SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Florida at Georgia

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The Florida Gators visit the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday in Athens in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Florida scores an average of 69.9 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 64.7 points per contest. Georgia scores an average of 70.5 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 78.1 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBM	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Florida	0.422	0.305	0.733	11.18	-1.18	8.39	5.43	12.61	12.68
Georgia	0.445	0.325	0.752	8.64	-1.04	5.21	2.29	14.25	14.89
	Opp FG%	Opp 3PT%	RB Off	RB Def	OFRB%	Scor. M	3ptMPG	TM PPG	Opp PPG
Florida	0.431	0.308	33.79	34.96	0.32	+5.18	8.00	69.9	64.7
Georgia	0.473	0.342	33.29	34.32	0.26	-7.64	6.54	70.5	78.1

Key

FG%– Field goal shootage percentage.
3PT%– Three point field goal shootage percentage.
FT%– Free throw shooting percentage.
OREB– Offensive rebounds per game.
RBM– Average rebounding margin per game.
SPG– Steals per game.
BPG– Blocks per game.
APG– Assists per game.
TOPG– Turnovers per game.

Opp FG%– Opponent field goal percentage made.
Opp 3PT%– Opponent 3-point field goal percentage made.
RB Off– Rebounding Offense.
RB Def– Rebounding defense.
OFRB%– Offensive rebounding percentage.
Scor. M– Average game scoring margin.
3ptMPG– Three point shots made per game.
TM PPG– Team’s average points scored per game.
Opp PPG– Average points scored by opponents per game.

Statistical Leaders

SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FG	3PTFG	FTs	Points	Avg.
7. Castleton, Colin	UF	22	131	0	96	358	16.3
9. Oquendo, Kario	UGa	27	143	29	93	408	15.1
15. Bridges, Braelen	UGa	28	134	0	83	351	12.5

Field Goal %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FGM	FGA	FG%
3. Castleton, Colin	UF	22	131	238	0.550
7. Oquendo, Kario	UGa	27	143	308	0.464

3-point made per game
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	3PT Made	Avg. Per Game
7. Baumann, Noah	UGa	27	56	2.07
9. Jones, Myreon	UF	27	53	1.96
11. Appleby, Tyree	UF	28	51	1.82

Free Throw %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FT Att.	FT Made	FT%
3. Appleby, Tyree	UF	28	97	112	0.866
12. Fleming Jr., Phlandrous	UF	28	70	91	0.769

Rebounding
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	Off	Def	Total	Avg. Per Game
3. Castleton, Colin	UF	22	70	127	197	8.95
19. Bridges, Braelen	UGa	28	51	104	155	5.54

Florida vs. Georgia Basketball Series History

Florida leads 118-101

Florida Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Myreon Jones	G	6′-3″	175	SR
1	CJ Felder	F	6′-7″	231	JR
3	Alex Klatsky	G	6′-4″	185	SO
4	Anthony Duruji	F	6′-7″	209	SR
10	Elijah Kennedy	G	6′-3″	185	FR
11	Keyontae Johnson	F	6′-5″	229	SR
12	Colin Castleton	F	6′-11″	231	SR
14	Kowacie Reeves	G	6′-6″	182	FR
20	Jack May	G	6′-4″	175	SO
22	Tyree Appleby	G	6′-1″	163	SR
23	Brandon McKissic	G	6′-3″	185	SR
24	Phlandrous Fleming Jr.	G	6′-5″	205	SR
32	Tuongthach Gatkek	F	6′-9″	172	SO
33	Jason Jitoboh	C	6′-11″	305	JR
44	Niels Lane	G	6′-5″	206	SO

Georgia Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Jailyn Ingram	F	6′-7″	225	SR
1	Jabri Abdur-Rahim	G	6′-8″	210	SO
2	Cam McDowell	G	6′-5″	185	FR
3	Kario Oquendo	G	6′-4″	210	SO
4	Tyron McMillan	F	6′-9″	220	JR
5	Christian Wright	G	6′-3″	185	FR
10	Aaron Cook	G	6′-2″	185	SR
11	Jaxon Etter	F	6′-4″	205	JR
12	Josh Taylor	F	6′-9″	215	SO
13	Jonathan Ned	F	6′-9″	220	SR
15	Dalen Ridgnal	F	6′-7″	200	JR
20	Noah Baumann	G	6′-6″	210	SR
23	Braelen Bridges	G	6′-11″	240	SR
24	P.J. Horne	F	6′-6″	225	SR
35	Tyrone Baker	F	6′-11″	210	FR

Florida Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	Elon	61	Florida	74
11/14/2021	Florida State	55	Florida	71
11/18/2021	Milwaukee	45	Florida	81
11/22/2021	Florida	80	California	60
11/24/2021	Florida	71	Ohio State	68
11/28/2021	Troy	45	Florida	84
12/1/2021	Florida	67	Oklahoma	74
12/6/2021	Texas Southern	69	Florida	54
12/8/2021	North Florida	55	Florida	85
12/12/2021	Florida	68	Maryland	70
12/18/2021	South Florida	55	Florida	66
12/22/2021	Stony Brook	62	Florida	87
12/29/2021	Florida	PPD	Ole Miss	PPD
1/5/2022	Alabama	83	Florida	70
1/8/2022	Florida	73	Auburn	85
1/12/2022	LSU	64	Florida	58
1/15/2022	Florida	71	South Carolina	63
1/19/2022	Mississippi State	72	Florida	80
1/22/2022	Vanderbilt	42	Florida	61
1/26/2022	Florida	71	Tennessee	78
1/29/2022	Oklahoma State	72	Florida	81
2/2/2022	Florida	66	Missouri	65
2/5/2022	Ole Miss	57	Florida	62
2/9/2022	Georgia	63	Florida	72
2/12/2022	Florida	57	Kentucky	78
2/15/2022	Florida	55	Texas A&M	56
2/19/2022	Auburn	62	Florida	63
2/22/2022	Arkansas	82	Florida	74
2/26/2022	Florida		Georgia
3/1/2022	Florida		Vanderbilt
3/5/2022	Kentucky		Florida

Georgia Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	FIU	51	Georgia	58
11/13/2021	Georgia	68	Cincinnati	73
11/16/2021	SC State	60	Georgia	76
11/19/2021	Georgia Tech	88	Georgia	78
11/22/2021	Virginia	65	Georgia	55
11/23/2021	Georgia	62	Northwestern	78
11/28/2021	Wofford	68	Georgia	65
12/1/2021	Memphis	79	Georgia	82
12/7/2021	Jacksonville	58	Georgia	69
12/18/2021	George Mason	80	Georgia	67
12/20/2021	W Carolina	79	Georgia	85
12/22/2021	ETSU	86	Georgia	84
12/29/2021	Gardner-Webb	77	Georgia	60
1/4/2022	Texas A&M	81	Georgia	79
1/8/2022	Georgia	77	Kentucky	92
1/12/2022	Georgia	72	Mississippi State	88
1/15/2022	Vanderbilt	73	Georgia	66
1/19/2022	Georgia	60	Auburn	83
1/22/2022	Georgia	66	South Carolina	83
1/25/2022	Alabama	76	Georgia	82
1/29/2022	Georgia	77	Vanderbilt	85
2/2/2022	Arkansas	99	Georgia	73
2/5/2022	Auburn	74	Georgia	72
2/9/2022	Georgia	63	Florida	72
2/12/2022	South Carolina	80	Georgia	68
2/16/2022	Georgia	65	LSU	84
2/19/2022	Ole Miss	85	Georgia	68
2/22/2022	Georiga	77	Texas A&M	91
2/26/2022	Florida		Georgia
3/1/2022	Tennessee		Georgia
3/5/2022	Georgia		Missouri

Injuries and Suspensions

Florida

[C] 01/28/2022 – Jason Jitoboh is out for season (Eye)

Georgia

[F] 12/09/2021 – Jailyn Ingram is out for season (Knee)
[F] 10/20/2021 – P.J. Horne is out for season (ACL)

Source: statfox.com

Florida-Georgia Prediction

Florida 79, Georgia 68

Score prediction is for entertainment purposes only.

Saturday‘s game tips off at 12:00 PM ET. TV: ESPN2.

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Florida at Georgia

Team Statistical Comparison

Key

Statistical Leaders

Field Goal %

3-point made per game

Free Throw %

Rebounding