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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Kentucky vs Georgia....A Preview

Lwcat
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Kentucky vs Georgia 1/24/12 Tuesday 9PM (ESPN)
UK leads the series 113-25

Georgia

Location: Athens, Ga
Enrollment: 34,677
Arena: 10,523

Head Coach: Mark Fox
Career Record: 158-72 (68.7%) 7 seasons
At Georgia: 35-29 (54.7%) 2 seasons

2010-11 Record: 21-12
2010-11 SEC Record: 9-7
Postseason: NCAA 0-1

2011-12 Record: 10-9
2011-12 SEC Record: 1-4

Georgia 62 Wofford 49
Georgia 63 Bowling Green 54
Georgia 72 South Dakota St. 61
California 70 Georgia 46
Georgia 61 Notre Dame 57
Xavier 70 Georgia 56
Colorado 70 Georgia 68
Cincinnati 57 Georgia 51
Georgia Tech 68 Georgia 56
Georgia 63 Southern Cal 59
Georgia 72 Mercer 58
Georgia 64 Furman 50
Georgia 92 Winthrop 86 (OT)
Georgia 58 Delaware St. 51
Alabama 74 Georgia 59
Florida 70 Georgia 48
Vandy 77 Georgia 66
Georgia 57 Tennessee 53 (OT)
Ole Miss 66 Georgia 63

Georgia Stats

PPG-61.9
FG%-39.9%
3 PT%-31.9% (6.6 PG)
FT%-69.1%
RPG-33.0 (-2.4)
APG-11.3
TO's-11.1
SPG-6.3
BPG-3.8

Probable Starting Lineup

Ken Caldwell-Pope-G 6'4" Fr................14.7 PPG
Dustin Ware-G 5'11" Sr........................7.7 PPG
Donte' Williams-F 6'9" Soph..................7.7 PPG
Gerald Robinson-G 6'1" Sr....................13.8 PPG
Nemania Djurisic-F 6'8" Fr.....................6.5 PPG

Georgia suffered a huge loss when Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie left early for the NBA. Thompkins and Leslie were 1st and 2nd in both team scoring and rebounds. Coach Mark Fox who has done a good job in rebuilding the Georgia program over the past two years has had to adjust to losing the high flying athletic ability of Thompkins and Leslie...and focus on establishing a solid defense while finding scoring from other players. This season, it's the guards who are doing most of the scoring with highly rated freshman Ken Calwell-Pope leading the Bulldogs in scoring. Also, guard Gerald Robinson has stepped up in his scoring and leads in assists. Dustin Ware leads in perimeter scoring hitting 37.0%

Georgia does have a win over Notre Dame and a recent win over Tennessee, but are struggling in the SEC with a 1-4 record. Certainly, Georgia can be dangerous at home, but this season they simply don't have the athletes in the paint and depend on outside shooting for most of their points.

UK arrives in Athens off a very difficult win over a very tough Alabama team that played very well. The Cats struggled from the charity line, especially in the 1st half and missed 13 FT's for the game. Fortunately, UK made some vital FT's at the end of the game.

The Cats, quite frankly, were lucky to escape an upset as they missed far too many close in basket attempts.....were outmuscled in the paint and out rebounded....and played spotty defense at times. Obviously, UK still has a lot of improving on both offense and defense. Bottom line....as coach Cal has said.....teams are going to challenge UK in the paint with physical play and these young Cats need to meet that challenge with tougher play in the paint. One positive was that UK only had 8 TO's. I see a UK win over a less talented and less physical Georgia team by 14 points. GO CATS!

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