Georgia Basketball Game Notes
Greenlight Sunshine Slam presented by Discount Tire
Georgia (3-1) vs. Saint Joseph’s (2-1)
Monday, November 21 at 8:30 p.m.
Ocean Center (8.362) in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Series History: First meeting
Last meeting: N/A
Streaming: CBS Sports Network (Tom Janes, pbp; Mike O’Donnell, analyst)
Radio: Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network (WSB AM 750; SiriusXM: 374; SXM App: 374) (Scott Howard, pbp; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Adam Gillespie, producer)
The Starting Five
• UGA will face Saint Joseph’s for the first time ever on Monday evening in the Greenlight Sunshine Slam.
• The Sunshine Slam is a homeoming for Kario Oquendo, whose hometown is an hour south of Daytona Beach.
• Former walk on Jaxon Etter has taken 5 charges in 4 games...and 35 in 35 GP including last season.
• 5 of UGA’s 6 new transfers – Anselem, Hill, Holt, Moncrieffe & McBride – have played on NCAA Tourney teams.
• UGA has signed a top-25 recruiting class comprised of 2 top-100 prospects according to ESPN.com.
The Opening Tip
Georgia will face Saint Joseph’s in the opening round of “Beach Bracket” play in the Greenlight Sunshine Slam presented by Discount Tire on Monday evening. The Bulldogs and Hawks will meet at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., at 8:30 p.m. in a matchup set to be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network.
The tourney features two four-team brackets in Daytona. The other half of the “Beach includes UAB and South Florida. The “Ocean Bracket” quartet is comprised of Albany, Austin Peay, Bucknell and Presbyterian.
All eight teams will also play an on-campus contest with an opponent from the other bracket, which was last Friday’s victory over Bucknell for the Bulldogs.
Keepin An Eye On: Entering Today’s Game . . .
Mike White is...
• 4 wins from 250 for his career
Braelen Bridges is...
• 114 points from 1,000 for his career
• 59 rebounds from 500 for his career
Jailyn Ingram is...
• 70 points from 1,500 for his career
• 16 rebounds from 700 for his career
Non Series History With SJU
The 2022-23 campaign is the 118th in Georgia Basketball history and the 114th for Saint Joseph’s.
Entering Monday’s matchup in the Greenlight Sunshine Slam, the Bulldogs and Hawks have combined to play 5,687 games between them. But, they’ve never faced each other.
Five years ago, UGA and SJU both competed in the 2017 Wooden Legacy tournament in Fullerton, Calif. The Bulldogs and Hawks were in opposite sides of the eight-team bracket and any potential meeting was dismissed during the opening round after Georgia defeated host Cal State Fullerton, 64-57, and Saint Joseph’s dropped a 75-71 decision to Washington State.
Scouting The Hawks
Saint Joseph is 2-1 on the season, bouncing back from a 81-55 setback to No. 3 Houston in its opener to sweep Lafayette and Albany in a two-game homestand.
The Hawks return a trio of starters – Cameron Brown, Ejike Obinna and Erik Reynolds II – and nine letterwinners from a year ago. Obinna, a transfer from Vanderbilt, and Reynolds produced matching 12.1 ppg scoring averages during the 2021-22 season, while Brown chipped in 8.3 ppg.
Following a 32-point explosion against Albany, Reynolds’ 22.3 ppg scoring average ranked No. 13 nationally on Friday. Brown was also averaging double digits at 14.7 ppg, as well as a team-high 8.7 rpg.
Last Time Out
Terry Roberts posted his second-consecutive 20-point outing to lead Georgia in a 65-61 win over Bucknell last Friday night at Stegeman Coliseum.
Roberts added season highs of nine rebounds, six assists and 31 minutes for the Bulldogs. Jabri Abdur-Rahim chipped in a season-high 10 points.
After trailing by as many as eight points early on, Georgia tied the game on a pair of Roberts free throws with three seconds left in the opening half.
The Bulldogs grabbed their first lead at 36-34 with 15:26 remaining and later used a 17-2 run to build a 55-41 advantage at the 8:09 mark.
Georgia led by a dozen points at 60-48 before Bucknell rallied to pull within 63-61 with eight seconds on the clock. Roberts sank a pair of free throws to ice the win.
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