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Preview: No. 3 Florida in Georgia

Preview: No. 3 Florida in Georgia

WHERE: Stegeman Coliseum

WHEN: Tuesday, 7 p.m. et

RECORDS: Georgia-16-11, 4-10; Florida-24-3, 11-3

TV/radio: SEC Network (Dave Neal, Pat Bradley); Georgia Bulldog Radio Network (Scott Howard, Chuck Dowdle, Adam Gillespie)

News and notes before the game

The game

With the regular season, head coach Mike White hopes that some small victories will be on the pitch on the pitch on the pitch.

Time expires.

Losers of four in episodes and five of their last six, Georgia, only four regular seasonal games left in front of the SEC tournament in Nashville. While the door is not completely closed for the post -season, the Bulldogs may hope for the thinnest threads.

Although White has never been one who concentrated with his team on the Big Ganz, it is obvious that the team will need some positive results in the next four games against Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Vanderbilt to have a chance.

Tip on Tuesday against the Gators is at 7 p.m. at 7 p.m.

“One of the things that we talk about in our program is that they are not too high over victories and not too low over losses and keep everything in perspective,” said White after 82-70 loss of his team against Auburn . “I don't sit here and celebrate the fact that we lost, but we played better than on Saturday (against Missouri). We just did it.”

Nevertheless, it was not enough to not be sufficient against a team as an elite as an Auburn.

“If we continue to play in the season, I have confidence that we got more victories in ourselves” on January 25th.

For those who follow themselves, the Gator of Georgia 14th Top 25 opponents are represented during the 28th competition of the season. The excursion against Florida has been Georgia's 15th since the beginning of 2025.

It will be the eighth competition of the Bulldogs against top 10, five of which are on the road. All above -mentioned numbers – 14 games against ranking competitions, eight against top 10 teams and five road trips to top 10 enemies – are the best of every team in the nation.

“We have a lot of things that we have to do well to be in the way at a time. I thought our boys did a really good job. Our approach, our focus, ”said White. “At the end of the day, I have trust that we have more victories in us when we play well and practice well. We'll do that. These boys continue to work. “

Scouting Florida

Florida arrives in Athens with a total of 24: 3 and 11-3 in the second game. After the gators were classified in second place in the surveys “Associated Press and in the coaches, they ranked 3rd on Monday after Dukes Blowout victory against Illinois on Saturday.

Florida drives a six-game victory in the state of Auburn and 22 Mississippi in Mississippi in the Mississippi-State.

Walter Clayton Jr. leads Florida in the rating (17.1 points per game), assists (4.0 assists per game) and playing time (31.9 minutes per game) as well as in a 3-point percentage (.365) and free throw (0.877).

Three other gators achieve at two pace Alijah Martin at 15.0 points per game, Will Richard at 12.6 points per game and Alex Condon at 10.6 points per game. Condon missed the last three games after suffering an injury on February 11th at the beginning of Mississippi's game.

That and that

• in Georgia's last two games, Asa Newell scored 23 points against No. 21/22 Missouri and 20 points at No. 1/1 Auburn. It was the first 20-point excursion as a result of a bulldog since Kario Oquendo in 2022.

• About the last four games of the Bulldogs, Silas Demary Jr. an average of 19.0 ppg, 4.8 assists per game and 38.0 minutes, including career height of 23 points and seven templates against No. 22 Mississippi State.

Demary Jr. recorded career height of 23 points and seven templates against No. 22 Mississippi State. Demary Jr. played a career bead in Texas A&M in Texas A & M in Texas No. 8/9 and played all to 18 seconds of the first half. He then played this brand by playing Missouri every 40 minutes compared to No. 21/22. The career height underline a productive route from Demary Jr. in the last four games against the teams, No. 22, No. 21, No. 21, and No. 1 in the nation in 22nd, No. Minimum action per game.

• Sophomore Blue Cain has increased its offensive production since the start of the SEC competition with a significant lead. After 8.2 ppg in Georgia's 13 non-conference games, Cain achieved 9.9 ppg in the league game. He did this by primarily having his shootout from 0.375 and 0.310 from the 3-point area in non-conference up to 0.417 and 0.352 compared to the Sec.