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Georgia visits Florida State following Millender’s 22-point game

Georgia Bulldogs (7-1) at Florida State Seminoles (5-2)

Tallahassee, Florida; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Georgia visits Florida State after Marcus Millender scored 22 points in Georgia’s 123-81 win over the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.

The Seminoles have gone 5-0 in home games. Florida State is 0-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Bulldogs play their first true road game after going 7-1 with a 1-1 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Georgia ranks seventh in the SEC giving up 71.0 points while holding opponents to 38.6% shooting.

Florida State makes 42.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.8 percentage points higher than Georgia has allowed to its opponents (38.6%). Georgia averages 9.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.8 more made shots on average than the 8.1 per game Florida State allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lajae Jones is scoring 13.9 points per game and averaging 4.7 rebounds for the Seminoles. Robert McCray is averaging 13.3 points and 2.9 rebounds while shooting 40.0%.

Jeremiah Wilkinson is averaging 16.5 points and 2.5 steals for the Bulldogs. Blue Cain is averaging 15.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 steals.

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