Category: UGA Men’s Basketball

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s Anthony Edwards was named second-team All-District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Monday. The honor includes players from SEC teams.

Edwards, a 6-5, 225-pound Atlanta native, finished the 2019-20 season as the nation’s leading scoring freshman. He averaged 19.1 ppg and scored in double figures in 27 of 32 games, including 14 20-point outputs and three 30-point performances. Edwards scored 610 points total, a tally that ranks No. 7 in Georgia’s all-time, single-season scoring leaders and No. 10 among the SEC’s top scoring efforts by a freshman.

Edwards also made a significant impact among Georgia’s single-season record book. In addition to the No. 7 scoring effort, he put up numbers that rank No. 19 in scoring average (19.1 ppg), No. 11 in 3-pointers (72), No. 2 in 3-point attempts (245), No. 5 in field goal attempts (505), No. 17 in free throws (132) and No. 19 in free throw attempts (171).

Last week, Edwards announced his intentions to declare for the 2020 NBA Draft, where he is projected by many to be the No. 1 overall pick. He was the first player listed on the NABC’s District 20 second team, which also featured Auburn’s Samir Doughty, Alabama’s Kira Lewis Jr., Kentucky’s Immanuel Quickley and Auburn’s Issac Okoro. Skylar Mays of LSU, Nick Richards of Kentucky, Reggie Perry of Mississippi State, Breein Tyree of Ole Miss and Mason Jones of Arkansas were the first-team honorees.

The NABC recognition just lengthens a long list of postseason accolades for Edwards. He was named SEC Freshman of the Year by league coaches and SEC Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press. Edwards was a second-team All-SEC pick in balloting of both coaches and the AP and was named to the coaches SEC All-Freshman team. The U.S. Basketball Writers Association named Edwards to its All-District IV team as well, a geographic area covering teams from the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.

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 Georgia 16-16,5-13 SEC

63

Ole Miss 15-17,6-12 SEC

Nashville, Tenn. – The Georgia men’s basketball team defeated Ole Miss 81-63 in the first round of the SEC Tournament Wednesday night at the Bridgestone Arena.

Rayshaun Hammonds led the team in points with 22, including 11 rebounds to secure his sixth double-double of the season and eighth of his career. Jordan Harris was right behind Hammonds with 21, a season high for the senior.

Freshman Anthony Edwards passed Allan Houston of Tennessee, jumping into the SEC’s top-10 all-time freshman scorers. Edwards now sits at No. 10; six points shy of taking over John Wall’s No. 9 spot that he set in 2010.

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Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
26-37 in 2nd season at UGA
382-268 in 20th season overall
No.	Name	PPG	RPG
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.

Ole Miss Rebels
Coach: Kermit Davis
35-29 in 2nd season at OM
504-292 in 25th season overall
No.	Name	PPG	RPG
0	Blake Hinson	10.2	4.7
6-7; 229; Soph.; Deltona, Fla.
2	Devontae Shuler	11.5	4.5
6-2; 190; Jr.; Irmo, S.C.
3	Khadim Sy	9.1	5.4
6-10; 240; Jr.; Dakar, Senegal
4	Breein Tyree	19.7	3.7
6-2; 195; Sr.; Somerset, N.J.
5	KJ Buffen	10.1	6.1
6-7; 225; Soph.; Gainesville, Ga.

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ATHENS, Ga. — Rod Cole, who helped lead the Georgia to the 1990 SEC Championship 30 seasons ago, has been selected as the Bulldogs’ 2020 SEC Legend. The 14 Allstate SEC Basketball Legends from each league school will be honored at this week’s league tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Cole, a native of Conyers, Ga., was a standout at Rockdale County High School before joining the Bulldogs. He was a four-year starter at Georgia from 1987-91 and finished his career ranked No. 2 in assists (379) and No. 5 in steals (191) among the Bulldogs’ all-time statistical leaders. Cole helped lead Georgia to its first-ever back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids in 1990 and 1991 and served as team captain as a senior.

Cole was a key component in Georgia’s run to the 1990 SEC title. The Bulldogs started league play 3-3 that season but then won nine of their next 10 games en route to the title. Cole helped start that streak by hitting three free throws with four seconds left to force overtime in the Bulldogs’ 94-92 upset of the 16th-ranked LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge.

This season marks the 22nd year of the SEC Basketball Legends program. Previous legends for the Bulldogs include: Vern Flemin (1999), Alec Kessler (2000), Zippy Morocco (2001), Dominique Wilkins (2002), James Banks (2003), Lavon Mercer (2004), Ronnie Hogue (2005), Joe Ward (2006), Litterial Green (2007), Hugh Durham (2008), Shandon Anderson (2009), Tom Brennan (2010), Walter Daniels (2011), Willie Anderson (2012), Tim Bassett (2013), D.A. Layne (2014), Jacky Dorsey (2015), Jarvis Hayes (2016), Jimmy Pitts (2017), Chad Kessler (2018) and Jumaine Jones (2019).

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Georgia 15-16,5-13 SEC

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 LSU 21-10,12-6 SEC

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Georgia Bulldogs were defeated by the LSU Tigers, 94-64, on Saturday afternoon at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in the final game of the Southeastern Conference regular season.

Freshman Anthony Edwards paced Georgia in scoring for the 21st time this season. He recorded 17 points in the contest, the 27th time he has tallied double-digit points. Joining Edwards in double figures was junior Rayshaun Hammonds with 12. Hammonds led the Bulldogs in rebounding, grabbing eight boards.

“Not a good one,” Georgia Head Coach Tom Crean said. “We came out and we started settling for jumpers because the lane was a little packed. We are struggling with our focus in a lot of areas and what works and how to play winning basketball in the sense of attacking and driving. We gave up too many easy shots to them at times. We got on the glass early. We are preaching toughness nonstop, we are always working on toughness so you can’t come out at this level on the road and think that it is going to be about jump shots early. It is not jump shots early but establishing your presence and we are not good at that right now.”

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Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
26-36 in 2nd season at UGA
362-267 in 20th season overall
No.	Name	PPG	RPG
2	Jordan Harris	6.4	4.0
6-5; 195; Sr.; Iron City, Ga.
5	Anthony Edwards	19.6	5.4
6-5; 225; Fr.; Atlanta, Ga.
10	Toumani Camara	6.6	4.3
6-8; 220; Fr.; Brussels, Belgium
15	Sahvir Wheeler	8.8	2.4
5-10; 180; Fr.; Houston, Texas
20	Rayshaun Hammonds	12.7	7.3
6-9; 235; Jr.; Norcross, Ga.

LSU Tigers
Coach: Wil Wade
63-30 in 3rd season at LSU
154-75 in 7th season overall
No.	Name	PPG	RPG
0	Darius Days	11.5	7.1
6-6; 240; Soph.; Raleigh, Fla.
1	Javonte Smart	12.5	3.4
6-4; 205; Soph.; Baton Rouge, La.
2	Trendon Watford	13.6	7.1
6-9; 235; Fr.; Birmingham, Ala.
4	Skylar Mays	16.6	5.0
6-4; 205; Sr.; Baton Rogue, La.
14	Marlon Taylor	4.7	4.0
6-5; 210; Sr.; Mount Vernon, N,Y.

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Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
25-34 in 2nd season at UGA
381-265 in 20th season overall
No.	Name	PPG	RPG
2	Jordan Harris	6.4	4.0
6-5; 195; Sr.; Iron City, Ga.
5	Anthony Edwards	19.8	5.4
6-5; 225; Fr.; Atlanta, Ga.
10	Toumani Camara	6.7	4.4
6-8; 220; Fr.; Brussels, Belgium
15	Sahvir Wheeler	8.9	2.4
5-10; 180; Fr.; Houston, Texas
20	Rayshaun Hammonds	12.7	7.2
6-9; 235; Jr.; Norcross, Ga.

Florida Gators
Coach: Mike White
107-64 in 5th season at UF
208-104 in 9th season overall
No.	Name	PPG	RPG
2	Andrew Nembhard	11.4	3.0
6-5; 193; Soph.; Aurora, Ontario
10	Noah Locke	10.3	2.4
6-3; 207; Soph.; Baltimore, Md.
11	Keyontae Johnson	14.0	7.1
6-5; 231; Soph.; Norfolk, Va.
23	Scottie Lewis	8.0	3.8
6-5; 185; Fr.; Hazlet, N.J.
24	Kerry Blackshear	13.4	7.6
6-10; 241; Gr.; Orlando, Fla.

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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s Anthony Edwards was tabbed as the SEC’s Freshman of the Week on Monday, the fourth time the Atlanta native has been honored as such this season.

Last week, Edwards averaged 31.0 points while shooting 52.8 percent from the field and 85.0 percent from the line in outings against South Carolina and Arkansas. He posted his 24th and 25th double-figure scoring tallies in 29 games this season, as well as his 11th and 12th 20-point outputs and his third 30-point effort.

At South Carolina last Wednesday, Edwards scored 36 points and recorded game-high tallies for four assists and four steals in 44 minutes of action.

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Arkansas 18-11,6-10 SEC

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 Georgia 15-14,5-11 SEC

ATHENS, Ga. – The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday night, 99-89, in front of a sold-out Stegeman Coliseum.

This crowd officially breaks the program’s all-time total attendance record set in Coach Crean’s inaugural season in Athens, now up to 154,064 fans to surpass the 148,780 set last season. The Bulldogs drew a crowd of 10,000 plus for the 10th this season, surpassing the previous record of nine crowds of 10,000 or more in 2002-03.

“First off, I just can’t thanks the fans enough for setting this record,” Georgia Head Coach Tom Crean said. “I will thank the students again on Wednesday night when we set that student attendance record, and I just found out that we had our 10th game of 10,000 plus which is another school record. We don’t win this game tonight without the fans. We just don’t. Momentum was up for grabs so much inside of this game. We were rolling and then all of the sudden with the fouls it was like the air went out of the building. The air went out of us at the end of the first half. We regrouped and it was a game of runs. It was a game of adjustments. It was an exciting game, trying to figure out different things. At the end of the day, when we had to get the stops and we had to get the finishes, our crowd went to a different level. And that is the way it has been all year. That is what you envision when you have a desire to build a program. You envision fans doing that with you and I can’t thank them enough.”

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