First Scouting Report: UK faces another tricky home game vs. Mike White and Georgia
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Game day: Kentucky 63, No. 5 Tennessee 56
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A look ahead to the Kentucky Wildcats’ next men’s basketball game:
The opponent
Kentucky (11-6, 2-3 SEC) will face Georgia (13-4, 3-1 SEC) on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Rupp Arena (capacity 20,545) at Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington:
The game will tip off at 9 p.m. (EST) and be telecast by ESPN.
Coach Mike White and the Bulldogs won at Mississippi, 62-58, on Saturday.
Series history
Kentucky leads the all-time series with Georgia 130-27 and has won 15 of the past 16 meetings.
As UK head man, John Calipari is 20-3 vs. the Bulldogs.
In his tenure (2015-2022) as Florida head man, new Georgia Coach Mike White went 4-10 vs. Kentucky.
Most recent meeting
Oscar Tshiebwe had 29 points and 17 rebounds to lead Kentucky to a 92-77 victory over Georgia on Jan. 8, 2022, at Rupp Arena.
Power rankings
The NCAA NET rankings have Kentucky No. 64, Georgia No. 102.
In the Pomeroy ratings, Kentucky is No. 43, Georgia No. 88.
The Sagarin ratings have Kentucky No. 53, Georgia No. 85.
Know your foe
1. In Mike White’s first season in Athens after his surprise exit from Gainesville, the Bulldogs have won with defense. Going into Saturday’s game at Mississippi, Georgia was holding opponents to 64.3 points a game and limiting foes to 40.8 percent on field-goal attempts and 28.4 percent on three-point shots.
2. Georgia’s best wins this season have come against Notre Dame on a neutral court, 77-62, and home victories over Auburn, 76-64, and Mississippi State, 58-50.
The Bulldogs have been a different team at home vs. on the road. Georgia has gone 10-0 in Stegeman Coliseum but was 0-3 on foes’ home courts entering the Ole Miss contest.
3. Going into play Saturday, Georgia’s top scorer this season has been a face who will be familiar to Kentucky guard Antonio Reeves. Bradley transfer Terry Roberts, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound sophomore, began his college career at Bradley of the Missouri Valley Conference — the same league where Reeves starred at Illinois State.
Roberts was averaging 15.7 points entering the Ole Miss contest.
Georgia’s second-leading scorer, returnee Kario Oquendo (13.0 points), had a strong game vs. Kentucky last season. The 6-4, 210-pound guard had 22 points and seven rebounds vs. UK last year in Rupp Arena.
This story was originally published January 14, 2023 at 2:35 PM.
