MBB Game Notes: Bulldogs Welcome Bearcats To Stegeman

Saturday, December 19

Athens, Ga.

8:00 PM

University of Georgia

Cincinnati

MBB Game Notes: Bulldogs Welcome Bearcats To Stegeman

December 18, 2020 | Men's Basketball

Game Notes

Georgia Basketball Game Notes
Georgia (5-0) vs. Cincinnati (2-3)
Saturday, December 19, at 8:00 p.m. ET
Stegeman Coliseum (1,638) in Athens, Ga.
Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network Flagship: WSB AM 750 Atlanta. (Scott Howard, play-by-play; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Tony Schiavone, producer) | Affiliates
TV: SEC Network (Tom Hart, play-by-play; Jimmy Dykes, analyst)
Video Stream: SEC Network +
Satellite: XM: 388; Internet: 978
History: UC leads, 1-0 (Full History)
Last Meeting: UC, 57-51, on Dec. 12, 2011

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
32-37 in 3rd season at UGA
388-268 in 21st season overall
2	Sahvir Wheeler	14.8	4.4
5-10; 180; Soph.; Houston, Texas
5	Justin Kier	11.8	5.0
6-6; 215; Soph.; Hopkins, S.C.
14	Tye Fagan	10.4	5.8
6-3; 195; Jr.; Logtown, Ga.
24	P.J. Horne	10.0	3.8
6-6; 230; Gr.; Tifton, Ga.
25	Tyron McMillan	2.8	2.6
6-9; 220; Soph.; New Orleans, La.

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

Cincinnati Bearcats
Coach: John Brannen
22-13 in 2nd season at Cincinnati
104-65 in 6th season overall
0	David DeJulius	9.4	5.0
6-0; 195; Jr.; Detroit, Mich.
2	Keith Williams	14.6	3.4
6-5; 215; Sr.; Brooklyn, N.Y.
13	Tari Eason	6.4	5.8
6-8; 215; Fr.; Seattle, Wash.
23	Mika Adams-Woods	8.2	1.2
6-3; 185; Soph.; Syracuse, N.Y.
33	Chris Vogt	9.0	4.4
7-1; 260; Sr.; Mayfield, Ky.

TEAM COMPARISON

2020-21 STATISTICS	GEORGIA	CINCINNATI
Points Per Game	81.8	68.2
Opp. Point Per Game	65.4	68.8
Scoring Margin	+16.4	-0.6
Field Goal Pct.	.469	.451
Opp. Field Goal Pct.	.411	.426
3-Point Pct.	.276	.269
3-Pointers Per Game	5.8	5.6
Opp. 3-Point Pct.	.261	.310
Free Throw Pct.	.685	.654
Free Throws Per Game	14.8	10.6
Rebounds Per Game	45.4	33.0
Opp. Rebound Per Game	31.4	32.8
Rebound Margin	+14.0	+0.2
Assists Per Game	17.0	16.0
Turnovers Per Game	17.4	13.6
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio	0.98	1.18
Turnover Margin	+1.0	-0.6
Steals Per Game	9.4	5.4
Blocks Per Game	2.6	3.4

PREGAME VIDEOS

Head Coach Tom Crean

The Starting 5...

At 5-0, UGA is off to its best start since the 2001-02 season. With a win over Cincinnati, UGA would record its best beginning since its 1982-83 Final Four team.
Georgia, Northwestern and North Alabama are the only three of 328 D-I basketball that entered the weekend with six players averaging double figures.
UGA has won the opening tip in each game this season and is 14-2 when doing so since the beginning of last season. UGA was 7-14 when losing the tip in 2019-20.
Sahvir Wheeler's three double-digit assist outings in the first three games of the season were as many as any SEC player posted in all of 2019-20.
UGA's roster features eight newcomers with representative in every class - two freshmen, a sophomore, two juniors and a trio of graduate transfers.

The Opening Tip

Georgia welcomes Cincinnati to Stegeman Coliseum on Saturday evening looking to match the Bulldogs' best start in 38 years. Georgia is 5-0 to date, equaling its longest undefeated opening since 2001-02.

A win over the Bearcats would represent the Bulldogs' best beginning since notching nine straight wins to christen - wait for it - Georgia's 1982-83 Final Four campaign.

Keeping An Eye On…Entering Tonight's Game

Andrew Garcia is…

159 points from 1,000 for his career
63 rebounds for 500 for his career

Series History With Bearcats

Saturday's game is just the second-ever meeting between the Bulldogs and the Bearcats on the hardwood. Cincinnati won of the other matchup, also at Stegeman Coliseum, a 57-51 decision on December 2, 2011.

Sean Kilpatrick and Dion Dixon scored 22 and 19 points, respectively, to lead Cincinnati, while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's 16 points paced the Bulldogs offensively.

Georgia opened up a 30-21 lead at halftime, but the Bulldogs shot just 28.6 percent from the field - and connected on 1-of-7 3-point attempts - after the intermission as the Bearcats rallied to victory.

Scouting Cincy

Cincinnati arrives in Athens with a 2-3 record after opening American Athletic Conference play with a 74-71 setback to South Florida on Wednesday night.

Interestingly, the Bearcats entered that game not only with a 2-2 record by with matching 270-270 cumulative point totals as their first four opponents.

The Bearcats are playing just their second road game of the season. Last Saturday, they dropped a 65-56 decision to No. 12 Tennessee at Thompson Boling-Arena in Knoxville.

Keith Williams averages a team-high 14.6 ppg for Cincinnati. The Bearcats are balanced on the offensive end after that, with six players averaging between 6.4-9.4 ppg. Tari Eason is one of three players grabbing five or more boards per game, averaging 5.8 rpg for UC.

Bulldogs Among Nation's Most Balanced Teams

Georgia enters the Cincinnati game with no less than a half-dozen Bulldogs averaging double digits in the scoring column.

Through games of Thursday (Dec. 17), Georgia and Northwestern were the only two teams out of 323 "official" NCAA Division I men's basketball programs with six double-digit scorers. Of note, North Alabama, which is one of five teams reclassifying to D-I this season, also sported six double-figure scoring averages on Friday.

Following the Bulldogs, Wildcats and Lions, there were 18 teams with five scorers averaging 10.0 ppg or more through games of Dec. 16, including Arkansas.

New Faces In New Places

Georgia's roster features eight first-year Bulldogs, while Cincinnati brings seven new Bearcats to Athens.

Georgia's octet newcomers features a representative of every class - freshmen K.D. Johnson and Josh Taylor, sophomore Tyron McMillan, juniors Jonathan Ned and Mikal Starks; and graduate transfer seniors Andrew Garcia, P.J. Horne and Justin Kier.

Cincinnati's septet of first-year players includes five true freshmen and two transfers - one each of the junior and graduate variety.

Bulldogs Doing Work On Boards

Georgia enters the Cincinnati game ranked No. 13 nationally in rebound margin at a whopping +14.0.

The Bulldogs' work on the offensive glass has a great deal to do with that. Georgia ranks No. 11 in D-I in rebounding its own misses with 15.4 boards per game.

Wheeler Off To Historic Start

Quick...when was the last time a 5-10 player led the SEC in double-doubles? The answer: That would be today.

Sahvir Wheeler, Emmanuel Miller from Texas A&M and Tolu Smith from Arkansas are tied for the league lead with three double-double efforts.

Quick...when was the last time an SEC player had three straight point-assist double-doubles? The answer: not in 20 seasons.

With some assistance from Craig Pinkerton on Saturday, Dec. 5, it was determined that no SEC player has recorded a trio of consecutive point-assist double-doubles through the 2000-01 season. In fact, only two league players - Florida's Chris Chiozza and Kentucky's Tyler Ulis - have recorded back-to-back point-assist double-doubles in the last five seasons.

Quick...when was the last time a Bulldog recorded double-figure assist tallies in consecutive games? The answer: probably never.

Box scores dating back through the 1969-70 did not find anyone who had done so. There were a couple of close calls, most notably Gino Gianfrancesco in a three-game span covering the 1971-72 and 1972-73 seasons.

Wheeler's 12 assists against FAMU equaled the fourth-best single-game assist tally in 116 seasons of Georgia Basketball. It also was the most by a Bulldog in more than two decades...since G.G. Smith also had a dozen assists against Vanderbilt on Jan. 3, 1999.

Wheeler Among NCAA Leaders

Through games of Thursday, Sahvir Wheeler led the Southeastern Conference and ranked No. 4 nationally in assists per game at 8.6 apg.

Wheeler owned a massive gap of 3.8 assists per game over anyone else in the SEC.

Crean Familiar With UC

Tom Crean is 6-7 all-time against Cincinnati, with all of the previous matchups coming during his tenure at Marquette from 1999-08.

"When I was growing up as a coach, every day it started with 'What's going on at Cincinnati?' and 'What's going on at Louisville?'" Crean said earlier this week. "My coaching career began with those two programs as a measuring stick. Every day was about how do we compete with Cincinnati.

"This game brings back tremendous intensity for me," Crean added. "I can't do anything about it except to help prepare this team. They're the ones who've got to go out and be at a really, really high level competitively and toughness wise because that's exactly what Cincinnati is. They know what they're doing. They're well coached. They're older. They're much bigger than us. We're going to have a lot to deal with with their physicality and toughness."

Marquette and Cincinnati were conference rivals throughout Crean's time in Milwaukee, competing in Conference USA from 1999-05 before both moved to the Big East. They also were relatively regular NCAA participants, combining for 11 bids to "March Madness."

Cincinnati won the C-USA's American Division during each of Crean's first three seasons in Milwaukee before Marquette displaced the Bearcats to win the title in 2003. The schools also met in the championship game of the 2002 C-USA Tournament.

Of Big Plays and "+/-" numbers

Georgia's 79-75 win over Samford wasn't decided until the game's final seconds.

The Bulldogs took their first lead of the game when Jaxon Etter scored on a layup with 1:17 left. Georgia was up 76-73 with 13 ticks on the clock when P.J. Horne's offensive rebound and putback off of a missed free throw pushed the margin to five. While those big plays drew attention, the box score revealed that Etter and Horne also were two of Georgia's most efficient players on the evening.

Etter played just shy of four minutes but the Bulldogs were "+8" with him on the floor. The sophomore from Woodstock helped Georgia thwart Samford's first-half momentum. In just 2:30 of action, Etter recorded a +/- of "+6", the best effort of any Bulldog in the period

Horne's 34 minutes of PT - his most of the season to date - provided the Bulldogs with a "+13" margin with him in the court.

amara's Production Increases

C Toumani Camara's efforts in the scoring and rebounding columns have increased dramatically from last season.

The sophomore from Brussels' scoring average is up 117 percent from a year ago - from 6.6 to 14.3 ppg - while his rebounding count is up 86 percent - from 4.3 to 8.0 rpg.

Camara's increased offensive production can be traced to the second half of last season. After scoring in double figures once in the Bulldogs' first 16 games, he did so seven times in the final 16 outings. With three more double-digit tallies this season, Camara has now scored 10 or more points in 10 of his last 20 outings at Georgia.

The Graduates Score

All three of the Bulldogs' graduate transfers - P.J. Horne, Andrew Garcia and Justin Kier - recorded double-digit scoring performances in each of Georgia's last two games.

Horne now has four double-figure outputs this season and 18 for his career. Garcia and Kier both have three outputs of 10 points or more for the Bulldogs, upping their career totals to 43 and 54, respectively.

A Busy Bunch Of Bulldogs

Georgia opened the 2020-21 season by playing five games in 14 days.

That came following a 263-day gap between March 11 - when Georgia played its final game of the 2019-20 season at the SEC Tournament - and Nov. 29 - when the Bulldogs opened their 2020-21 campaign versus Florida A&M.

Bulldogs Supplying The Digits

Georgia is averaging 81.8 points per game over its first five outings.

That continues the Bulldogs' trend of increased point production under Tom Crean.

Georgia scored 98 points against Jacksonville - the 12th time UGA reached the 90-point plateau in Crean's 67 games at UGA. By comparison, Georgia scored 90 or more points just 12 times in the 393 games before Crean's arrival, a span of 11-plus seasons.

Last year, the Bulldogs averaged 75.9 ppg, their highest effort in more than 15 years. The last time Georgia produced a higher points per game clip than that mark was in 2002-03 when the Bulldogs averaged 79.2.

Camara, Brown Dunks On Dolphins Catch ESPN's Eye

Toumani Camara and Christian Brown delivered two ESPN attention-getting dunks against Jacksonville on Dec. 4.

During the first half, Justin Kier dove for a deflected ball near midcourt and pitched it ahead to Camara who, with space, put down a windmill effort that immediately drew the attention of the network. @SportsCenter tweeted "We score that a 10 for Toumani Camara!" followed by a "head blown" emoji.

In the second half, Brown prevented a deflected ball from going out of bounds and passed to Tyron McMillan, who quickly moved the ball to Sahvir Wheeler. Wheeler drove toward the basket before floating a pass that Brown handled with his left hand and slammed through the basket. @ESPN tweeted "The save ... and the finish!" and added a "hammer" emoji for good measure.

Camara's effort ended up at No. 4 on SportsCenter's top-10 plays for Friday.

Fagan Named SEC POTW

Tye Fagan was named the SEC Player of the Week on Nov. 30 by the league office in Birmingham, Ala., a day after the best outing of his collegiate career against Florida A&M.

Fagan posted career-high tallies of 21 points and 10 rebounds en route to his first career double-double. He connected on 9-of-10 shots from the field against the Rattlers and played a major role in creating distance on the scoreboard. Fagan scored eight points in a span of 76 seconds as Georgia expanded a two-point lead (49-47) to 10 (59-49).

"I don't take credit for that," Fagan said when asked about his performance after the game. "A lot of that has to do with Sahvir (Wheeler). He is a great ball-handler, and he finds guys. I'm pretty sure he had 12 assists, so that is what I mean how he found guys. I give a lot of credit to my teammates and coaches to put me in the right places."

Fagan's previous highs were 15 points and six rebounds. For his career, Fagan has now recorded four double-digit scoring outputs. In those games, he has connected on an almost unfathomable 83.9 percent (26-of-31) of his field goal attempts.

Fagan is the 28th different Bulldog to be named SEC Player of the Week since the award's inception in 1985. Those players have combined to earn 38 POTW certificates.

The Nomination Wasn't Automatic

The decision to nominate Fagan for SEC Player of the Week required some thought.

Graduate transfer Andrew Garcia also had an outstanding - and efficient - game against the Rattlers. The Bergenfield, N.J., native scored a game-high 22 points in just 23 minutes of action in his Bulldog debut.

Garcia connected on 6-of-8 shots from the field and converted on 10-of-11 trips to the free-throw line in his first outing for UGA.

Hoops Scheduling 2020 Style

It took four opponents for Georgia to play its first two games of the season.

As of Monday, Nov. 23, UGA was scheduled to play Gardner-Webb on Nov. 29. The decision was made to cancel that contest that day after consultation with UGA Athletic Association medical personnel due to COVID-19 issues within the GWU roster.

About 24 hours later, Georgia announced it would play Florida A&M on the 29th.

On Tuesday, Tom Crean said: "Well in a nut shell, this came up yesterday morning and we already had some ideas of potential replacements for the first couple of weeks so we really started with that. That becomes the most important thing...some were available, most weren't available to be honest with you, but Florida A&M was the one that had the most opportunity to say yes and the best opportunity to say yes, in the shortest amount of time, and the shortest distance involved."

Less than 24 hours after that, Crean's comments seemed prophetic when Wednesday's season opener against Columbus State was canceled just hours before tip off. That outing was scrapped when COVID-19 tests returned positive within the Cougars' traveling party.

On Nov. 30 - about 54-and-a-half hours before tipoff - the Columbus State game was replaced by the Dec. 2 North Georgia contest. The addition of that contest lined up games against Nighthawks, Dolphins and Grizzlies in a span of just less than a week.

"It's not optimal, but for this year, it's very probable," Tom Crean said following the North Georgia contest. "I told the guys, we may get to a situation where we don't have three games in three weeks, let alone three games in one week. Who knows what way this season is going to go. Anything you do is getting you ready for what's coming. It just so happens that this is the way it's going to be."

Bulldogs In Season Openers

Georgia has compiled an 83-33 record in opening contests, including a 3-0 mark under Tom Crean. That includes an even more impressive 37-6 mark at Stegeman Coliseum. Georgia's most significant win in an opener at the Coliseum also was its first. In the initial opener in the current arena on Dec. 3 1964, UGA bested No. 13 North Carolina, 64-61.

Latest Opener In A While

Last season, the Bulldogs christened their season on Nov. 5, the earliest opening contest ever in Georgia's 115 seasons. The previous date for an initial outing was when UGA began the 2013-14 campaign on Nov. 8.

With the 2020-21 campaign delayed due to COVID-19, the Bulldogs' Nov. 29 date against Florida A&M was their latest opener in nearly three decades.

Georgia began the 1992-93 season on Dec. 1, with a 76-65 loss to No. 3 Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. That contest was the first of a "home-and-home." The quote marks are to emphasize that Kansas' return was not to Athens. The Bulldogs ventured to Lawrence, but the Jayhawks return game in Atlanta for the first-ever basketball event at Georgia Dome, the 1993 Kuppenheimer Classic.

Bulldogs Better In Tight Games

Georgia was 5-3 in contests decided by four points or less last season, with tight wins over Georgia Tech (72-68), Chaminade (80-77), SMU (87-85), No. 9 Memphis (65-62) and Vanderbilt (80-78) and close setbacks against Missouri (72-69), Alabama (105-102) and South Carolina (94-90 in OT).

That was a huge difference from Tom Crean's first season in Athens when UGA was 0-6 in such outings, with all six setbacks to NCAA Tournament teams.

Top-Ranked JUCOs Join Dogs

Each of Georgia's junior college recruits was ranked among the top-15 prospects nationally by 247Sports.com. Mikal Starks was listed at No. 9, Tyron McMillan was No. 11 and Jonathan Ned was No. 15.

Ned and Starks come from dramatically different hometowns but the same junior college - Eastern Florida State. Ned is from Northern California, while Starks hails from South Florida. They helped EFSC's Titans win 55 games over two seasons and reach the "Elite Eight" round of the 2019 NJCAA Tournament.

McMillan, who played AAU basketball with Sahvir Wheeler, earned All-Region honors in his one season at Kilgore College in Texas.

Edwards Drafted No. 1 Overall

Anthony Edwards was chosen by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft on Nov. 18. Edwards became the Bulldogs' highest draft pick ever, topping Dominique Wilkins, who was selected No. 3 overall in 1982.

"This is an incredibly special night for an incredibly special young man," Tom Crean said. "I know the time and the effort he's put into getting to this point. He's earned it. He works extremely hard. He's dedicated to getting better."

Edwards is the Bulldogs' 39th NBA Draft pick and the eighth first-rounder. He was the first lottery pick since Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (No. 8 overall) in 2013.

"This is a big-time moment for this program," Crean said. "When you're trying to build on what others have done here before, you've got to have moments that help establish what you want your program to be. I think this is something that everyone who has ever been a part of Georgia Basketball can be proud of. It also shows that you can come to Georgia, and in Anthony's case come to Georgia and stay close to home, and you can achieve all of your dreams. That's really, really important for us."

Edwards was the nation's top-scoring freshman last season, averaging 19.1 ppg. He scored 610 points, the 10th-most ever by an SEC freshman in a single season.

Edwards was named SEC Freshman of the Year by both league coaches and the Associated Press and was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week a school-record four times.

Edwards became the SEC's sixth all-time overall No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft - and the fifth since 2010. The league's other top picks include Shaquille O'Neal to Orlando in 1992, John Wall to Washington in 2010, Anthony Davis to New Orleans in 2012, Karl Anthony-Towns to Minnesota in 2015 and Ben Simmons to Philadelphia in 2016.

A Good Year for Drafted Dogs

Anthony Edwards' selection in the NBA Draft continued a strong year for Georgia Bulldogs in professional drafts.

Offensive tackle Andrew Thomas was the No. 4 overall pick in the NFL Draft by the New York Giants. Pitcher Emerson Hancock was the No. 6 selection in the first round of the MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners.

With that, Georgia became just the fifth school ever to have top-10 picks in the three major sports drafts in the same year.

And While We're Talking Pros...

The 2020 year hasn't had very many highlights overall, but three former Georgia Bulldogs certainly have.

Mecole Hardman capped a Pro Bowl rookie season by helping the Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV (that's 54 for the commoners).

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had an outstanding run to help Los Angeles capture the NBA Championship. KCP started all 21 games of the Lakers' run through the Playoffs. He averaged 10.7 points per game in the postseason, largely due to connecting on 45 3-pointers. That tally is the second-most ever by a Laker during the Playoffs, trailing only Kobe Bryant's 49 in 2009-10.

Pitcher Alex Wood pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts for the Dodgers in their decisive win over Tampa Bay in game 6 of the World Series. With that, Georgia became the only school in the nation with former players who won NFL, NBA and MLB championship rings during 2020.

A Summer Unlike Any Other

COVID-19 forced the Bulldogs' season to end prematurely on March 12 and began a period where Tom Crean was away from on-court coaching for more than four months.

Georgia returned to workouts on July 20 with and eight newcomers.

"The only guy will a full year of college basketball with us in the program is Tye Fagan," Crean said. "That's really tough because the sophomores didn't get the full spring. And when the three grad transfers and Tyron McMillan got to campus, that was the first time we'd personally met them and talked to them not on phone, FaceTime or zoom. There was nothing normal about this summer. There was nothing even remotely close to normal as to how you would build your team."

Crean Impressed With Teamwork

Tom Crean was impressed his current roster's ability to form a bond. Eight Bulldogs are newcomers - two freshmen, three junior college transfers and three graduate transfers.

"I like their camaraderie," Crean said this summer. "I like their spirit. We've worked very hard. There's guys who are in the gym at different times, whether it's later at night or early in the morning. There are guys who are very, very hungry.

"In addition to all that, they've done a good job in the weight room. They've done a good job when we worked out outside. They've pushed each other. They've competed. There is a spirit about them, and they're improving."

Bulldogs Speak Out On Issues

In addition to the pandemic, social issues dominated the landscape for much of the summer. Several Georgia basketball players, led by Tye Fagan and Sahvir Wheeler, chose to utilize their platform and voice to speak toward needed changes to create a better and more respectful society in general.

Fagan took part in a march in Thomaston, Ga., where he led Upson-Lee High School to back-to-back state titles in 2017 and 2018.

"It's bigger than basketball, it's bigger than me," Fagan said. "A lot of people have lost their lives, a lot of people are upset. A lot of my people are upset and they feel a lot of different ways. I can't blame them because I feel the same way, seeing guys suffer from police brutality or racism or bigotry or whatever you want to call it. Black people have been suffering a lot over the past few months. It's been going on forever but especially over the past few months."

In an interview with DawgNation.com Wheeler stated: "One of the most important things is this is a time when the country has to pivot, and it has put a magnifying glass on our actions, our deeds and our approach with others in relationships in general," Wheeler said. "It has come to question ourselves: What are we willing to tolerate? What is the catalyst of change? How are we looking upon other people from different walks of life, and how we can take a step forward in progression so everyone can be equal?"

Ronnie Hogue To Be Honored

Ronnie Hogue, the first Black men's basketball scholarship student-athlete at the University of Georgia, will be honored with a commemorative sticker on the Stegeman Coliseum basket supports during the 2020-21 season. Hogue passed away in Setpember at the age of 69.

A native of Washington, D.C., Hogue arrived in Athens in the fall of 1969 and became one of the best players of his time, or any other era of Bulldog basketball.

Two years before freshmen became eligible under NCAA rules, Hogue averaged 19.1 points per game on UGA's freshman squad. He burst upon the scene the following year when, playing largely out of position as a forward, he averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the SEC's All-Sophomore team.

The following year, 1972, was a breakout season for Hogue as he upped his scoring average to 20.5 points per game. In the season's fifth game, on December 20, 1971, he exploded for a career-high 46 points against LSU, the most ever by a Bulldog in Stegeman Coliseum and second-highest single-game tally in school history. Perhaps more impressive than the scoring total was the fact that Hogue connected on 20-of-23 shots from the floor en route to that output. Hogue was named first-team All-SEC by league coaches that season while also garnering second-team honors from the AP and UPI. As a senior, Hogue averaged 16.5 points per game.

Hogue finished his Georgia career with 1,367 points in just three seasons. At the time, that ranked second among UGA's all-time scoring leaders. Hogue was drafted by the Washington Bullets in the seventh round of the 1973 NBA Draft.