Category: UGA Sports

UGA Men’s Basketball: Dawgs Winning in Different Ways

By John Frierson
Staff Writer

In the fourth game of the Georgia men’s basketball team’s season, Tuesday night against Montana at Stegeman Coliseum, we got to see these Bulldogs continue to evolve as a unit. With eight new players on this year’s team, the Bulldogs will continue to take shape as the season progresses.

What we saw Tuesday, in Georgia’s 63-50 win over the Grizzlies, was a team with depth and muscle and speed. The Bulldogs made 10 of their first 12 shots and jumped out to a nice lead, 21-7, but the rest of the night was more of a struggle from the floor.

Despite the shooting difficulties — Georgia (4-0) finished 27 of 68 from the floor and 5 of 23 from 3-point range — the Bulldogs kept pushing and persisting at both ends of the floor. The game was, in coach Tom Crean‘s words, “the definition of a grinder.”

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UGA Men’s Basketball: Georgia Outlasts Montana, 63-50

50
Montana 0-4,0-2 Big Sky
63
 Georgia 4-0,0-0 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Montana 24 26 50
Georgia 32 31 63

ATHENS, Ga. – In a grinding effort, the University of Georgia men’s basketball team defeated the Montana Grizzlies, 63-50, Tuesday evening before 1,638 spectators at Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs (4-0) overcame a below-average shooting performance to top the Grizzlies (0-4), dominating in the paint and on the boards.

Sophomore Toumani Camara led Georgia with his first career double-double, posting 15 points on 7-for-13 shooting and a career-high 17 rebounds and three steals. Camara was the third Bulldog with a double-double this season and tallied the most rebounds since Trey Thompkins grabbed 17 against Alabama on Feb. 20, 2010.

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UGA Men’s Basketball: Men’s Hoops Host The Grizzlies Tuesday Night

  • Georgia (3-0) vs. Montana (0-3)
  • Tuesday, December 8, at 7:00 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 (Courtney Lyle, play-by-play; Dane Bradshaw, analyst)
  • Video Stream: SECN+
  • Satellite: XM: 190; Internet: 961
  • History: First Meeting
  • Last Meeting: N/A
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Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
30-37 in 3rd season at UGA
386-268 in 21st season overall
No. Name PPG RPG
2 Sahvir Wheeler 16.7 3.7
5-10; 180; Soph.; Houston, Texas
5 Justin Kier 8.5 4.5
6-6; 215; Soph.; Hopkins, S.C.
10 Toumani Camara 14.0 5.0
6-8; 220; Fr.; Brussels, Belgium
14 Tye Fagan 11.7 6.7
6-3; 195; Jr.; Logtown, Ga.
24 P.J. Horne 10.0 2.7
6-6; 230; Gr.; Tifton, Ga.
University of Montana Logo
Montana Grizzlies
Coach: Travis DeCuire
127-74 in 7th season at UM
127-74 in 7th overall
No. Name PPG RPG
0 Kyle Owens 14.0 6.3
6-8; 205; Soph.; Clabasas, Calif.
1 Michael Steadman 10.7 3.3
6-10; 215; R-Sr.; Union City, Calif.
3 Josh Vazquez 6.7 3.0
6-3; 180; Soph.; Torrance, Calif.
12 Brandon Whitney 9.7 1.0
6-1; 178; Fr.; Mission Hills, Calif.
13 Josh Bannan 7.4 4.0
6-9; 215; Fr.; Melbourne, Australia

 

TEAM COMPARISON

 

2020-21 STATISTICS GEORGIA MONTANA
Points Per Game 89.0 66.3
Opp. Point Per Game 67.3 71.7
Scoring Margin +21.7 -5.3
Field Goal Pct. .508 .439
Opp. Field Goal Pct. .425 .419
3-Point Pct. .305 .383
3-Pointers Per Game 6.0 6.0
Opp. 3-Point Pct. .232 .324
Free Throw Pct. .761 .638
Free Throws Per Game 17.0 12.3
Rebounds Per Game 44.0 29.7
Opp. Rebound Per Game 29.7 37.7
Rebound Margin +14.3 -8.0
Assists Per Game 20.3 13.0
Turnovers Per Game 18.7 12.7
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 1.09 1.02
Turnover Margin +0.3 -0.7
Steals Per Game 9.7 5.0
Blocks Per Game 2.3 1.3

 

The Starting 5…
  • Six different Bulldogs scored in double figures against Jacksonville last Friday – Wheeler 23, Camara 19, Brown 14, Horne 12, Kier 11 and Fagan 10.
  • Sahvir Wheeler is the first SEC player with three-straight point-assist double-doubles in over 20 seasons… we’re through 2000-01 and haven’t found one.
  • Tye Fagan became the 28th UGA Bulldog to earn SEC Player of the Week honors (a combined 38 times) since the award’s inception in 1985.
  • Versus FAMU, T. Fagan & S. Wheeler became the first Dogs to have double-doubles in the same game since N. Claxton and D. Ogbeide vs. S.C. on 3/9/19.
  • 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

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UGA Football: UGA Athletic Director Greg McGarity Set to Retire

ATHENS — University of Georgia J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Greg McGarity will retire on December 31, 2020, following 10 years of service as the UGA Athletic Association’s top administrator.

“First and foremost, on behalf of the entire Bulldog Nation, I want to express my deepest gratitude to Greg for his outstanding service to the University of Georgia,” said President Jere W. Morehead.  “While I had hoped Greg would continue to serve as our Athletic Director for a few more years, I understand and appreciate his and Sheryl’s decision to begin a new chapter in their lives.  Greg will leave behind a strong legacy of leadership and devotion to his alma mater, having further elevated our athletic program on the national stage.  I have particularly appreciated the extraordinary leadership Greg has provided during the pandemic.  His calm and steady voice will be missed here and in SEC meetings.”

McGarity was a letterman on the 1973 Bulldog tennis team and began his career in athletics administration at UGA in 1977.  He rose through the ranks to become Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Management in 1988.  In 1992, McGarity joined the University of Florida, where he held several senior leadership roles in athletics before returning to UGA in 2010 as Athletic Director.

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UGA Men’s Basketball: Georgia Bests Florida A&M, 85-75, in Season Opener

75
Florida A&M 0-2,0-0 MEAC
85
 Georgia 1-0,0-0 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Florida A&M 37 38 75
Georgia 38 47 85

ATHENS, Ga. – Led by a pair of double-doubles, the University of Georgia men’s basketball team opened its 2020-21 season with an 85-75 over Florida A&M Sunday afternoon before 1,638 spectators at Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs (1-0) were able to pull away late from the Rattlers (0-2) on the strength of 58 percent shooting in the second half, as well as a stout showing from their bench.

Stony Brook transfer Andrew Garcia led all scorers with 22 points on 6-of-8 shooting, along with four rebounds and two steals. Junior Tye Fagan posted a career-high 21 points on 9-of-10 shooting, picking up his first career double-double with a team-best 10 rebounds.

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UGA Women’s Basketball: Georgia Beats Georgia Tech in Overtime, 75-69

ATLANTA — Led by 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks from senior center Jenna Staiti, the Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball team downed the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 75-69, Sunday afternoon at McCamish Pavilion.

Staiti’s effort marked the 10th time in 11 games she has scored in double figures. It was also her fourth double-double and her sixth 20-point effort during that span.

Georgia improves to 2-0 this season and 36-7 all time against Georgia Tech. The Lady Bulldogs are now 13-5 in Atlanta against the Yellow Jackets.

The victory also marked Joni Taylor‘s 100th win as head coach at Georgia and the 999th in program history.

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UGA Men’s Basketball: Bulldogs To Host Global Sports Invitational

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia will take part in the Global Sports Invitational during the 2020-21 basketball season, with the Bulldogs serving as “host” for the multi-team event (MTE) that will also feature Charleston Southern, SMU and Wofford.

Georgia will entertain Wofford and Charleston Southern at Stegeman Coliseum on Monday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 22, respectively, and round out the tourney with a trip to SMU on Wed. Nov. 25. The Bulldogs’ trip to SMU will complete a home-and-home series with the Mustangs. A complete schedule for the round-robin event is listed below.

All three of Georgia’s games will have “homecoming” implications. Wofford head coach Jay McAuley was a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs from 2003-06. Charleston Southern senior Phlandrous “Phlan” Fleming, Jr., is an Athens native who starred at Cedar Shoals High School. Georgia sophomores Sahvir Wheeler and Tyron McMillan played high school basketball in Texas.

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UGA Baseball: Hancock Selected By Seattle In First Round Of MLB Draft

ATHENS—– University of Georgia Honor Roll student Emerson Hancock made history Wednesday as the latest Bulldog selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft.

Hancock, a 6-4, 213-pound junior pitcher from Cairo, Ga., went sixth overall to the Seattle Mariners. In his Bulldog career, the right-hander is 16-7 with a 3.47 ERA in 33 appearances, all starts. He has tallied 206 strikeouts and 55 walks in 192 innings. In 2020, he was 2-0 with a 3.75 ERA in four starts. He had 34 strikeouts and only three walks in 24 innings as Georgia went 14-4 and was ranked as high as No. 2 nationally when the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Additionally, Hancock, a sport management major, is on the ballot for Academic All-America honors, which will be announced later this week by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Hancock has served as Georgia’s No. 1 starter the past two seasons. He was a consensus All-American as a sophomore in 2019 after posting an 8-3 mark and 1.99 ERA. Following his senior year at Cairo High School, Arizona selected him in the 38th round of the 2017 MLB Draft.

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UGA Men’s Basketball: Steve McClain Named Assistant Coach

ATHENS, Ga. — Steve McClain has joined the Georgia Basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Tom Crean announced on Tuesday. McClain, who has spent the past five seasons as head coach at University of Illinois Chicago, was a member of Crean’s coaching staff at Indiana from 2010-15.

“We are really excited to add Steve McClain to our Georgia Basketball family and the University of Georgia community,” Crean said. “We have known each other over 30 years, and he was a huge part of what we did at Indiana during some great times. Steve was a part of a Big Ten Championship, three NCAA Tournaments and two Sweet 16s before he left to become the head coach at Illinois Chicago.

“Steve is beyond tireless and driven for excellence,” Crean continued. “He has such a strong basketball mind, intensity, determination and genuine care for his players as people first. He finished within a few points of winning the Horizon League Championship in March, and it was a lot of fun to watch them get healthy and get better. The last four years at Illinois Chicago were the best four years of cumulative success since the early ’90s. Steve gets it.

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UGA Football: Georgia Announces Virtual G-Day Schedule

While the annual G-Day spring football game will not be played at Sanford Stadium on Saturday, the Bulldog program is excited to announce a Virtual G-Day plan for April 18, presented by Piedmont Healthcare.

The SEC Network will re-broadcast the 2019 matchup between Notre Dame and Georgia starting at 2 p.m. Georgia head coach Kirby Smart will tweet during the game from @KirbySmartUGA as another source of game commentary. In addition, the Bulldog radio crew, including Scott Howard, Eric Zeier and Chuck Dowdle, will have a Facebook live broadcast on the Georgia Bulldogs account as a third-screen experience for fans during the afternoon.

Beginning at 1:55 p.m. watch a special “second screen” broadcast of the game on Facebook live where Scott Howard, Eric Zeier and Chuck Dowdle will talk about the game and interview specials guests throughout the broadcast.

Schedule of Guest Appearances
2:15-:25 Tom Hart/SEC Network
2:30-:40 Kevin Butler/GBSN
2:45-:55 Head Coach Kirby Smart
3:00-:10 Rod Blankenship
3:20-:30 Jeff Dantzler/GBSN
3:45-:50 Special Surprise Guest

UGA Football: Georgia Staffer Klawsky Discharged From Hospital

ATHENS — Jeremy Klawsky, University of Georgia football video coordinator, was discharged Thursday afternoon from Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, where he has been hospitalized for the past six weeks with COVID-19.

Piedmont staff organized a “Hero’s Walk” where members of the hospital staff including physicians, nurses, therapists, administrators and other support staff, lined the hallways of the hospital to bid him farewell and congratulate him on his recovery.  Georgia Athletic Association staff were allowed to participate in this touching ceremony by waiting outside the hospital to view Jeremy and his family as he exited. The Athletic Association staff attendance was designed to demonstrate support for him as well as show appreciation to the many healthcare workers who participated in his care during his hospitalization.

Jeremy will continue to receive therapy as he recovers.

UGA Football: Blankenship, Woerner Named Hampshire Recipients

ATHENS, Ga. — Former University of Georgia football standouts Rodrigo Blankenship and Charlie Woerner have been named members of the 2020 National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society, according to an announcement Wednesday by the NFF and the College Hall of Fame.

The Hampshire Honor Society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers and were starters on their respective teams.

“We are pleased to honor another impressive group of athletes as part of this year’s Hampshire Honor Society,” said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. “For more than a decade, the Hampshire Honor Society has served as a powerful vehicle for schools to recognize their college football players who have distinguished themselves both academically and athletically, and we congratulate the schools and each of these young men for their commitment to excellence in all aspects of their lives.”

Blankenship, a four-year starter from Marietta, Ga., was the 2019 winner of the Lou Groza Award as the nation’s top place-kicker as well as a First Team All-America and CoSIDA Academic All-America selection.  Woerner, a four-year letterman from Tiger, Ga., played in 53 career games including 18 starts, mostly at tight end.  He was a member of the 2019 John Mackey Award watch list.

The NFF Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF’s National Scholar-Athlete program by greatly expanding the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year. The program further strengthens the organization’s leadership role in encouraging academic performance by the student-athletes at the 775 colleges and universities with football programs nationwide. The initiative has now honored 12,127 student-athletes since its inception.

Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must have:

  • Completed their final year of playing eligibility in 2019;
    • Graduated players, who have remaining eligibility but will not return to collegiate play (e.g. declared for NFL Draft or retired from football), may also be nominated.
  • Achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout entire course of undergraduate study;
  • Met all NCAA- or NAIA-mandated progress toward degree requirements; and
  • Been starters or significant contributors throughout the 2019 season.

UGA Men’s Basketball: Stegeman Tabbed No. 21 In Arena Rankings

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum was listed at No. 21 in the 2020 arena rankings of NCAA Division I basketball venues by Stadium Journey. The website reviewed 334 of 353 NCAA Division I arenas and then compiled its rankings utilizing a “fanfare” system, which took into account a facility’s food, atmosphere, neighborhood, fans, access, value and more.

“This is easily the largest rankings list ever undertaken here at Stadium Journey, and we would wager anyplace else,” the website wrote. “It’s a different way of looking at venues, and produces some variability in our lists that you don’t see elsewhere.”

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