Bulldogs Return To Road To Face Vanderbilt

Georgia Basketball Game Notes
Georgia (13-13, 3-10 SEC) vs. Vanderbilt (9-17, 1-12 SEC)
Saturday, February 22 at 6:00 p.m. ET
Memorial Gymnasium (14,216) in Nashville, Tenn.
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 (Richard Cross, play-by-play; Joe Kleine, analyst)
Video Stream: SECN+
Satellite: XM: 380; Internet: 970.
VU leads, 91-54
Last Meeting: UGA, 82-63, on 1/9/19

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
23-34 in 2nd season at UGA
379-265 in 20th season overall
2	Jordan Harris	5.7	3.7
6-5; 195; Sr.; Iron City, Ga.
5	Anthony Edwards	19.0	5.3
6-5; 225; Fr.; Atlanta, Ga.
10	Toumani Camara	6.2	4.2
6-8; 220; Fr.; Brussels, Belgium
15	Sahvir Wheeler	8.6	2.5
5-10; 180; Fr.; Houston, Texas
20	Rayshaun Hammonds	12.5	7.2
6-9; 235; Jr.; Norcross, Ga.

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

Vanderbilt Tigers
Coach: Jerry Stackhouse
9-17 in 1st season at VU
9-17 in 1st season at VU
0	Saben Lee	17.3	3.3
6-2; 183; Jr.; Phoenix, Ariz.
1	Dylan Disu	7.1	5.6
6-9; 200; Fr.; Pluggerville, Texas
2	Scotty Pippen Jr.	10.9	2.8
6-1; 170; Fr.; Los Angeles, Calif.
3	Maxwell Evans	8.2	3.3
6-2; 190; Jr.; Houston, Texas
50	Ejike Obinna	3.6	4.2
6-10; 243; R-Soph.; Enugu, Nigeria

TEAM COMPARISON

2019-20 STATISTICS	GEORGIA	VANDERBILT
Points Per Game	75.4	71.6
Opp. Point Per Game	74.3	74.3
Scoring Margin	+1.1	-2.7
Field Goal Pct.	.445	.426
Opp. Field Goal Pct.	.444	.465
3-Point Pct.	.296	.332
3-Pointers Per Game	7.0	8.4
Opp. 3-Point Pct.	.319	.354
Free Throw Pct.	.697	.693
Free Throws Per Game	14.3	15.5
Rebounds Per Game	38.6	32.7
Opp. Rebound Per Game	36.8	36.2
Rebound Margin	+1.8	-3.5
Assists Per Game	13.7	11.7
Turnovers Per Game	15.3	13.0
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio	0.90	0.90
Turnover Margin	-1.5	+1.0
Steals Per Game	7.6	7.2
Blocks Per Game	3.5	3.5

The Starting 5...

Anthony Edwards' 492 points is the third-most ever by a UGA freshman and is only 23 points away from the current No. 2 tally, 515 by Jumaine Jones.
Tyree Crump has 169 3-pointers, three shy of UGA's top-10 career leaders in successful shots from behind the arc. The current No. 10 is Jody Patton.
UGA has drawn 144,047 fans at home this season, 4,653 off its total attendance record of 148,700 set last season. Both of UGA's remaining home dates are sold out.
Seven of UGA's nine SEC home games have sold out of reserved seat tickets – Kentucky, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas and Florida.
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.

The Opening Tip

Georgia returns to action at Vanderbilt on Saturday looking to build on the momentum the Bulldogs secured with their 65-55 upset of No. 13/12 Auburn in Athens on Wednesday night.

Before a sold-out Stegeman Coliseum crowd, Georgia surged past the Tigers late in the first half and then maintained at least a two-possession lead for all but 47 seconds of the second stanza.

The Bulldogs' celebrated freshman class – a consensus top-10 group according to every major scouting service – was vital in the victory. Freshman Anthony Edwards scored 18 points, and classmates Sahvir Wheeler and Toumani Camara added 13 and 12 points, respectively. Junior Rayshaun Hammonds rounded out a quartet of double-digit scorers with 13 points (on and efficient 5-of-8 shooting night).

Georgia is now 13-13 overall and 1-0 in games played in Tennessee this season. The Bulldogs last ventured north of the border to the to the "Volunteer State" – Tennesseans decided on that nickname, not us – on Jan. 4 when they upset then-No. 9 Memphis, 65-62, to snap the Tigers' 10-game winning streak.

Edwards, one of only two freshmen included on the 20-player late-season Wooden Award Watch List, is the nation's top-scoring freshman at 18.9 ppg. The Atlanta native has reached double figures in the scoring column in 22 of 25 games to date, with 11 20-point outings and two 30-point performances.

Keeping An Eye On . . . Entering Today's Game Among UGA's career Leaders

Tyree Crump is...
• 3 3FGs from No. 10 Jody Patton
• 11 3FGs from No. 9 Bernard Davis
• 28 3FGAs from No. 7 Dustin Ware
• 6 FTs from joining the top-10 in FT pct.

Among UGA's Freshman Leaders - Anthony Edwards is...
• 24 points from No. 2 Jumaine Jones
• 154 points from No. 1 Jacky Dorsey

Among UGA's Freshman Leaders Sahvir Wheeler is...
• 20 assists from No. 1 Litterial Green

Series History

The Commodores currently lead the all-time series between UGA and VU, 91-54, including a 56-14 advantage in games at Vanderbilt.

In the most recent meeting last Jan. 19 in Athens, Rayshaun Hammonds scored 19 points, all in the second half, to lead Georgia in an 82-63 victory over Vanderbilt before a crowd of 9,429.

On the first day of classes on the UGA campus, 2,720 students – 720 more than the student allotment – showed up for the game.

A back-and-forth first half featured six ties and six lead changes before the Bulldogs garnered a 34-33 edge at the break. Hammonds knocked down a 3-pointer 14 seconds into the second stanza and Georgia never trailed thereafter.

In Georgia's last trip to Memorial Gym on Feb. 7, 2018, the Bulldogs dropped an 81-66 decision to Vanderbilt despite a game-high 20 points from Yante Maten.

The Commodores scored the game's first nine points and never trailed the rest of the way. Georgia gained possession down 53-51, but Maten missed a 3-pointer that would have given the Bulldogs the lead and Joe Toye converted a three-point play on the Commodores' next possession.

Scouting The Commodores

Vanderbilt is currently 9-17 overall and 1-12 in the SEC in head coach Jerry Stackhouse's first season. The Commodores' lone SEC victory was a 99-90 decision over then-No. 18 LSU, the Tigers' first conference setback after opening league play at 8-0.

Vanderbilt suffered a significant loss due to injury for the second consecutive year. Last season, Darius Garland, the eventual No. 5 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, sustained a season-ending meniscus tear in the fifth game of the campaign. This year, Aaron Nesmith was the SEC's leading scorer at 23.0 ppg before going down with a right foot injury.

Saben Lee and Scotty Pippen Jr. are scoring at a double-digit pace for Vanderbilt. Lee averages 17.3 ppg, while Pippen adds 10.9. They also are the only two SEC teammates with 100 assists on the season. Lee has 113, and Pippen has 100.

Last Time Out...

Georgia grabbed the lead late in the first half and led the entire second stanza en route to a 65-55 upset over No. 13/12 Auburn on Wednesday night at Stegeman Coliseum.

The Bulldogs took the lead for good on an Anthony Edwards 3-pointer that put them up 25-23 with 3:55 left in the first half.

Georgia pushed that advantage to double digits at the 14:55 mark of the second half and never allowed Auburn closer than three points the rest of the evening, lastly at 43-40 with 10:12 remaining.

Toumani Camara hit several clutch free throws down the stretch. The freshman from Brussels, Belgium, entered the contest shooting 56.1 percent from the line on the season but was 10-of-12 against the Tigers.

Dogs Drawing At Record Pace

Georgia improved to 11-4 at home this season with Wednesday's upset of No. 13/12 Auburn. The Bulldogs are averaging 79.8 points per game at Stegeman Coliseum – more than 10 points per game than their average at other venues – and sport a healthy scoring margin of +9.8 in Athens.

Fan support has been a major contributing factor to the Bulldogs' success in Athens. Georgia's average home attendance this season is 9,603, which is on pace to be the second-best tally in program history (trailing only 9,857 in 2002-03).

And while the Bulldogs will fall just shy of the average attendance record, they are set to establish a new total attendance record for the second-consecutive season.

A year ago, 148,700 fans came through the Stegeman turnstiles to break the previous record by more than 9,000.

Georgia's total attendance this season is 144,047. That's 4,653 shy of the current record with two home games left – a couple of sellouts against Arkansas and Florida.

Tom Crean has credited fan support as an integral part of UGA's home success, most notably after a December win over SMU.

"We don't win this game without this crowd," Crean said bluntly in his postgame press conference. "We do not win this game without this incredible, passionate, stick-with-us, not let us drop crowd. I reminded the players a few times that we're sitting here in basically a sold-out game, and these fans are not giving up on you, so don't give up on yourself. I'm extremely proud of how we found a way to win, and I'm unbelievably thankful for our fans."

And after Wednesday's win, Crean opened his postgame radio show with: "The fans were here and on their feet. The win is awesome, there's no question about it and I'm happy for our team. But the bottom line is: that shows we're building a program. We are going through growing pains and hard days. We are going through adversity. But you don't get a program built if you lose momentum with your fans. They are staying with us, and I'm so thankful for that...To have everybody here like that supporting us on a Wednesday night means an awful lot. So thank you Dawg Nation, from the bottom of my heart and all of this team."

Wednesday's crowd was the Bulldogs' ninth 10,000-plus count of the season.

Edwards, Wheeler Included Among NCAA's Freshman Leaders

Through games of Feb. 19, Anthony Edwards and Sahvir Wheeler were among the nation's top freshmen statistically in scoring and assists, respectively, as outlined in the next column.

Edwards was the top scorer among all Division-I freshmen and one of only three included among the top-100 scoring leaders.

Wheeler sported the sixth-best average assists tally by a freshman.

Top Freshman Scoring Averages
Rk.	Player, school	GP	Avg.
50.	Anthony Edwards, Georgia	26	18.9
89.	Landers Nolley, Va. Tech	26	18.0
99.	Vernon Carey, Duke	26	17.3
Top Freshman Assist Averages
Rk.	Player, school	GP	Avg.
40.	Nico Mannion, Arizona	26	5.3
50.	Yuri Collins, Saint Louis	26	5.1
70.	Sean East, UMass	26	4.7
71.	Rylan Jones, Utah	25	4.7
82.	Ellis Magnuson, E. Wash.	26	4.6
89.	Sahvir Wheeler, Georgia	25	4.5
90.	Isaiah Stevens, Colorado St.	28	4.5

Anderson To Enter Georgia HOF

Former Bulldog Willie Anderson is set to be enshrined in the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame this weekend in Macon.

The Atlanta native blossomed into one of the country's most diverse talents in the late-80s and was a two-time, first-team All-SEC honoree. As a junior, he averaged 15.9 points, 5.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game in 1986-87. In his final season, Anderson averaged 16.7 points, 4.0 assists and 1.9 steals while leading the Bulldogs to a 20-win finish.

Anderson earned a spot on the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team and won a Bronze Medal.

Anderson was drafted by San Antonio Spurs with the No. 10 overall pick of the 1988 NBA Draft and earned a spot on the first team of the NBA's All-Rookie team in 1989. He went on to play nine seasons in the NBA, the first seven with the Spurs followed by stints with the Raptors, Knicks and Heat.

Anderson is one of eight inductees this year, a class that also includes UGA baseball great Jeff Treadway. He will be Georgia Basketball's third representative in the hall, joining coach Hugh Durham and Alec Kessler. The induction ceremonies are Saturday evening at the Historic Macon City Auditorium.

Crump Closing In On Two Top 10s

Tyree Crump is three 3-point field goals and six free throws away from joining Georgia's top-10 career leaders in made shots from behind the arc and successful conversion at the charity stripe as outlined below.

The Bainbridge, Ga., native has made 169 3-pointers in his Georgia career, three away from the current No. 10 effort of Jody Patton.

Crump has converted on 119-of-149 trip to the free throw line, a success rate of 79.9 percent. With six more made three throws – and maintaining that shooting percentage – Crump will reach the minimum of 125 free throws to qualify for Georgia's career records.

Crump's current effort would place him at No. 7 on the career list below.

UGA Career 3FG Leaders
Rk.	No.	Player	Seasons	3FGAs
1.	261	Levi Stukes	2003-07	683
2.	231	D.A. Lane	1999-01	583
3.	215	Litterial Green	1989-92	544
4.	213	Ezra Williams	2001-03	582
	213	Kenny Gaines	2013-16	569
6.	204	J.J. Frazier	2014-17	576
7.	194	Dustin Ware	2009-12	536
8.	193	G.G. Smith	1996-99	500
9.	184	Bernard Davis	1991-94	453
10.	172	Jody Patton	1987-91	387
11.	166	Tyree Crump	2016-19	501
UGA Career 3FG Leaders
Rk.	No.	Player	Seasons	FT-FTAs
1.	.841	J.J. Frazier	2014-17	450-533
2.	.831	Dick McIntosh	1966-68	162-195
3.	.828	Juwan Parker	2014-18	227-274
4.	.822	Jerry Epling	1968-70	221-269
5.	.804	Jimmy Pitts	1963-65	344-428
	.804	Dustin Ware	2009-12	201-250
7.	.791	D.A. Layne	1999-01	246-311
8.	.787	Joe Ward	1984-86	159-202
9.	.784	Willie Anderson	1985-88	221-282
10.	.777	Terrance Woodbury	2006-09	161-207

Edwards Soaring Up Bulldogs' Freshman Leaders Ledger

Anthony Edwards joined Georgia's top-10 season scoring efforts by a freshman in just the season's 18th game at No. 15 Kentucky.

Over the next four outings, Edwards ascended all the way up to the No. 4 position. He is now No. 3 as outlined below.

The Atlanta native's 16 points at Rupp Arena on Jan. 21 pushed him past the previous No. 10 freshman effort by Eric Marbury. He moved to No. 9 against Ole Miss to No. 8 at Missouri to No. 6 versus Texas A&M and to No. 4 at Florida. Edwards inched to No. 3 during the Auburn game on Feb. 19.

Edwards' current scoring pace of 18.9 ppg would be the second-best in UGA history and would put him at 586 points at the end of the Bulldogs' 31-game regular-season slate.

UGA's Top-10 Freshman Scorers
	Player	Pts.	Year	G	Avg.
1.	Jacky Dorsey	646	1975	25	25.8
2.	Jumaine Jones	515	1998	35	14.7
3.	Litterial Green	481	1989	31	15.5
4.	Anthony Edwards	474	2020	25	19.0
5.	Cedric Henderson	433	1985	28	15.5
6.	K. Caldwell-Pope	422	2012	32	13.2
7.	Walter Daniels	404	1976	27	15.0
8.	D.A. Layne	381	1999	30	12.7
9.	Terry Fair	368	1980	27	13.6
10.	Trey Thompkins	354	2009	28	12.6

Wheeler Reaches 100 assists, First UGA Freshman To Do so Since '09

Sahvir Wheeler's eight assists against Alabama on Feb. 8 gave him exactly 100 passes-to-points this season.

Wheeler became just the sixth Georgia freshman to record 100 assists and the first to do so in just over a decade, since Dustin Ware did so during the 2008-09 season.

Wheeler's has since climbed to the No. 2 spot among Georgia's freshman assist leaders and his average of 4.5 apg is better than any other freshman has contributed for the Bulldogs as outlined below.

Wheeler's current pace would give him 140 assists at the end of the regular season.

UGA's Top-10 Freshman Assists
Rk.	Player	Ast.	Year	G	Avg
1.	Litterial Green	133	1989	31	4.3
2.	Sahvir Wheeler	109	2020	24	4.5
3.	Dustin Ware	108	2009	32	3.4
4.	Moses White	105	2000	29	3.6
5.	Rashad Wright	103	2001	31	3.3
6.	Bryan Drafts	100	1974	26	3.8
7.	Charles Mann	92	2013	32	2.9
8.	Vern Fleming	86	1981	30	2.9
9.	Sundiata Gaines	78	2005	27	2.9
10.	Walter Daniels	77	1976	27	2.9

Camara's Contributions Climbing

Toumani Camara, who moved into the Bulldogs' starting lineup in the 10th game of the season against SMU, has seen a massive up-tick in his production over the last 20 outings.

The freshman from Brussels doubled his rebounding and minutes averages from the first six games and has increased his scoring by more than 75 percent as outlined below.

During that span, Camara also posted career highs of 16 points vs. Georgia Southern, nine rebounds vs. Austin Peay and 34 minutes of playing time vs. SMU.

After notching one double-digit output in the Bulldogs' first 16 outings, he has done so five times in Georgia's last 10 contests.

Camara's Increased Efforts
Stat	First 6	Last 16
Points per game	4.0	6.8
Rebounds per game	2.5	4.8
Minutes per game	13.2	26.2

Brown Quick Off the Bench

Freshman Christian Brown has made a relatively immediate impact off the bench in Georgia's last two road games.

At Florida on Feb. 5, Brown scored six points in five minutes, connecting on 2-of-3 3-point attempts.

At Texas A&M on Feb. 15, Brown contributed eight points in eight minutes, making 3-of-5 shots from the floor and converting on his two attempts at the line.

Feel Free To Call Him "Ty-3"

Tyree Crump continued a familiar theme to his scoring for the Bulldogs this season, with 42 of his 57 field goals (73.7 percent) being 3-pointers.

More than two-thirds of Crump's made shots from the floor at Georgia have come from 3-point range. He has connected on 169 3s as a Bulldog, which accounts for 69.8 percent of his total 242 made field goals.

Dogs Open SEC With Tough Stretch

Georgia's endured a brutal stretch of games to open SEC play.

The Bulldogs began league action by facing six straight 2019 NCAA Tournament teams – Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Kentucky (again) and Ole Miss.

Tom Crean has undergone some serious hazing from the scheduling Gods since arriving in Athens. A year ago, Georgia opened SEC play with consecutive Saturday road trips to the defending league co-champions from the previous year – Tennessee and Auburn.

Wheeler Back & At His Best

Sahvir Wheeler returned to the court against Texas A&M on Feb. 1 after missing a Jan. 28 game at Missouri.

Wheeler, who leads Georgia in assists and is third in scoring, suffered an upper body injury in practice on Monday, Jan. 27, before the team departed for Columbia.

He played three of his best games of the season immediately after his return.

The Houston native had a strong linescore against the Aggies, with nine points, five assists, four boards and two steals. Wheeler followed that with 16 points and four assists at Florida. Against Alabama, he recorded career-high tallies of 24 points and eight assists (for the third time this season) in a career-most 42 minutes of playing time.

Hammonds' Big-Number Efforts Up

In his 61 games played as a freshman and sophomore, Rayshaun Hammonds had two 20-point performances, four double-figure rebounding outputs and two double-doubles.

In the first 23 games this season, Hammonds notched five 20-point outputs, six double-digit rebound counts and four double-doubles.

Lots Of Eyes Are On Edwards

Anthony Edwards was named to updated Watch Lists for the Wooden and Jerry West Awards released in early February.

On Monday, Feb. 3, Edwards was the only SEC player and one of just two freshmen featured on the new top-20 list of candidates for the Wooden Award.

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, Edwards was one of two freshmen and four SEC players on the top-10 list for the West Award, which is given to the nation's top shooting guard.

Edwards Earns Georgia's Third SEC Freshman of the Week Honor

Anthony Edwards was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 3 after averaging 26.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in Georgia's outings against Missouri and Texas A&M.

Bulldogs have now been named SEC FOTW three times this season. Previously, Edwards and Sahvir Wheeler were honored on Dec. 1 and Dec. 23, respectively.

Against Mizzou and TAMU, Edwards became the first Bulldog freshman to post consecutive double-doubles since Jumaine Jones in 1997-98. Edwards' 15 rebounds against Texas A&M were the most by a Georgia freshman since Jones' 16 versus Penn State in the semifinals of the 1998 NIT.

Edwards was first honored – and also was tabbed National Freshman of the Week by CBSsports.com – following the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. Most notably, he poured in 37 points against No. 3 Michigan State on Nov. 26, including 33 points in the second half. Edwards' effort represented the most points by a Bulldog freshman since Jacky Dorsey's 41 versus LSU on Jan. 20, 1975.

Wheeler was honored after he scored layups in the final five seconds of both the first and second overtime periods of UGA's versus SMU. He scored with four seconds remaining in the first OT to tie the score. In the second extra session, Wheeler's layup with 1.9 seconds left supplied Georgia with the victory.

When He's Hot, He's Really Hot

Sophomore Tye Fagan scored 14 points at No. 15 Kentucky on Jan. 21 by connecting on all six of his shots from the field (including a 3-pointer) and his one attempt at the free throw line.

Fagan has now scored in double figures three times this season and has done so in an extremely efficient fashion. In that trio of contests, Fagan has connected on 81.0 percent (17-of-21) of his shots from the floor.

Fagan recorded his first double-digit scoring output with 11 points against Dayton in the opening round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. He connected on 5-of-5 shots from the field, including his only 3-point attempt, against the Flyers.

The sophomore from Logtown paced Georgia with 15 points at Arizona State on Dec. 14. Fagan did most of his damage in the second half in Tempe with 11 points in 10 minutes.

Before that, Fagan's top offensive performances were early last season. He notched eight points in three of the first four games of his freshman year.

A Trio Of Freshman Starters

Freshmen Toumani Camara, Anthony Edwards and Sahvir Wheeler all started for the Bulldogs at No. 5 Auburn on Jan. 11. That marked the first time Georgia started a trio of freshmen in a decade and 11 days.

To find the last contest when three first-year Bulldogs got the nod you have to venture back to a date with Kennesaw State on New Year's Eve in 2008 when Travis Leslie, Trey Thompkins and Dustin Ware all started.

All told, four members of the Bulldogs' top-10 recruiting class have now started at some point this season. Rodney Howard did so against N.C. Central and Arizona State.

Bulldogs Better In Tight Games

Georgia is 4-2 this season in games decided by four points or less.

That's a dramatic difference last season when UGA was 0-6 in such outings, with all six setbacks coming to NCAA tourney teams.

Georgia's non-conference effort in 2018-19 featured four- and two-point setbacks to Temple and Arizona State, respectively.

In SEC play, the Bulldogs dropped four consecutive extremely excruciating losses by a combined nine points between Feb. 16-27 – to LSU (83-79), Mississippi State (68-67), Ole Miss (72-71) and Auburn (78-75).

This season, Georgia defeated Georgia Tech (72-68), Chaminade (80-77), SMU (87-85) and No. 9 Memphis (65-62) before the Bulldogs suffered tight-score setbacks against Missouri (72-69) and Alabama (105-102).

Significance of the Memphis Win

While most of the SEC opened league play on Saturday, Jan. 4, Georgia was earning a historic road win at No. 9 Memphis.

That was: 1) just the second road victory over a ranked non-conference foe in Georgia Basketball history; and 2) just the second road win over a ranked foe by any SEC team this season...South Carolina's upset of No. 9 Virginia on Dec. 22 being the other.

The victory also represented UGA's first:

• win over a top-10 foe since defeating No. 10 Kentucky, 77-70, on Jan. 8, 2011.
• road win over a top-10 opponent since beating No. 5 Kentucky, 65-57, at Rupp Arena on Jan. 17, 2004.
• road win over a ranked, non-conference foe since topping No. 7 Louisville, 73-70 in overtime, on Dec. 29, 1977.

Dogs' Freshmen Among UGA's Best

Georgia's freshman class features five of the top-100 prospects from 2019 and was consistently ranked among the nation's top recruiting classes – No. 5 by ESPN.com, No. 6 by rivals.com and No. 10 by 247Sports.com.

Headlining the quintet 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 rankings for that class are believed to be unavailable, but it also featured future stars such as 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 Georgia at No. 12 in 2011. Louis Williams signed with the Bulldogs as the No. 6 prospect in the nation in the 2005 composite but opted to enter the NBA Draft.

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

Additional top classes at Georgia include those in 1979 and 1980 which featured four McDonald's All-Americans between them – Wilkins and Terry Fair in 1979 and Vern Fleming and James Banks a year later.

UGA's Freshman Class Also Among The Nation's Largest

The Bulldogs' class of nine freshmen – seven scholarship and two walk-ons – ranks as the third-largest in D-I hoops.

Navy, TCU and Utah sport a nation-leading 11 freshmen on their rosters. Air Force has 10 freshmen. In addition to Georgia, Louisville also has nine freshmen.

On this list, "freshman" is defined as a player who is a freshman eligibility wise and competing at that school for the first time this season...so there are some redshirts.

Edwards, Wheeler Star In Debut

Anthony Edwards and Sahvir Wheeler poured in 24 and 19 points, respectively, in the season opener against Western Carolina on Nov. 5 – the second- and third-most points ever by a freshman in their Bulldog debut.

Since NCAA rules changed to allow freshmen to compete in basketball in 1972, 23 Bulldogs have scored in double figures during their first collegiate contest.

Top Tally Debuts By UGA Freshmen
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

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Tyree Crump

Anthony Edwards

Tye Fagan

Rayshaun Hammonds

Jordan Harris

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Yante Maten

Juwan Parker

Sahvir Wheeler

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