Game Notes; Georgia to host Notre Dame Tuesday in Athens

Georgia (7-1) vs. Notre Dame (4-4)

Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Time: 7:00 p.m. ET

Location: Athens, Ga.

Venue: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523)

Tickets: www.georgiadogs.com/mbbtix

Giveaway: The first 750 UGA students will receive a red replica throwback jersey

Streaming: ESPNU (Kevin Fitzgerald, play-by-play; Richard Hendrix, analyst)

Radio: Georgia Bulldog Network – Sirius 374 (Scott Howard, play-by-play; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Adam Gillespie, Producer)

The Starting Five

• Georgia, which is riding a 23-game non-conference winning streak at Stegeman Coliseum, will host Notre Dame on Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. as part of the SEC/ACC Challenge.

• The Bulldogs are 7-1 and coming off an impressive 102-56 win over Jacksonville last Saturday which produced the highest point total and best FG and 3FG percentages of Mike White’s tenure in Athens. 

• Georgia, which was the second team of the “last four in” in last week’s ESPN Bracketology, debuted at No. 27 in the initial NCAA NET rankings released on Monday morning.

• Five Bulldogs are currently averaging double figures, led by Asa Newell’s 15.4 ppg, while eight Georgia players have scored in double figures a combined 35 times to eight games to date.

• Entering this week, Georgia led the SEC in both rebound margin and blocks per game and ranked No. 4 (+13.3 rpg) and No. 5 (6.5 bpg) in the nation, respectively. 

The Opening Tip

The Georgia Bulldogs return to action on Tuesday evening when they host Notre Dame at Stegeman Coliseum as part of the SEC/ACC Challenge, a series of 16 games between the two leagues over two days.

The Bulldogs are a perfect 23-0 at home against non-conference competition during Mike White’s three seasons in Athens and have not lost to a non-conference foe at Stegeman since dropping a 77-60 decision to Gardner-Webb on Dec. 29, 2021.

Georgia’s balanced office features a quintet of Bulldogs averaging double figures. 

Freshman Asa Newell leads the Bulldogs in both scoring (15.4 ppg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg). Silas Demary Jr. is scoring 14.0 ppg and paces Georgia in assists at 3.4 apg, while Dakota Leffew adds 13.0 ppg, Tyrin Lawrence contributes 12.0 ppg and a team-high 2.0 spg and Blue Cain chips in 10.4 ppg.

Somto Cyril, RJ Godfrey and Dylan James also have produced double-figure scoring outputs this season. All told, those eight Bulldogs have combined to produce 35 double-figure scoring outputs in eight games to date.

Georgia’s strongest attributes have been controlling the glass and protecting the rim. The Bulldogs entered this week leading the SEC in both rebound margin and blocks and nationally ranked No. 4 in boarding margin (+ 13.3 rpg) and No. 5 in rejections (6.5 bpg).