Bulldogs, Gators To Face Off In SEC Tourney

Georgia Basketball Game Notes
SEC Tournament Second Round
Georgia (16-16, 5-13 SEC) vs.Florida (19-12, 11-7 SEC)
Thursday, March 12 at approximately 3:00 p.m. ET
Bridgestone Arena (19,395) 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 SEC Network (Mike Morgan, play-by-play; Jimmy Dykes, analyst; Marty Smith, sideline)
Video Stream: SECN+
UF leads, 116-105
UF, 68-54 on 3/4/20

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
26-37 in 2nd season at UGA
382-268 in 20th season overall
2	Jordan Harris	6.5	3.9
6-5; 195; Sr.; Iron City, Ga.
5	Anthony Edwards	19.5	5.3
6-5; 225; Fr.; Atlanta, Ga.
10	Toumani Camara	6.5	4.4
6-8; 220; Fr.; Brussels, Belgium
15	Sahvir Wheeler	8.8	2.4
5-10; 180; Fr.; Houston, Texas
20	Rayshaun Hammonds	12.6	7.3
6-9; 235; Jr.; Norcross, Ga.

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

Florida Gators
Coach: Mike White
108-65 in 5th season at UF
209-105 in 9th season overall
2	Andrew Nembhard	11.2	3.0
6-5; 193; Soph.; Aurora, Ontario
10	Noah Locke	10.6	2.6
6-3; 207; Soph.; Baltimore, Md.
11	Keyontae Johnson	14.0	7.1
6-5; 231; Soph.; Norfolk, Va.
23	Scottie Lewis	8.5	3.6
6-5; 185; Fr.; Hazlet, N.J.
24	Kerry Blackshear	12.8	7.5
6-10; 241; Gr.; Orlando, Fla.

TEAM COMPARISON

2019-20 STATISTICS	GEORGIA	FLORIDA
Points Per Game	75.9	71.9
Opp. Point Per Game	75.9	66.0
Scoring Margin	+0.3	+5.8
Field Goal Pct.	.451	.457
Opp. Field Goal Pct.	.453	.421
3-Point Pct.	.300	.347
3-Pointers Per Game	7.0	7.1
Opp. 3-Point Pct.	.323	.326
Free Throw Pct.	.702	.723
Free Throws Per Game	14.2	13.7
Rebounds Per Game	37.9	34.8
Opp. Rebound Per Game	35.9	31.7
Rebound Margin	+2.0	+3.1
Assists Per Game	13.5	11.9
Turnovers Per Game	14.8	11.9
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio	0.91	1.00
Turnover Margin	-1.6	+1.0
Steals Per Game	7.1	5.7
Blocks Per Game	3.3	3.9

The Starting 5...

Jordan Harris has two career 20-point outings. Those are in his last two SEC Tourney games – 26 vs. Missouri last year and 21 vs. Ole Miss in the first round.
With eight assists versus Ole Miss, Sahvir Wheeler broke UGA's freshman record. Wheeler's 139 passes-to-points topped Litterial Green's mark of 133.
Anthony Edwards enters the Florida game 36 points shy of Georgia's freshman scoring record of 646 points by Jacky Dorsey during the 1974-75 season.
UGA's total attendance record fell for the second straight season. A total of 164,071 fans attended 17 home dates, topping the old mark by more than 15,000 .
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 the Bridgestone Arena court to face Florida in the second round of the SEC Tournament at approximately 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday – roughly 18 hours after defeating Ole Miss in the tourney's opening round.

Rayshaun Hammonds' double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds and Jordan Harris' 21 points led the Bulldogs in an 81-63 victory over the Rebels.

Hammonds now has seven 20-point outputs, eight double-digit rebound counts and six double-doubles in 32 games this season...that after he posted two 20-point performances, four double-figure rebounding outputs and two double-doubles in 61 combined games played as a freshman and sophomore.

Harris recorded his second 20-point game in 100 career outings for Georgia...both in his last two SEC Tournament outings. Last season, he scored a career-high 26 points versus Missouri.

Anthony Edwards and Hammonds are scoring at a double-digit pace for Georgia.

Edwards leads Georgia and is the nation's top-scoring freshman at 19.1 points per game. He has reached double figures in the scoring column in 27 of 32 games, with 13 20-point outings and three 30-point efforts. Edwards has scored 610 points this season, the second-most ever by a Bulldog freshman and 36 shy of UGA's freshman record of 646 by Jacky Dorsey in 1974-75.

Edwards, who is one of five finalists for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, has been tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week a school-record four times.

Hammonds is averaging 12.9 points and a team-high 7.4 rebounds per game.

Georgia's SEC Tourney History

Georgia sports a 48-57 all-time record in 60 editions of the SEC Tournament.

The Bulldogs are 39-38 in SEC Tourney action since the event resumed in 1979 following a 27-year hiatus from 1953-79.

The Bulldogs won the 1983 and 2008 SEC Tournaments and finished as runners-up in 1940, 1981, 1988 and 1997. Georgia has reached the semifinals 15 times.

Series History

Florida enters today's game with a 116-105 advantage in the series between UGA and UF.

Though Florida is the Bulldogs' most frequent foe ever – this is the 222nd matchup – this is only the fourth SEC Tournament date. After Georgia won a 1988 contest, the Gators won the last two meetings in 1989 and 2007.

Florida won both ends of the home-and-home series this year. The Gators rallied from a 22-point, second-half deficit to secure an 81-75 win in Gainesville on Feb. 5 and took the rematch in Athens eight days ago, 68-54.

Scouting The Gators

Florida, which finished the regular seasonwith a 19-12 record, is the No. 5 seed for the SEC Tourney after compiling an 11-7 mark in league play.

Three Gators – Keyontae Johnson, Kerry Blackshear and Andrew Nembhard – have started every game this season.

Johnson paces Florida on the offensive end at 14.0 ppg, Blackshear adds 12.8 ppg and a team-high 7.5 rpg and Nembhard chips in 11.2 and a team-best 5.6 apg.

Last Time Out...

Georgia never trailed and led for 39:10 of the contest en route to an 81-63 win over Ole Miss in the opening round of the SEC Tournament on Wednesday.

Rayshaun Hammonds' jumper 72 seconds ino the contest gave the Bulldogs a lead they never reliquished.

Georgia built a 24-10 advantage at te 6:18 mark of the opening half. After the Rebels trimmed that margin to 35-30, a Hammonds jumper and a half-court, buzzer beater from Sahvir Wheeler put the Bulldogs back up by 11 (41-30) at the intermission.

Georgia scored the first five points of the second stanza and only allowed Ole Miss to pull within single digits once thereafter, at 66-57 with 5:57 remaining.

Dogs Remain Perfect In Tennessee

Georgia is now 3-0 in games played in Tennessee this season.

The Bulldogs ventured north of the border on Jan. 4 when they upset then-No. 9 Memphis, 65-62, to snap the Tigers' 10-game winning streak.

Georgia also bested Vanderbilt, 80-78, on Tyree Crump's 35-foot, buzzer-beater on Feb. 22 before the Bulldogs' SEC Tournament victory over Ole Miss.

Nashville Supplies Top-10 Plays

Georgia has played two games in Nashville this season. In those contests, the Bulldogs have produced a combined four top-10 plays for ESPN's SportsCenter.

On Feb. 22, Anthony Edwards' thunderous first-half drive and dunk was judged to be the No. 1 play of the day, while Tyree Crump's buzzer-beater to defeat the Commodores came in at No. 6.

Yesterday, Sahvir Wheeler's half-court, buzzer-beater to end the first half was to top play, and a Jordan Harris block of a KJ Buffen dunk attempt occupied the No. 9 position.

Wheeler Sets UGA Freshman Mark

Sahvir Wheeler equaled his career high with eight assists against Ole Miss and in the process also broke Georgia Basketball's freshman assists record.

Wheeler now has 139 passes-to-points, breaking the previous mark of 133 assists by Litterial Green during the 1988-89 campaign as outlined below.

Wheeler also had eight passes to points against Alabama, SMU and The Citadel. He is 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.

Top-5 Freshman Assists
Rk.	Player	Ast.	Year	G	Avg.
1.	Sahvir Wheeler	139	2020	31	4.5
2.	Litterial Green	133	1989	31	4.3
3.	Dustin Ware	108	2009	32	3.4
4.	Moses White	105	2000	29	3.6
5.	Rashad Wright	103	2001	31	3.3

Edwards Climbs UGA Season, SEC Freshman Scoring Lists

Anthony Edwards enters the Florida game ranked No. 7 among Georgia's single-season scoring leaders and No. 10 on the list of the SEC's top-scoring freshmen ever.

Edwards' 610 points is 26 away from joining the top-5 season scoring efforts in the history of Bulldog basketball as outlined below.

Edwards enters the Florida game just six points from the No. 9 best scoring mark ever by an SEC freshman as outlined below.

UGA Season Points Leaders
Rk.	No.	Player	Seasons	GP
1.	732	Dominique Wilkins	1981	31
2.	659	Dominique Wilkins	1982	31
3.	646	Jacky Dorsey	1975	25
4.	640	J.J. Frazier	2017	34
5.	636	Yante Maten	2018	33
6.	613	Walter Daniels	1979	28
7.	610	Alec Kessler	1990	29
	610	Anthony Edwards	2020	32
9.	596	Alec Kessler	1989	31
10.	594	Bob Lienhard	1969	25
	594	Vern Fleming	1984	30
12.	591	K. Caldwell-Pope	2013	32
13.	590	Zippy Morocco	1953	25
14.	588	Jacky Dorsey	1976	27
15.	583	Willie Anderson	1988	35

Top Freshman SEC Scoring Totals
Rk.	Player, School	Season	Total
1.	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson), LSU	1989	965
2.	Malik Monk, Kentucky	2017	754
3.	Jamal Murray, Kentucky	2016	720
4.	Bernard King, Tennessee	1975	661
5.	Brandon Knight, Kentucky	2011	657
6.	Jacky Dorsey, Georgia	1975	646
7.	Collin Sexton, Alabama	2018	632
	Ben Simmons, LSU	2016	632
9.	John Wall, Kentucky	2010	616
10.	Anthony Edwards, Georgia	2020	610

Dogs Putting Up Big Digits

Georgia has reached the 90-point scoring mark seven times during the 2019-20 season and 11 times during Tom Crean's 64 games as the Bulldogs' head coach.

Prior to Crean's arrival, Georgia scored 90 or more points 11 times in 11-plus seasons combined, a span of 387 games.

The Bulldogs scored 91, 95 and 100 points in their first three games this season – the first time the Bulldogs scored 90 or more three times in a row since December of 2006.

Georgia's scoring has been relatively consistent this season.

The Bulldogs' season scoring average of 75.9 points per game is on pace to be their highest since averaging 79.2 points during the 2002-03 season.

Edwards No. 2 AMong Bulldogs' Best Freshman scoring Leaders

Anthony Edwards enters the Florida game 36 points off of Jacky Dorsey's Georgia freshman scoring record of 646 points established in 1974-75 as outlined below.

The Atlanta native joined Georgia's top-10 season scoring efforts by a freshman in just the 18th game of the season at No. 15 Kentucky on Jan. 21. Over the next four outings, Edwards climbed to No. 4.

Top-5 Freshman Scorers
Rk.	Player	Pts.	Year	G	Avg.
1.	Jacky Dorsey	646	1975	25	25.8
2.	Anthony Edwards	610	2020	32	19.1
3.	Jumaine Jones	515	1998	35	14.7
4.	Litterial Green	481	1989	31	15.5
5.	Cedric Henderson	433	1985	28	15.5

Edwards, Wheeler Included Among NCAA's Freshman Leaders

Through games of March 11, Anthony Edwards and Sahvir Wheeler were ranked among the nation's top freshmen statistically in scoring and assists, respectively, as outlined below.

Edwards was the top scorer among all Division-I freshmen, the only one featured in the top-50 scoring leaders and one of only three included among the top-100.

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

Top Freshman Scoring Averages
Rk.	Player, School	GP	Avg.
47.	Anthony Edwards, Georgia	32	19.1
83.	Vernon Carey, Duke	31	17.8
88.	Tre Mitchell, Massachusetts	31	17.7

Top Freshman Assist Averages
Rk.	Player, School	GP	Avg.
35.	Yuri Collins, Saint Louis	31	5.5
41.	Nico Mannion, Arizona	32	5.3
54.	Tyger Campbell, UCLA	31	5.0
57.	Sean East, UMass	31	4.9
85.	Isaiah Stevens, Colorado St.	32	4.5
87.	Sahvir Wheeler, Georgia	31	4.5
92.	Rylan Jones, Utah	28	4.5
98.	Keishawn Davidson, Tenn. Tech	30	4.4

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Players Mentioned

Toumani Camara

Tyree Crump

Anthony Edwards

Rayshaun Hammonds

Jordan Harris

Yante Maten

Sahvir Wheeler

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