Men's Basketball Takes On The Citadel Tuesday Night

Tuesday, November 12

Athens, Ga.

7:00 PM

University of Georgia

The Citadel

Men's Basketball Takes On The Citadel Tuesday Night

November 11, 2019 | Men's Basketball

Complete Game Notes

Georgia Basketball Game Notes
Georgia (1-0) vs. The Citadel (0-1))
Tuesday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m. ET
Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga. (10,523)
Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network Flagship: WSB AM 750 Atlanta | Affiliates | Scott Howard, play-by-play; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Tony Schiavone, producer
TV: None
Video: SEC Network+ (Jeff Dantzler, play-by-play; Mark Slonaker, analyst)
Series Record: Series tied, 2-2
Last Meeting: UGA, 89-72, on 12/3/62

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
12-21 in 2nd season at UGA
368-252 in 20th season overall
0	Donnell Gresham Jr.	5.0	9.0
6-3; 195; R-Sr.-Grad.; St. Paul, Minn.
4	Tyree Crump	15.0	5.0
6-1; 185; Sr.; Bainbridge, Ga.
5	Anthony Edwards	24.0	9.0
6-5; 225; Fr.; Atlanta, Ga.
20	Rayshaun Hammonds	7.0	12.0
6-9; 235; Jr.; Norcross, Ga.
25	Amanze Ngumezi	4.0	2.0
6-9; 235; Soph.; Savannah, Ga.

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

The Citadel Bulldogs
Coach: Duggar Baucom
45-83 in 5th season at the Citadel
233-261 in 17th season overall
5	Fletcher Abee	17.0	2.0
6-2; 180; Fr.; Morgantown, N.C.
11	Kaiden Rice	2.0	1.0
6-6; 185; Jr.; Columbia, S.C.
13	Tyson Batiste	11.0	3.0
6-3; 200; Gr.; Spingfiled, Mo.
25	Alex Reed	2.0	2.0
6-3; 215; Jr.; Raleigh, N.C.
33	Hayden Brown	15.0	4.0
6-5; 225; Jr.; Greer, S.C.

TEAM COMPARISON

2019-20 STATISTICS	GEORGIA	THE CITADEL
Points Per Game	91.0	76.0
Opp. Point Per Game	72.0	91.0
Scoring Margin	+19.0	-15.0
Field Goal Pct.	.470	.529
Opp. Field Goal Pct.	.356	.569
3-Point Pct.	.308	.600
3-Pointers Per Game	8.0	9.0
Opp. 3-Point Pct.	.265	.478
Free Throw Pct.	.656	.565
Free Throws Per Game	21.0	13.0
Rebounds Per Game	52.0	23.0
Opp. Rebound Per Game	41.0	36.0
Rebound Margin	+11.0	-13.0
Assists Per Game	15.0	16.0
Turnovers Per Game	15.0	19.0
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio	1.00	0.84
Turnover Margin	-3.0	0.0
Steals Per Game	9.0	6.0
Blocks Per Game	7.0	3.0

The Starting 5...

The Bulldogs will face off against The Citadel for the first time since Dec. 3, 1962, which falls just three weeks shy of a 59-year span between matchups.
The point tallies of Anthony Edwards (24) and Sahvir Wheeler (19) in the season opener were the second- and third-best ever by a freshman in their UGA debut.
Georgia's celebrated freshman class – ranked among the top-10 groups nationally by every recruiting service – features five of the nation's top-100 prospects.
Anthony Edwards is the highest rated recruiting in UGA history. He was tabbed No. 1 by 247Sports.com, No. 3 by rivals.com and No. 4 by ESPN.
For the first time ever, Georgia sold out its Stegeman Coliseum season ticket allotment. The Texas A&M and Alabama games are already total sellouts.

The Opening Tip

The Georgia Bulldogs return to action for the first time in a week when they host The Citadel on Tuesday evening at Stegeman Coliseum at 7:00 p.m.

Series History

Georgia and The Citadel will meet for the first in just under 59 years.

The last double-Bulldog battle took place on Dec. 3, 1962, when Georgia secured an 89-72 victory in Charleston, S.C.

Georgia and The Citadel split their previous four meetings, all played within a five-season span from 1958-62.

Georgia won the only meeting in Athens, 91-86, on Feb. 6, 1962. That contest was played at old Woodruff Hall, the Bulldogs' home from 1925-63 before moving into the Coliseum.

The first game in the series was part of the 1958 Citadel Invitational, when the Bulldogs lost their opening-round game to the tournament hosts but bounced back to defeat Florida State in the consolation game, 83-72.

Scouting The Citadel

The Citadel opened its season last Saturday with a 91-76 loss at UNC Asheville. The Bulldogs shot 52.9 percent from the floor and 60.0 percent from 3-point range in the loss.

A trio of newcomers scored in double digits for The Citadel versus UNC Asheville. Freshman Fletcher Abee put up a team-high 17 points, while graduate transfers Tyson Batiste and Eddie Davis III chipped in 11 and 10, respectively.

Up Next: Delaware State On Friday The Bulldogs will be back in action in three days when they host Delaware State on Friday night at Stegeman Coliseum. The Hornets were featured in five editions of ESPN's bracketology between July 24-Oct. 3 before being replaced by N.C. Central, another MEAC team on Georgia's schedule, in the latest prediction on Nov. 4.

Among UGA's career Leaders

Tyree Crump is...
• 2 3FGs from No. 14 Terrance Woodbury
• 12 3FGs from co-No. 12s Ty Wilson and Ray Harrison
• 3 3FGAs from No. 15 Terrance Woodbury
• 4 3FGAs from No. 14 Jody Patton
• 10 3FGAs from No. 13 Turtle Jackson
• 17 3FGAs from No. 12 Sundiata Gaines

Earliest. Opener. Ever.

The Bulldogs's Nov. 5 contest against Western Carolina was the earliest opening contest in Georgia's 115 seasons of basketball. The previous mark for an initial outing was a 72-52 victoy over Wofford on Nov. 8, 2013.

Edwards, Wheeler Star In Debut

Anthony Edwards and Sahvir Wheeler poured in 24 and 19 points, respectively, in the season opener against Western Carolina. Those tallies represent the second- and third-most points ever by a freshman in their first game as a Bulldog as outlined below.

Edwards' tally was the most since Dominique Wilkins put up 26 points versus Troy on Nov. 20, 1979. Wheeler's effort matched the No. 3 mark also established against Troy in 1979 by Terry Fair.

Since freshmen became eligible to compete in basketball beginning with the 1972-73 season, 23 Bulldogs have posted double figures in the scoring column during their first collegiate contest at UGA..

Top Tallies In First Game At UGA

Year	Player	Points
1979	Dominique Wilkins	26
2019	Anthony Edwards	24
1979	Terry Fair	19
2019	Sahvir Wheeler	19
1998	D.A. Layne	18
2007	Jeremy Price	18
2004	Sundiata Gaines	17
2017	Rayshaun Hammonds	17
2011	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	15

More On Edwards' Opener

Anthony Edwards' 24 points versus Western Carolina represented the most by a Georgia Bulldog in the season opener in nearly two decades. The double-dozen was the most since Ezra Williams' 26 points against Furman on Nov. 16, 2001.

Dogs Already Off To Record Start

For the first time in program history, Georgia sold out the season ticket allotment for Stegeman Coliseum.

Tom Crean announced the accomplishment during Stegmania II on Oct. 11.

"I think it's great," Crean said following Stegmania. "We're going to need them to be here and help us because we have a lot of growth to make with this team. You can't win without them in the sense of having a great home-court atmosphere, and there's no question that's something we're going to need. Having sold out of our season ticket allotment is a very good start to having just that this season and beyond."

The ticket-selling records continued when Georgia put single-game tickets on sale on Oct. 24. That day, the Texas A&M (Feb. 1) and Alabama (Feb. 8) officially outings became sellout contests.

That matched the mark for earliest sellouts in Georgia's history, established last year when the Florida and Kentucky games quickly became ticketless events.

Prior to last season, Georgia had never sold out more than one game prior to beginning the regular season.

On Nov. 7, the Ole Miss (Jan. 25) and Arkansas (Feb. 29) games also became sellouts.

Dogs' Freshmen Among UGA's Best

Georgia's recruiting class was consistently ranked among the nation's top-10 groups – No. 5 by ESPN.com, No. 6 by rivals.com and No. 10 by 247Sports.com.

Headlining the class is Anthony Edwards. The Atlanta native, who tabbed the nation's best prospect by some, announced his commitment on national television on Feb. 11. He is the Bulldogs' highest rated recruit ever.

Dominique Wilkins was the most hyped recruit in Georgia history in 1979. Individual recruiting rankings for the class are believed to be unavailable but that year featured Wilkins along with Ralph Sampson, Isiah Thomas, James Worthy, Clark Kellogg and Sam Bowie.

In the internet age, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is the highest ranked player in the 247Sports.com composite to enroll at UGA at No. 12 in 2011. Louis Williams signed with the Bulldogs as the No. 6 prospect in the 2005 composite but opted to enter the NBA Draft.

The Bulldogs' highest recruiting class ever was a quintet listed at No. 2 in 1992 when UGA inked four of the nation's top-100 prospects – Shandon Anderson, Terrell Bell, Pertha Robinson and McDonald's All-American Carlos Strong – in the fall. Georgia then added Cleveland Jackson, the national Junior College Player of the Year, in the spring.

Additional top classes in Georgia history include those in 1979 and 1980 which featured four McDonald's All-Americans between them. The Bulldogs signed Wilkins and Terry Fair in 1979 and followed that with Vern Fleming and James Banks a year later.

Last Time Out...

Georgia defeated Western Carolina, 91-72, in the 2019-20 season-opener last Tuesday.

Georgia's freshman class contributed big for the Bulldogs, accounting for 59 percent of their offensive output.

"We have got to get better in so many areas, but I thought the crowd was great," Tom Crean said. "The student crowd was jacking me up. That was phenomenal. There is lots of room where we can get better. We have to strengthen our post defense. We have to get more depth there and stay out of foul trouble, but we found a way. That's the best thing about a young team. We found a way."

The contest was a back-and-forth battle most of the way, with 12 ties and 20 lead changes. With eight minutes to play, Georgia scored on three straight possessions, including three-pointers from Anthony Edwards and Tyree Crump and a layup from Rodney Howard to gain a seven-point edge. The Bulldogs continued to pull away, ending the game on an 8-0 run over 55 seconds to defeat the Catamounts by 19 points.

Bulldogs Who Are Back Scored 1K

Georgia's five returning letterwinners scored exactly 1,000 points during the 2018-19 season.

Rayshaun Hammonds led the way with 339 (12.1 ppg), while Tyree Crump added 292 (9.1 ppg), Jordan Harris chipped in 226 (7.8 ppg), Tye Fagan contributed 78 (2.5 ppg) and Amanze Ngumezi put up 65 (2.1 ppg).

Georgia's SoCon History

Georgia is playing its second-straight game against a Southern Conference team to open the season. With last week's win over WCU, UGA improved to 133-37 all-time against teams currently competing in the SoCon.

Georgia was a charter member of the SoCon when it was founded in 1921. The Bulldogs competed in the league – along with a large number of current Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference schools – until departing for the SEC in 1932.

A pair of Georgia Basketball's greatest teams were from the Bulldogs' days in the SoCon. Under Coliseum namesake Herman J. Stegeman, Georgia was 23-2 during the 1930-31 season. The following year under Rex Enright the Bulldogs won 1932 Southern Conference Tournament by knocking off Mississippi State, Virginia, Duke and North Carolina.

Bulldogs' Schedule Is Maddening

Georgia's 31-game regular-season slate includes a minimum of 13 teams featured in the Nov. 4 edition of ESPN's Bracketology for the 2020 NCAA Tournament.

The Bulldogs will host games against seven teams in the predicted field and take on six more away from Stegeman Coliseum.

In Athens, Georgia will entertain Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia Southern, Kentucky, N.C. Central and Tennessee.

The Bulldogs will meet Dayton in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational and will play road games at Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Memphis.

Georgia could two more teams tabbed to play in "March Madness" in Maui if the Bulldogs meet Michigan State or Kansas.

Preseason Honors For Edwards

Anthony Edwards garnered an impressive list of accolades before playing his first official game for the Bulldogs.

Edwards was tabbed preseason All-America by at least four news entities – Sporting News (second team), CBS Sports (third team), Jon Rothstein (third team) and The Athletic (honorable mention).

The Atlanta native also was included on Watch Lists for Naismith, Wooden and NABC National Player of the Year honors, as well as the list of top candidates for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award.

Edwards was named first-team preseason All-SEC in balloting of both coaches and media. He became the first UGA freshman ever to be tabbed as such.

Feel Free To Call Him "Ty-3"

Tyree Crump continued a familar theme during the season opener, with three of his four made field goals coming from behind the 3-point ard.

More than two-thirds of Crump's made shots from the floor as a Bulldog have come on shots from 3-point range.

Crump has knocked down 130 3-pointers in his three-plus seasons in Athens. That accounts for 68.8 percent of his 189 made field goals at Georgia.

Crump already ranks among Georgia's top-20 career leaders in both 3-point makes (No. 15) and takes (No. 17). With similar numbers to last season, Crump would move into the Bulldogs' all-time top 10 in both stats.

"B" Is For Basketball Player

You may notice on Georgia's roster that the Bulldogs have gone away from listing traditional positions – guard, forward and center.

All 15 players are now simply listed as "B" for "Basketball Player." Tom Crean is a proponent for "position-less basketball."

"That's what they are," Crean said. "It's not valid to call them centers and power forwards and things like that as much with the way that we're trying to play. They're being trained as basketball players, every day. I mean if you came out there to practice (6-11) Rodney Howard, a lot of times is doing the same things that (5-10) Sahvir Wheeler's doing. And in the sense of how we train with the ball handling, the driving, the shooting – all those type of things – that's big to me. That's what we're recruiting. We're recruiting basketball players."

Crump, Harris and Hammonds Blossom In Crean's First Season

Georgia's three returning letterwinners who are upperclassmen all enjoyed increased production and efficiency last season.

Most notably, junior Rayshaun Hammonds played almost the exact same average of minutes as his freshman year – 24.2 in 2017-18 and 24.3 in 2018-29 – but upped his scoring average by a whopping 80.6 percent – from 6.7 ppg to 12.1 ppg.

Seniors Tyree Crump and Jordan Harris also upped their point productions. Crump went from 6.5 ppg to 9.1 ppg, an increase of exactly 40.0 percent. Harris scored 3.5 ppg as a sophomore and 7.8 ppg as a junior, a 122.9 percent adjustment.

The improvements didn't stop in the scoring column.

The combined shooting percentages of those three Bulldogs also made considerable jumps in efficiency: +5.7 percent on field goals (from .389 to .446), +5.1 percent on 3-pointers (from .313 to .364) and +10.1 percent of free throws (from .709 to .810).

In other statistics, the trio provided significant increases of +40.3 percent on rebounds (from 236 to 331), +69.7 percent on 3-pointers made (from 66 to 112), +.36.4 percent on assists (from 99 to 135), +97.1 percent on steals (from 35 to 69) and +145.4 percent on blocked shots (from 11 to 27).

It's Games Time!

The Bulldogs will play seven games before Thanksgiving Day.

Georgia begins the season with a four-game home stand with outings against Western Carolina, The Citadel, Delaware State and Georgia Tech.

The Bulldogs will then trek to the Maui Jim Maui Invitational for the first time ever. Georgia will face Dayton in the opening round on Nov. 25, the first of three games in as many days in Maui. The field for the Invitational also features Michigan State and Virginia Tech in UGA's half of the bracket and Brigham Young, tournament host Chaminade, Kansas and UCLA on the other side.

Bulldogs in Openers

Georgia improved to 82-33 record in season-opening contests during the Bulldogs' 115 campaigns of basketball, including a 36-6 mark at Stegeman Coliseum.

Tom Crean is now 19-1 in season openers as a head coach – 8-1 in nine seasons at Marquette from 1999-2008, 9-0 at Indiana from 2008-17 and 2-0 at Georgia.

Bulldogs To Celebrate 30th Anniversary of SEC Championship

The 2019-20 season marks the 30th anniversary of one of Georgia's greatest teams – the 1990 SEC Champions. Hugh Durham led the Bulldogs to a 20-9 finish and a 13-5 mark in league play to deliver an outright SEC title.

A net-cutting ceremony did not appear in the cards at the beginning of the 1990 conference campaign. After starting SEC play 3-3, the Bulldogs caught fire and won eight of their next nine games to surge to the top of the league standings. That put Georgia tied atop the SEC with LSU and set up a monumental showdown with No. 12 Tigers in Athens on Senior Day.

After trailing by 19 points early in the second half, Georgia rallied to win 86-85 behind All-American Alec Kessler, who scored 30 points and grabbed 16 rebounds while matched up against the Tigers' massive front line of Shaquille O'Neal and Stanley Roberts.

Georgia clinched a share of the league title when the Tigers lost at Florida three days later, and the Bulldogs secured the outright SEC crown with a decisive 94-79 victory at Auburn in the regular-season finale the next Saturday, where Litterial Green poured in a season-high 30 points.

Jarvis To Join Circle Of Honor

Jarvis Hayes, a two-time All-American for the Bulldogs in the early-200s, is among four former UGA student-athletes who will be inducted into the UGA Athletics Circle of Honor in February 2020. The recognition is the highest all-sport honor possible for a Georgia student-athlete or coach.

In just two seasons, Hayes left quite a legacy at UGA. Hayes and his twin brother, Jonas, transferred to Georgia in 1999, having played at Western Carolina as freshmen. After sitting out the 2001 season, Jarvis averaged an SEC-best 18.6 points per game in 2002. He again led the Bulldogs offensively in 2002-03 while averaging 18.3 points per game.

Hayes helped Georgia to a combined 41-18 record in his two seasons, with an NCAA Tournament berth in 2002. He joined Dominique Wilkins to become just the second Bulldog to earn consensus first-team All-SEC honors two times.

Hayes was selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. He played seven seasons with Washington, Detroit and New Jersey, as well as two seasons internationally in Italy and Romania. Hayes returned to UGA and completed his degree in Housing in 2014.