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Oklahoma Sooners (13-2, 0-2 SEC) at Georgia Bulldogs (13-2, 1-1 SEC)
Athens, Georgia; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Oklahoma visits Georgia after Brycen Goodine scored 34 points in Oklahoma’s 80-78 loss to the Texas A&M Aggies.
The Bulldogs are 10-0 on their home court. Georgia has a 1-0 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Sooners are 0-2 against SEC opponents. Oklahoma ranks third in the SEC shooting 37.6% from 3-point range.
Georgia’s average of 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.4 more made shots on average than the 6.9 per game Oklahoma gives up. Oklahoma has shot at a 48.8% clip from the field this season, 10.2 percentage points greater than the 38.6% shooting opponents of Georgia have averaged.
The Bulldogs and Sooners square off Saturday for the first time in SEC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Asa Newell is scoring 15.5 points per game with 6.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists for the Bulldogs.
Goodine is shooting 46.4% from beyond the arc with 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Sooners, while averaging 8.3 points.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bulldogs: 8-2, averaging 77.2 points, 33.3 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 9.1 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 48.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.3 points per game.
Sooners: 8-2, averaging 82.3 points, 28.3 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 7.5 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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