SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Georgia at Arkansas

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Georgia visits Arkansas on Saturday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, team ratings, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Georgia scores an average of 81.4 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 70.0 points per contest. Arkansas scores an average of 87.2 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 67.1 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Georgia	46.9	30.9	69.9	128.0	46.2	9.1	2.8	16.3	17.8
Georgia OPP	41.2	30.4	66.4	97.0	37.6	8.0	3.0	11.1	18.2
	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Arkansas	45.6	34.1	73.0	152.0	47.0	8.4	5.6	15.3	12.1
Arkansas OPP	39.1	30.2	68.4	99.0	37.4	5.9	3.5	11.5	14.3

Key: ORB=Offensive rebounds; RBPG=Rebounds per game; SPG=Steals per game; BPG=Blocked shots per game; APG=Assists per game; TOPG=Turnovers per game.

Statistical Leaders

SCORING
F.Name	L.Name	Team	PPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%
Moses	Moody	ARK	15.9	44.1	40.7	79.0
JD	Notae	ARK	15.7	42.9	31.3	79.2
Toumani	Camara	UGA	14.3	50.0	17.4	60.0
Sahvir	Wheeler	UGA	13.7	36.6	22.9	75.8
Justin	Kier	UGA	12.6	47.4	42.9	68.8
Desi	Sills	ARK	12.1	47.9	36.6	65.0
Justin	Smith	ARK	11.6	44.7	15.4	56.3
Tye	Fagan	UGA	10.6	54.7	25.0	55.6
P.J.	Horne	UGA	10.6	47.2	35.3	75.0
Jalen	Tate	ARK	10.4	54.0	37.5	64.7
Andrew	Garcia	UGA	10.1	59.6	25.0	75.7
Connor	Vanover	ARK	9.3	43.9	31.7	100.0
STEALS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	STLs	SPG
Justin	Kier	UGA	18	2.3
Toumani	Camara	UGA	15	1.9
Desi	Sills	ARK	20	1.8
Sahvir	Wheeler	UGA	13	1.4
Moses	Moody	ARK	14	1.3
JD	Notae	ARK	13	1.2
Justin	Smith	ARK	10	1.1
Davonte	Davis	ARK	9	1.0
P.J.	Horne	UGA	9	1.0
Jalen	Tate	ARK	11	1.0
Andrew	Garcia	UGA	8	0.9
BLOCKS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	BLKs	BPG
Connor	Vanover	ARK	24	2.2
Toumani	Camara	UGA	9	1.1
Jaylin	Williams	ARK	7	0.8
Justin	Smith	ARK	6	0.7
Moses	Moody	ARK	7	0.6
JD	Notae	ARK	6	0.5
P.J.	Horne	UGA	4	0.4
Desi	Sills	ARK	4	0.4
Jalen	Tate	ARK	3	0.3
REBOUNDS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	DREBs	REBs	RPG
Toumani	Camara	UGA	45.0	71	8.9
Connor	Vanover	ARK	64.0	80	7.3
Justin	Smith	ARK	33.0	64	7.1
Tye	Fagan	UGA	34.0	53	5.9
Moses	Moody	ARK	38.0	63	5.7
Justin	Kier	UGA	34.0	38	4.8
Andrew	Garcia	UGA	21.0	38	4.2
P.J.	Horne	UGA	19.0	38	4.2
Jalen	Tate	ARK	31.0	46	4.2
Desi	Sills	ARK	28.0	43	3.9
Sahvir	Wheeler	UGA	27.0	34	3.8

Georgia vs. Arkansas Basketball Series History

Arkansas leads 23-16

College Basketball Ratings

Source	Georgia	Arkansas
NCAA NET	89	29
Sagarin	73	20
ESPN BPI	92	25
Ken Pomeroy	84	37
Massey Composite	69	23

Georgia Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	K.D. Johnson	G	6′-1″	190	FR
1	Jaykwon Walton	F	6′-7″	205	SO
2	Sahvir Wheeler	G	5′-10″	180	SO
3	Christian Brown	F	6′-6″	215	SO
4	Andrew Garcia	F	6′-6″	225	SR
5	Justin Kier	G	6′-4″	190	SR
10	Toumani Camara	F	6′-8″	220	SO
11	Jaxon Etter	G	6′-4″	200	SO
12	Josh Taylor	F	6′-9″	215	FR
13	Jonathan Ned	F	6′-8″	215	JR
14	Tye Fagan	G	6′-3″	195	JR
23	Mikal Starks	G	6′-0″	185	JR
24	P.J. Horne	F	6′-6″	230	SR
25	Tyron McMillan	F	6′-9″	220	SO

Arkansas Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Justin Smith	F	6′-7″	230	SR
1	JD Notae	G	6′-1″	195	JR
2	Vance Jackson	F	6′-9″	238	SR
3	Desi Sills	G	6′-1″	202	JR
4	Davonte Davis	G	6′-3″	180	FR
5	Moses Moody	G	6′-6″	205	FR
10	Jaylin Williams	F	6′-10″	245	FR
11	Jalen Tate	G	6′-6″	175	SR
12	Khalen Robinson	G	6′-0″	175	FR
13	Emeka Obukwelu	F	6′-8″	235	SR
14	Brandon Kimble	F	6′-7″	180	SR
22	Abayomi Iyiola	F	6′-9″	230	JR
23	Connor Vanover	F	7′-3″	247	SO
24	Ethan Henderson	F	6′-8″	210	JR
33	Bryson Morehead	F	6′-8″	160	FR

Georgia Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/29/2020	Florida A&M	75	Georgia	85
12/2/2020	North Georgia	62	Georgia	84
12/4/2020	Jacksonville	65	Georgia	98
12/8/2020	Montana	50	Georgia	63
12/12/2020	Samford	75	Georgia	79
12/19/2020	Cincinnati	68	Georgia	83
12/22/2020	Northeastern	58	Georgia	76
12/30/2020	Mississippi St	83	Georgia	73
1/6/2021	Georgia	92	LSU	94
1/9/2021	Georgia		Arkansas
1/13/2021	Auburn		Georgia
1/16/2021	Georgia		Ole Miss
1/20/2021	Kentucky		Georgia
1/23/2021	Florida		Georgia
1/27/2021	Georgia		South Carolina
1/30/2021	Ole Miss		Georgia
2/2/2021	Georgia		Auburn
2/6/2021	Vanderbilt		Georgia
2/10/2021	Georgia		Texas A&M
2/13/2021	Georgia		Alabama
2/16/2021	Missouri		Georgia
2/20/2021	Georgia		Florida
2/23/2021	LSU		Georgia
2/27/2021	South Carolina		Georgia
3/3/2021	Georgia		Tennessee

Arkansas Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/25/2020	Miss Valley St	62	Arkansas	142
11/28/2020	North Texas	54	Arkansas	69
12/2/2020	UT Arlington	60	Arkansas	72
12/5/2020	Lipscomb	50	Arkansas	86
12/8/2020	Arkansas	PPD	Tulsa	PPD
12/9/2020	Southern	44	Arkansas	79
12/12/2020	Cent Arkansas	75	Arkansas	100
12/20/2020	Oral Roberts	76	Arkansas	87
12/22/2020	Abil Christian	72	Arkansas	85
12/30/2020	Arkansas	97	Auburn	85
1/2/2021	Missouri	81	Arkansas	68
1/6/2021	Arkansas	74	Tennessee	79
1/9/2021	Georgia		Arkansas
1/13/2021	Arkansas		LSU
1/16/2021	Arkansas		Alabama
1/20/2021	Auburn		Arkansas
1/23/2021	Arkansas		Vanderbilt
1/27/2021	Ole Miss		Arkansas
1/30/2021	Arkansas		Oklahoma State
2/2/2021	Mississippi St		Arkansas
2/6/2021	Texas A&M		Arkansas
2/9/2021	Arkansas		Kentucky
2/13/2021	Arkansas		Missouri
2/16/2021	Florida		Arkansas
2/20/2021	Arkansas		Texas A&M
2/24/2021	Alabama		Arkansas
2/27/2021	LSU		Arkansas
3/2/2021	Arkansas		South Carolina

Injuries and Suspensions

Georgia

[F] 12/03/2020 – Jaykwon Walton left the team (Transferred)
[G] 01/06/2021 – K.D. Johnson is out indefinitely (Academics)

Arkansas

[F] 01/02/2021 – Justin Smith is downgraded to OUT 3-6 weeks (Ankle)

Source: statfox.com

Georgia-Arkansas Prediction

Arkansas 82, Georgia 72

Saturday‘s game tips off at 3:30 PM ET. TV: SEC NETWORK.

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Georgia at Arkansas

Team Statistical Comparison

Statistical Leaders

SCORING

STEALS

BLOCKS

REBOUNDS