Category: UGA Sports

UMASS 1-8

Georgia Bulldogs 14-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UMASS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Georgia Bulldogs	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	X	6	12	1

ATHENS, Ga. – Third-ranked Georgia completed a series sweep of Massachusetts Sunday, winning 6-0 at Foley Field.

The Bulldogs improved to 14-2, notching their fourth shutout including second over the Minutemen. Georgia senior right-hander Logan Moody was making his first start of the year and tied his career high by going five scoreless innings for his first win this season. Justin Glover, Will Childers and Tucker Bradley combined to pitch the final four frames, allowing just four hits with four strikeouts.

The Minutemen (1-8) threatened in the first, loading the bases with two outs, and then Moody retired first baseman Steve Luttazi. In the fourth, UMASS got a leadoff triple from Anthony Videtto, and Moody and the Bulldogs took care of the next three hitters to maintain the shutout. UMASS put the first two on to start the sixth against Glover, and then he came back to get a strikeout, and the Bulldogs turned a double play.

UGA Softball: Georgia Clinches Series over South Carolina with Run-Rule Victory, 11-3

South Carolina 15-6, 1-2 SEC

Georgia 22-5, 2-1 SEC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
South Carolina	0	0	1	2	0	3	4	4
Georgia	2	5	0	0	4	11	9	1

ATHENS, Ga. – The Georgia Bulldogs clinched the series over the South Carolina Gamecocks with an 11-3 run-rule victory in five innings of play on Sunday afternoon at Jack Turner Stadium.

Junior Lauren Mathis (7-0) was granted the start in the circle for the Bulldogs (22-5, 2-1), her first appearance in the series. Mathis worked three innings, striking out four, walking one and allowing three runs on three hits. Senior Mary Wilson Avant entered in relief for the second game in the row. Avant pitched two innings, recording two strikeouts and allowed one hit but no runs.

UGA Men’s Tennis: Georgia Beats Mississippi State for Sixth-Straight Win

ATHENS — With the match tied at 2-2, the No. 10-ranked Georgia men’s tennis team tallied a pair of victories at the No. 1 and 2 singles positions to defeat the 41st-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs, 5-2, Sunday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Georgia, now 9-2 overall and 3-0 in the SEC, has won six matches in a row, including four-consecutive victories against ranked opponents. The Bulldogs won Sunday’s contest against Mississippi State without usual No. 2 singles player Philip Henning, who was held out of singles.

The Bulldogs from Athens now hit the road to battle No. 6 Florida and No. 29 South Carolina this weekend.

UGA Women’s Tennis: Georgia Wins Battle of the Bulldogs, 4-0

Starkville, Miss. – The No. 7 Georgia women’s tennis team picked up their third straight sweep in as many matches, defeating Mississippi State 4-0 on Sunday afternoon.

The Bulldogs improve to 8-2 on the season overall and 3-0 in conference play.

In doubles, it was once again the two ranked duos clinching the doubles point for Georgia. No. 54 Meg Kowalski and Morgan Coppoc defeated Marta Falceto and Sara Lizariturry 6-2 on court three. No. 30 Katarina Jokic and Anna Hertel defeated No. 56 Magda Adaloglou and Tamara Racine 6-3 on court one picking up their second ranked win this weekend. Lea Ma and Elena Christofi went unfinished on court two, tied four-all.

UGA Men’s Basketball: Georgia Falls to LSU in SEC Regular Season Finale, 94-64

Georgia 15-16,5-13 SEC

LSU 21-10,12-6 SEC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Georgia	34	30	64
LSU	49	45	94

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.”

UGA Baseball: Georgia Defeats UMASS 16-2

UMASS 1-7

Georgia Bulldogs 13-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UMASS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	2
Georgia Bulldogs	0	10	1	5	0	0	0	0	X	16	17	1

ATHENS, Ga.—– A ten-run second inning propelled third-ranked Georgia to a 16-2 series-clinching win against UMASS Saturday at Foley Field.

Cole Wilcox (3-0) got the start for Georgia (13-2), going five scoreless innings, striking out six batters, while yielding only three hits. In relief of Wilcox, Jack Gowen, Cain Tatum, and Darryn Pasqua combine for nine strikeouts over the final four innings. UMASS (1-7) starter, Ben Shields (0-2) gave up eight runs in just 1.2 innings of work. Gowen tallied a careeer-high five strikeouts in two innings.

UMASS struck first in the second inning, when Jordan Erbe singled to right field and Georgia right fielder, Connor Tate, fumbled the ball allowing the runner to score from second. Wilcox was able to strikeout the next two batters to end the threat, and limit the damage to just one run.

UGA Softball: Bulldogs Defeat Gamecocks in Extra-Inning Battle, 6-5

South Carolina 15-5, 1-1 SEC

Georgia 21-5, 1-1 SEC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Carolina	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	8	1
Georgia	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	8	1

ATHENS, Ga. – The 13th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs bounced back to defeat the 15th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, 6-5, in nine innings in the second game of the series on Saturday afternoon at Jack Turner Stadium.

Senior Alley Cutting started at pitcher for the Bulldogs and worked six innings. During her time in the circle, Cutting struck out five, walked six and allowed four runs on seven hits. Senior Mary Wilson Avant entered in relief in the top of the seventh inning. With the game going into extras, Avant (10-4) pitched three innings, striking out seven, walking none and allowing one run on one hit, though it was an unearned run.

UGA Women’s Gymnastics: GymDogs Fall to Alabama in Final Road Test

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 10 University of Georgia gymnastics team finished with strong performances on floor and beam, but it was not enough to overcome the deficit from the first two rotations as the GymDogs fell to No. 8 Alabama, 197.450-196.050, on Saturday night inside Coleman Coliseum.

“Tonight was definitely a hard loss because you never want to count a fall in your score, but what I saw from this team gives me faith in what they are going to do when it comes to postseason,” Georgia head coach Courtney Kupets Carter said. “They fought through. They had so much energy. There was so much passion for what they were doing and they celebrated all of the little things that they did well. I’m really proud and really excited because this team has so much in them.”

The GymDogs struggled on bars to start the meet. Megan Roberts stuck a solid routine and received a 9.850 to lead the squad on the event.

UGA Men’s Basketball: Bulldogs Wrap Up Regular Season At LSU

Georgia Basketball Game Notes
Georgia (15-15, 5-12 SEC) vs. LSU (20-10, 11-6 SEC)
Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Maravich Assembly Center (13,215) in Baton Rouge, La.
Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network Flagship: WSB AM 750 Atlanta. (Scott Howard, play-by-play; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Tony Schiavone, producer) | Affiliates
TV: ESPN2 (Kevin Fitzgerald, play-by-play; Jon Sundvold, analyst)
Video Stream: SECN+
Satellite: XM: 380; Internet: 970
LSU leads, 66-46
LSU, 83-79, on 2/16/19

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

Georgia Bulldogs
Coach: Tom Crean
26-36 in 2nd season at UGA
362-267 in 20th season overall
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.

No.	Name	PPG	RPG

LSU Tigers
Coach: Wil Wade
63-30 in 3rd season at LSU
154-75 in 7th season overall
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.

TEAM COMPARISON

2019-20 STATISTICS	GEORGIA	LSU
Points Per Game	76.1	80.0
Opp. Point Per Game	75.4	73.6
Scoring Margin	+0.7	+6.5
Field Goal Pct.	.451	.468
Opp. Field Goal Pct.	.450	.425
3-Point Pct.	.305	.321
3-Pointers Per Game	7.1	6.7
Opp. 3-Point Pct.	.321	.352
Free Throw Pct.	.700	.768
Free Throws Per Game	14.3	16.6
Rebounds Per Game	38.1	39.7
Opp. Rebound Per Game	35.9	33.3
Rebound Margin	+2.2	+6.4
Assists Per Game	13.4	12.6
Turnovers Per Game	15.0	12.6
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio	0.89	1.01
Turnover Margin	-1.9	-0.7
Steals Per Game	7.2	6.3
Blocks Per Game	3.3	3.9

The Starting 5…

UGA Baseball: Bulldogs Blank UMASS 5-0

UMASS 1-6

Georgia Bulldogs 12-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UMASS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Georgia Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	X	5	9	2

ATHENS, Ga.—–A trio of Bulldogs combined on a four-hit shutout as third-ranked Georgia blanked Massachusetts 5-0 Friday at Foley Field.

Georgia (12-2) got its first hit with one out in the fourth when Tucker Bradley lined a single up the middle. Garrett Blaylock followed with a double to left center on a 3-2 offering. UMASS right-hander Sean Harney struck out Chaney Rogers and then junior Kaden Fowler drew a walk to load the bases for Patrick Sullivan. He smashed a ball to the gap in left center but Ryan Coleman hauled it in at the warning track. Georgia missed another scoring opportunity in the sixth. Cam Shepherd led off with a double and took third on a wild pitch. Harney came back to retire Bradley on a shallow flyout, and then got Blaylock and Rogers to groundout sharply to first to keep it a scoreless contest.

Both pitchers carried shutouts to the eighth as Harney had allowed five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts while Georgia’s Emerson Hancock had given up just a pair of hits with no walks and 11 strikeouts.

UGA Men’s Tennis: No. 10 Georgia Tops No. 11 Ole Miss 4-1

ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia men’s tennis team took down No. 11 Ole Miss, 4-1, Friday afternoon at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. That marks the Bulldogs’ third-consecutive win over a top-15 opponent.

“I’m just extremely proud of this team,” Georgia head coach Manuel Diaz said. “They just continue to fight and get better. They’re showing a whole lot of togetherness, and their work ethic is superb. It wasn’t our best performance in doubles, but our guys just fought and fought. Our players at number three – Robert Loeb and Erik Grevelius – pulled it off to take doubles. I thought we did a tremendous job in singles. We fought on every court and did a good job getting off in singles. I think our guys took care of it, and I’m proud of them.”

In doubles, Georgia’s No. 26 pair of sophomores Blake Croyder and Philip Henning earned the first victory on court two, racing past Ole Miss’ Lukas Engelhardt/Nikola Slavic 6-1. That marked their sixth-straight win as a doubles tandem.

UGA Women’s Tennis: Bulldogs Win First SEC Road Matchup of the Season

Oxford, Miss. – The No. 7 Georgia women’s tennis team picked up their second sweep of the SEC season, defeating Ole Miss 4-0 at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center Friday evening.

The Bulldogs improve to 7-2 on the season and 2-0 in conference play in their first true SEC road match of the season.

In doubles, No. 30 Katarina Jokic and Anna Hertel got the Dawgs started off and beat No. 53 Alexa Bortles and Sabina Machalova, 6-2 on court one. The duo of No. 54 Morgan Coppoc and Meg Kowalski went back and forth before pulling away and defeating Kelsey Mize and Grace Anne Jones 6-4 on court three to seal the doubles point for Georgia. Elena Christofi and Lea Ma went unfinished on court two.

UGA Softball: Georgia Surrenders First Home Loss to South Carolina, 4-2