette pushed the junior from Pontiac, Mich., into Georgia's top-10 career leaders for swatted shots.
Maten now has 120 blocks in 74 games played with the Bulldogs. His effort against the Golden Eagles not only moved him into UGA's top 10, it inched him to No. 8.
Frazier Chases Career FT Mark
J.J. Frazier opened the season at No. 2 among Georgia's career leaders in free throw efficiency, converting on 81.2 percent (263-of-324) of his trips to the line.
That trailed only Jerry Eppling's effort of 82.2 percent (221-of-269) from 1968-70.
This season, Frazier has connected on 28-of-31 (90.3 percent) of his attempts at the charity stripe and raised his career percentage to 82.0 (291-of-355) in the process.
FYI, four more makes without a miss would inch Frazier past Eppling.
32+34=Solid Production at the "5"
Georgia's sophomore tandem of No. 32 Mike Edwards and No. 34 Derek Ogbeide is combining to give the Bulldogs very solid production on the low block. To date, the classmates are contributing just shy of a double-double at 12.4 points and 9.8 rebounds per game for the Bulldogs.
Ogbeide is averaging 6.5 ppg and 5.3 rpg in 16.1 mpg of action. Edwards has averages of 5.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 20.5 mpg. Both players are shooting roughly the same percentages from the field and the line, with Edwards at 55.2 and 65.2, and Ogbeide at 55.0 and 66.7.
Maten Continues Hot Streak
Yante Maten has extended his streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures to 24 contests. That dates back to last season's Jan. 30 game at No. 17 Baylor.
Maten has gone well past 10 points numerous times during the stretch, with six 20-point and two 30-point performances...and eight double-doubles.
Maten, the only SEC player on the preseason watch list for the Karl Malone Award as the nation's top power forward, has been a model of consistency since the start of last season. Over the last 42 games, Maten has posted double digits in the scoring column 38 times (with 14 20-point and two 30-point outputs), grabbed double-figure rebounds 13 times and posted a dozen double-doubles.
Freshmen Hit Highs Vs. Morehouse
Freshmen Tyree Crump and Jordan Harris both notched their first double-digit scoring efforts in Georgia's win over Morehouse.
Crump posted a team-high 16 points, and Harris added 11. More impressive than those tallies was the efficiency in which they reached those marks.
Crump did not miss a shot against the Maroon Tigers, going 4-of-4 from the field, 2-of-2 from 3-point range and 6-of-6 at the line. Harris hit 4-of-5 field goals, including a pair of 3-pointers, and made 1-of-2 shots at the line.
All told, 15-of-17 (88.2 percent) shots from the freshmen found the bottom of the net against the Maroon Tigers.
"KPG Light" Lights it Up
Kenny Paul Geno registered a career-best 15 points versus Morehouse, doing so by making the most field goals (5) and 3-pointers (4) of his career.
Geno has been easing back into action after a bout with a stomach ailment him to lose approximately 16 pounds surrounding Georgia's trip to the CBE Hall of Fame Classic during Thanksgiving week.
Against George Washington, Geno registered his first DNP in 46 games -- since a broken wrist forced him to miss 11 outings in 2014-15. He played one minute versus Kansas and eight against Gardner-Webb before a season-high 22 MP versus the Maroon Tigers.
Parker Misses Morehouse
Juwan Parker did not start and did not play for the first time this season in Georgia's game against Morehouse. He was held out of action due to soreness in his left Achilles.
Parker has enjoyed a successful return to action after missing the 2015-16 season with the Achilles injury.
Parker is presently third on the team in scoring at 6.7 ppg and is second in both rebounding at 6.4 rpg and assists at 3.0 apg. More impressively, he currently leads the SEC and ranks No. 19 nationally with an impressive 3.5 assist-to-TO ratio.
Those numbers are considerably higher than his career averages entering the year of 4.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 0.9 apg, as well as 1.15 assists-to-TOs.
Parker started the first 14 games for UGA's 2015 NCAA Tournament team before suffering the injury. He played limited minutes in four contests that season but was out all of last year after surgery in the summer of 2015.
Perspective On Maten's Showing
Yante Maten's 30 points against No. 5 Kansas in the championship game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic were the most by a Bulldog versus a top-10 team since Jarvis Hayes scored 30 in an 88-84 upset of No. 10 Kentucky at Rupp Arena on Jan. 9, 2002.
Frazier Joins Millennium Club
Senior J.J. Frazier knocked down a 3-pointer with 17:57 left in the first half against UNC Asheville on Nov. 14 and in the process became Georgia Basketball's 47th 1,000-point career scorer.
"I've been here four years," Frazier joked, "I should have gotten it eventually."
After scoring 415 points in his freshman and sophomore seasons combined, Frazier poured in 573 points a year ago. That represented the 15th-best single-season tally in Georgia history.
Frazier now has 1,103 points, which has pushed him to No. 31 among the Bulldogs' career scoring leaders.
Frazier could eventually reach the Bulldogs' top-10 scoring leaders, a mark that currently begins at 1,451 points by D.A. Layne. Frazier is now 348 points shy of that tally with 23 regular-season games remaining.
Maten May Make Mark, Too
Yante Maten is well on his way to becoming the 48th Bulldog to surpass 1,000 career points. Maten began the year with 722 points, with 562 (No. 18 season mark in UGA history) of those coming during 2015-16. Maten now has 889 points at Georgia -- 111 shy of 1,000.
Bulldogs have been reaching the millennium mark at a steady clip over the past several seasons. J.J. Frazier was the seventh Bulldog to top 1,000 points during Mark Fox's tenure, joining Charles Mann (1,411 points), Trey Thompkins (1,396), Kenny Gaines (1,324), Nemi Djurisic (1,123), Travis Leslie (1,099) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (1,013).
Frazier provided Bucket-To-Be
J.J. Frazier didn't only score last season. He also dished out 151 assists, the fifth-best season effort in UGA's 111 years of hoops.
Combine Frazier's 573 points and the bare minimum of 302 points via those assists, and he had an immediate hand in 875 of the Bulldogs' 2,401 points a year ago. That's 36.4 percent of UGA's offensive output during the 2015-16 campaign.
Numerous Contributors vs. GW
Several Bulldogs were vital in Georgia's victory over George Washington in the semifinals of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic.
Most notably, Juwan Parker notched career bests of 11 boards and five assists (and was one point shy of his first double-double), and Derek Ogbeide equaled his career-high scoring output with 11 points and grabbed a season-best eight rebounds.
The Bulldogs were impressive down the stretch after Yante Maten fouled out with 3:36 remaining. Georgia led 70-68 at that point before closing out the contest on an 11-5 run. Perhaps the biggest play in that sourt was Pape Diatta's offensive board and stickback with 35 seconds left. That turned into a three-point play that pushed the Bulldogs up by six.
Turtle Gets His First Nod
William "Turtle" Jackson secured his first collegiate start against UNC Asheville and has remained in the Bulldogs' starting five for every game thereafter.
Jackson was a four-time All-State performer and scored 2,275 points at Athens Christian School before becoming Georgia Basketball's first Athens-area signee in more than two decades (since November 1991).
Bulldogs Sign Two
Nicolas Claxton and Rayshaun Hammonds have signed letters-of-intent with the University of Georgia, head coach Mark Fox announced on Monday, November 14.
Both players inked papers during the NCAA's week-long early signing period. Claxton signed in ceremonies on Nov. 14, while Hammonds did so on the previous Thursday, Nov. 10.
Claxton is a 6-10, forward from Legacy Charter School in Greenville, S.C., and the son of former Bulldog Charles Claxton. Nicolas averaged 12.9 points and 7.1 rebounds last season, as well as blocking 3.0 shots per game. He has helped Charter compile a 49-14 record over the past two seasons.
Claxton represented the U.S. Virgin Islands during the 2015 Centrobasket U17 Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He averaged 11.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.8 blocks per game in five outings, leading the Virgin Islands to a runner-up finish in the tournament. Claxton posted single-game highs of 20 points and 15 rebounds against Mexico in the semifinals, as well as 10 blocks in a group stage matchup with Bahamas.
"Nic is a terrific shooter and passer for a player with his length," Fox said. "He really is going to be a good inside-outside scoring threat. I know he is excited about playing at his parents' alma mater."
Hammonds, a 6-8, forward from Norcross, Ga., was named first-team All-State for Class 6A by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a junior after averaging 16.7 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game for the Blue Devils. As a sophomore, Hammonds averaged 14.1 points, 7.8 boards and 1.9 blocks at Norcross.
Over the past two seasons, Hammonds has helped Norcross post a combined 53-8 record and a pair of state tournament appearances. The Blue Devils finished 26-4 last season, losing to eventual state champion Westlake in the Sweet 16. Norcross was 27-7 in the 2014-15 season and lost to Pepplebrook in the state quarterfinals.
"Rayshaun has terrific versatility and can score the ball in a variety of ways," Fox said. "He's coming from a great program, and we are excited he is a Dawg."
Both of Claxton's parents, Charles and Nicole, attended UGA. Charles was a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs from 1992-95 and was an All-SEC and Freshman All-SEC performer. Among Georgia's career statistical leaders, Claxton is currently No. 20 in points (1,274), No. 5 in rebounds (840), No. 4 in field goal percentage (.542) and No. 2 in blocked shots (247). He was drafted by Phoenix in the second round of the NBA Draft and eventually played with Boston during the 1995-96 season.
Durham, Wilkins Enter CBB HOF
While Kansas -- in Kansas City -- is obviously the star attraction of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Georgia shined brightest at the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on Friday (Nov. 18). That's when former Georgia coach Hugh Durham and player Dominique Wilkins comprised one-quarter of the Hall's Class of 2016 inductees.
Appropriately, Durham and Wilkins, who together led the Bulldogs to numerous significant firsts, together were Georgia's first inductees into the Collegiate Hall of Fame. And a large contingent approaching 100 friends and family of Georgia Basketball trekked to Kansas City for the ceremonies.
"It has only happened once, I think, Coach (Dale) Brown and Shaquille (O'Neal) at LSU," Durham said. "Dominique and I have remained close through the years. He is the foundation of Georgia Basketball. We can take credit for bringing him in, but he is the face of Georgia Basketball. There's a lot of pride to go in together."
Durham arrived in Athens in 1978 and was charged with turning around a program that hadn't finished .500 in more than a decade. Georgia was 14-14 and 14-13 in Durham's first two seasons before Wilkins arrived as a McDonald's All-American and the most celebrated recruit in school history.
Wilkins was tabbed 1981 SEC Player of the Year as a freshman while leading Georgia to a 19-12 finish and an NIT appearance, the Bulldogs' first-ever postseason bid. Wilkins was named All-America a second-straight time in 1982, the same season he helped lead Georgia to the NIT semifinals.
Wilkins departed after that season and was the No. 3 overall pick in the 1982 NBA Draft before enjoying an illustrious career that included being a nine-time All-Star and seven-time All-NBA pick.
Durham remained in Athens for 17 seasons and is Georgia's winningest hoops coach ever with 297 victories. He led the Bulldogs to the 1983 NCAA Final Four in their first NCAA Tournament appearance. All told, Georgia reached postseason competition 11 times under Durham.
Durham established a national name as head coach at Florida State from 1967-78 before coming to UGA. He led the Seminoles to 230 wins an NCAA runner-up finish in 1972 when they lost to UCLA, 81-76, in the national championship game. After Georgia, he won 106 more games at Jacksonville.
"When you're a coach, you stand here and think about the reason you're here." Durham said. "If you didn't win games, you wouldn't be here. If you didn't have good players, you wouldn't win games. If you didn't have good assistants, you didn't have good players. If you didn't have an administration that wanted you to do well, then you wouldn't have good assistants. That's the long way of saying there are so many people you represent when you're standing up here."
Wilkins was dubbed the "Human Highlight Film" while in Athens, a nickname that has followed him from being Georgia's career scoring leader when he departed college to 26,668 points and an amazing 24.8 career scoring average in the NBA.
"It's mind blowing," Wilkins said. "It's a special moment in my life to go in with Coach (Durham) because he is like a father to me. You talk about being chosen from 350 D1 schools and to be chosen as one of the greatest. I can't even tell you how that feels. It's special because it's the highest collegiate award you can get."
The Hall of Fame's Class of 2016 also includes players Mark Aguirre (DePaul), Bob Boozer (Kansas State), Doug Collins (Illinois State), Lionel Simmons (La Salle) and Jamaal Wilkes (UCLA) and coach Mike Montgomery (Montana, Stanford and Cal).
