Columbia, SC – The now 12-4 Georgia Bulldogs play the 14-2 South Carolina Gamecocks tonight at 9 PM EST in their fourth SEC game of the season and second away conference game. The Dawgs, who are 2-1 in conference, are looking to rebound after a close loss to No. 5-ranked Tennessee last Saturday. The 7.5-point favorite Gamecocks are also 2-1 in SEC play and are returning home after an overtime win over Missouri.

In their game last Saturday against Tennessee, UGA trailed for the majority of the first period, then gained some momentum to build an 11-point lead with less than 10 minutes left. This lead slowly faded away, and Tennessee outscored the Dawgs 15-1 over the last four and a half minutes to win 79-85 to end UGA’s 10-game win streak both at home and overall. With 21 points on Saturday, senior Jabri Abdur-Rahim surpassed graduate student guard Noah Thomasson as the leading team scorer with an average of 12.9 points per game (ppg). Thomasson follows very closely behind with 12.8 ppg. Adbur-Rahim leads the team in shooting percentage, going 89.5% from the line and 42.7% on 89 attempts from 3-point range. Two other Dawgs are close to passing the double-digit mark for points; graduate student RJ Sunahara and senior Justin Hill are each averaging 9.6 and 9.5 ppg, respectively. Hill is also Georgia’s leading distributor, averaging 3.2 assists per game. The Dawgs have continued to get their bench highly involved in scoring. The Dawgs are ranked 19th nationally in bench scoring, with their reserves averaging 30.4 ppg.

South Carolina is currently undefeated at home and hopes to continue this streak tonight. The leading scorer for the Gamecocks can be found in junior guard Meechie Johnson, who averages 17.1 ppg. Two other Gamecocks also average over 10 ppg: senior forward B.J. Mack is currently putting up an average of 13.4 ppg, and senior guard Myles Stute is averaging 10.2 ppg. Mack also just put up 21 points in the Gamecocks win against Missouri and is the leading rebounder for UofSC with 5.1 rebounds per game. There are three other athletes for South Carolina who follow Mack with over four rebounds per game: senior guard Ta’Lon Cooper (4.4 rebounds), Johnson (4.2 rebounds), and Stute (4.1 rebounds). As a defensive threat, Cooper is the Gamecocks’ best distributor, averaging 4.3 assists per game and a season total of 69 rebounds.