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Bulldogs Host Bison As Part Of Sunshine Slam

Georgia (2-1) vs. Bucknell (2-1)

Friday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m.

Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) in Athens, Ga.

Series History: UGA leads, 3-0

Last meeting: UGA, 93-90, on 12/1/91

Streaming: SEC Network (Jonathan Yardley, pbp; Marcus Mark Wise, analyst)

Radio: Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network (WSB AM 750; SiriusXM: 374; SXM App: 374) (Jeff Dantzler, pbp; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Miller Pope, producer)

The Starting Five

• Friday’s game is technically part of the Greenlight Sunshine Slam presented by Discount Tire.

• UGA is 2-0 all-time against Bucknell, securing victories during the 1972-73 and 1991-92 seasons in Athens.

• UGA’s 5 returning letterwinners accounted for 60.9 percent of the Bulldogs’ points last season.

• 5 of UGA’s 6 new transfers – Anselem, Hill, Holt, Moncrieffe & McBride – have played on NCAA Tourney teams.

• UGA has signed a top-25 recruiting class comprised of 2 top-100 prospects according to ESPN.com.

The Opening Tip

The Georgia Bulldogs will host the Bucknell Bison on Friday night in the first of a trio of outings that are part of the Greenlight Sunshine Slam presented by Discount Tire.

Following Friday’s game, both the Bulldogs and the Bison will travel to Florida on Saturday for games on Monday and Tuesday at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach.

The tournament features two four-team brackets competing in Daytona next week. The Bulldogs are in the “Beach Bracket” with Saint Joseph’s, UAB and South Florida. Bucknell’s “Ocean Bracket” quartet also features Presbyterian, Austin Peach and Albany.

All eight teams will also play an on-campus contest with an opponent from the other bracket, which is tonight’s contest for Georgia.

Keepin An Eye On: Entering Today’s Game . . .

Mike White is...

• 5 wins from 250 for his career

Braelen Bridges is...

• 114 points from 1,000 for his career

• 61 rebounds from 500 for his career

Jailyn Ingram is...

• 70 points from 1,500 for his career

• 16 rebounds from 700 for his career

Series History With Bucknell

Georgia won both of its previous meetings with the Bison, matchups at the then-Georgia Coliseum during the 1972-73 and 1991-92 seasons.

On Dec. 1, 1991, Litterial Green and Kendall Rhine scored 23 and 22 points, respectively, to lead the Bulldogs in a 93-90 victory over Bucknell.

After Georgia led by a dozen points, 45-33, at halftime, the Bison exploded for 57 points in the second stanza. Bucknell converted on 7-of-12 3-point attempts and 18-of-25 trips to the line after intermission.

Mike Bright poured in a game-high 29 points for the Bison, while Patrick King chipped in 20.

Scouting The Bison

Bucknell is 2-1 on the young season and sports some eye-catching team statistics.

The Bison score to the tune of 84.0 points per game, but the efficiency in which they do so is even more impressive. Bucknell is shooting 55.4 percent from the field as a team, including an even 50.0 clip from 3-point range. As of Thursday, those percentages ranked No. 11 and No. 3 nationally, respectively. In effective field goal percentage, which gives extra weight to 3-point shots to provide a more complete assessment of a team’s shooting efficiency, Bucknell ranked No. 5 nationally at 65.5.

The Bison are averaging 11.3 makes from behind the 3-point arc per game.

Four of Bucknell’s five starters average double digits – Xander Rice at 15.7 ppg, Andre Screen at 15.0 ppg, Elvin Edmonds IV at 11.3 ppg and Alex Timmerman at 10.3 ppg. Timmerman paces the Bison on the boards at 6.0 rpg.

Last Time Out

Georgia raced to a huge early lead and then withstood several comeback attempts by Miami (Ohio) en route to a 77-70 win over the RedHawks on Monday.

Terry Roberts led the Bulldogs with 22 points, while freshman KyeRon Lindsay recorded his first double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Georgia raced to a 10-0 lead less than three minutes into the game and gradually pushed that margin to 27-10 with 6:55 left in the opening period.

The Bulldogs led 45-30 early in the second half before Miami used a 17-4 surge to close the gap to a single bucket at 49-47 with 11:58 remaining.

Georgia regained a double-digit edge five times before the RedHawks rallied again. Miami pulled with 73-70 with 33 seconds left before the Bulldogs closed out the evening on a 4-0 surge.

Lindsay Off To Solid Start

KyeRon Lindsay, who was rated as the nation’s No. 87 prospect in the Class of 2022 by 247Sports.com, has made a significant in each of his first four outings in a Georgia uniform.

In the Bulldogs’ exhibition against Georgia college, the freshman from Denton, Texas, scored 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field.

He tied for the team-high rebounding count with six boards in the season opener versus Western Carolina.

With Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe out of action due to an ankle injury at Wake Forest, Lindsay made his first start in Winston-Salem and scored 10 points.

He followed that performance with his first collegiate double-double – 14 points and 10 rebounds – against Miami (Ohio).

In that quartet of outings, Lindsay has averaged 8.5 points while shooting a stellar 71.4 percent from the floor.

Etter Still Taking Charges

Senior Jaxon Etter has taken three charges over Georgia’s first three games, keeping in tact his average of accepting approximately 1.0 offensive fouls per game dating back to his sophomore season.

In the final 11 games of the 2020-21 season, Etter was on the receiving end of eight offensive fouls. The Etowah High School alum then took 30 charges in 31 games played as a junior last season.

Combining his start to the current campaign, Etter has now drawn 41 charges in his last 45 games played.

Dogs, White In Season Openers

Georgia opened its 118th season of intercollegiate basketball on Nov. 7 with a 68-55 victory over Western Carolina.

The Bulldogs improved to 85-33 in the initial contests of those campaigns, including an even more impressive 39-6 mark in openers at Stegeman Coliseum.

Georgia’s most significant win in an opener at the Coliseum also was its first. In the Bulldogs’ initial opener on Dec. 3 1964, UGA bested No. 13 North Carolina, 64-61.

Mike White is now 9-3 in season openers – 2-2 at Louisiana Tech, 6-1 at Florida and 1-0 at Georgia.

Oquendo Named All-SEC

Kario Oquendo was tabbed second-team preseason All-SEC in balloting of the league’s 14 head coaches announced on Nov. 2.

Oquendo was the Bulldogs’ scoring leader, both overall and in SEC play, last season. He averaged 15.2 points overall and upped his contributions to 18.3 points per game in league play. Oquendo is the SEC’s leading returning scorer from conference action last season.

Oquendo notched 10 20-point performances, with eight of those versus league competition. He poured in a season-high 33 points at Texas A&M, equaling the highest single-game output in league play during the 2021-22 season.

The junior from Titusville, Fla. also built a reputation as one the nation’s top in-game dunkers, appearing on ESPN’s Top-10 plays three times last season – No. 3 on Nov. 16 against S.C. State, No. 6 on No. 23 versus Northwestern and No. 3 on March 1 against Tennessee.

Bridges Finds Bottom Of Net

Braelen Bridges converted on 63.4 percent of his shots from the floor for Georgia last season. That not only led the SEC and ranked No. 7 nationally, it was one of the most efficient campaigns ever for UGA and in league history.

The Union Grove High School product knocked down 161 of his 264 field goals in his first year as a Bulldog in 2021-22.

Among the best single-season field goal percentages for the Bulldogs and within the SEC, Bridges’ effort ranks No. 2 and No. 17 all-time, respectively.

Bridges became the first Bulldog to pace the SEC in shooting efficiency since Lavon Mercer did so in 1980 at 61.1 percent. Interestingly, Mercer set the UGA record (64.3 percent) in 1979 but did not lead the SEC that season.

A “March Madness” Pedigree

Five of Georgia’s six first-year transfers played for teams that reached the 2021 or 2022 NCAA Tournaments at their previous school.

Justin Hill (Longwood) and Jusaun Holt (Alabama) both took part in the “Big Dance” last spring.

Frank Anselem (Syracuse), Madrez McBride (North Texas) and Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe (Oklahoma State) all had tickets punched to the 2021 edition of “March Madness.”

Ingram Offers Experience

According to research by Middle Tennessee’s SID staff, Jailyn Ingram is one of five seventh-year men’s players in Division-I basketball this season.

The Madison, Ga., native spent five seasons at Florida Atlantic before returning to his home state. Ingram played in 122 games for the Owls from 2016-21, including a redshirt campaign in 2018-19. All told, he recorded 1,334 points and 630 rebounds while at FAU, the No. 6 and No. 3 totals in program history.

Ingram played in nine games last season for Georgia before suffering a season-ending injury on Dec. 7 against Jacksonville. He received an additional red-shirt from the NCAA to return to the Bulldogs this season.

That makes Ingram among of quintet of players – including a well-traveled Nittany Lion – competing for a seventh college basketball season this winter as outlined below.

7th-Year Super Duper Seniors

Name Schools

Jailyn Ingram FAU, Georgia

DeAndre Dishman EKU, MTSU

Juan Munoz Longwood, Hawaii

DeJuan Clayton Coppin State, Cal

Michael Henn UC-Davis, Cal Baptist, Portland, Denver, Penn State

A Doubleheader Opener

Both Georgia’s men’s and women’s basketball program began their seasons with a double dip at Stegeman Coliseum on Monday, Nov. 11.

The Lady Bulldogs, who are also under a first-year head coach, defeated Coastal Carolina, 78-61, in the first outing.

Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, more commonly known as “Coach Abe,” was on the sidelines for the first time in Stegeman Coliseum. She also for the Lady Bulldogs from 1985-87. Prior to returning to Athens, “Coach Abe” compiled a 370-156 (.703) record over 17 seasons as a head coach and led teams to postseason bids in 14 of 16 possible seasons, including 11 NCAA Tournament appearances.

The last time the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs hosted a season-opening twin bill was 19 years ago on Nov. 21, 2003.

That evening Lady Bulldogs opened what culminated as an “Elite Eight” campaign by besting Georgia State, 87-48.

The Bulldogs then topped Western Carolina, 78-67, in Dennis Felton’s first outing as Georgia’s head coach. Damien Wilkins led a trio of Bulldogs in double figures with 16 points to counter a 44-point explosion from WCU’s Kevin Martin. Martin went on to score more than 12,000 points during a 12-season NBA career with Sacramento, Houston, Oklahoma City, Minnesota and San Antonio.

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