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Dogs back in action at Stegeman

Georgia Basketball Game Notes

Georgia (5-4) vs. Oakland (4-7)

Tuesday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m. ET

Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) in Athens, Ga.

Watch: SEC Network + (Jeff Dantzler, play-by-play; Dean Keener, analyst)

Listen: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network Flagship: WSB AM 750 Atlanta; XM: 386; Internet: 977. (Scott Howard, play-by-play; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Tony Schiavone, producer)

GAME NOTES

The Starting 5…

  • Georgia has already sold out 5 games this season, the most sellouts for the Bulldogs since they had 8 during the 2002-03 season.
  • Nicolas Claxton is the only SEC player to lead his team in points, boards, assists, blocks & steals this season. He did so vs. Kennesaw State.
  • Derek Ogbeide enters the Arizona State game 10 rebounds shy of catching No. 13 Sundiata Gaines among UGA's career leaders.
  • The crowd of 9,018 against Savannah State was UGA's largest for a home opener since Dominique Wilkins' sopho-more year in Athens.
  • UGA's coaching staff sports a combined 80 seasons of D-I experience (Crean-28, Scott-27, Dollar-23, Abdur-Rahim-12) with 38 postseason bids

The Opening Tip

Georgia returns to action for the second time in 72 hours on Tuesday evening when the Bulldogs host Oakland at Stegeman Coliseum.

The Bulldogs slipped to 5-4 on the year with Saturday’s 76-74 heartbreaking setback to No. 20 Arizona State. Georgia led for 35:19 of the contest before falling to the Sun Devils.

The Grizzlies arrive in Athens with a 4-7 record and are coming off an 87-82 loss at Hartford on Sunday afternoon.

Series History

Georgia and Oakland split the first two games in the series, with each team winning on its home floors.

The Bulldogs secured an 86-82 win on Dec. 1, 2015. Oakland avenged that setback with an 86-79 victory in Rochester on Dec. 23, 2016.

Up Next: Hatred Before Holidays

Georgia will trek to Georgia Tech on Saturday for a noon showdown in the hardcourt version of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.

The Bulldogs will then enjoy a six-day break surrounding Christmas before wrapping up their pre-SEC slate against Massachusetts on Dec. 30.

Dogs’ Sellout Count Climbs To 5

The Tom Crean regime established some attendance records before the season began, selling out three regular-season games at Stegeman Coliseum.

On Oct. 24, Georgia announced sellouts for both the Florida and Kentucky games. That represented the earliest sellout in UGA Basketball history. Two days later, the Bulldogs’ matchup with Texas also became a sellout. 

Prior to this year, Georgia had never sold out more than one home game prior to the opener.

Last week, games against LSU and South Carolina also sold out, lining up the Bulldogs to have their most capacity crowds since the 2002-03 campaign. The last time the Bulldogs had five sellouts was during 2002-03 when they hosted eight capacity crowds.

It should be noted that the 2,000 seats reserved for UGA students (admission is free) must be filled for those games for capacity crowds of 10,523 to be in attendance at the Bulldogs’ five “sellouts.”

The Dogs Are Drawing

A combined 37,989 members of the Bulldog Nation have attended Georgia’s first five home dates of the 2018-19 campaign.

That is the second-largest tally for the initial quintet of outings at Stegeman Coliseum during the 2000s. 

In 2002-03, Georgia welcomed a total of 43,962 spectators for the first five home dates that season.

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