Georgia Entertains St. Louis - Official Athletics Site of the University of Georgia Bulldogs

Georgia (3-2) vs. Saint Louis (4-2)
Date / Time	Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7:07 p.m.
Location	Stegeman Coliusem \| Athens, Ga.
Television	Regional telecast by CSS
Radio	Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network (Atlanta: 750AM, Athens: 100.1 FM & 960 AM)
Internet	Live audio on GXtra (subscription required)
Tickets	Reserved Seat Tickets: $15. Available online and by phone at 1-877-542-1231. Also, at Stegeman Coliseum Ticket Booths 1, 2, 5 on the day of the game, starting 1.5 hours before tipoff. UGA Student Tickets: $2 with UGA ID.

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About Wednesday's Game...
The Georgia basketball team aims for its third consecutive win when it plays host to Atlantic 10 foe Saint Louis on Wednesday. The Bulldogs arrive at this game with a 3-2 overall record. Most recently, they overcame an 11-point deficit to outlast Jacksonville State 67-64 last Friday evening.

The most prominent trait that binds Georgia’s last two victories together has been the stellar play of senior guard Ricky McPhee. The one-time walkon, who transferred after two seasons at Gardner-Webb, has tallied 36 points over those two games. That includes an 8x16 effort from beyond the 3-point arc. Just as important have been his seven steals, as well as a career-high eight boards in the Jacksonville State contest.

Wednesday’s game will be Georgia’s first-ever encounter against a Rick Majerus-coached squad. The Bulldogs of 2000-01 played his Utah squad in the Puerto Rico Shootout, but the longtime Utes mentor took a personal leave of absence after the season opener that year.

The game will also mark the first time in the 30-plus years of the Atlantic 10 Conference that one of its current members played in Athens.

Georgia’s schedule will continue with a trio of games — all away from Athens — against so-called “power” conferences: Dec. 6 @Va. Tech; Dec. 9 vs. St. John’s; Dec. 19 vs. Illinois.

Georgia vs. Saint Louis
Wednesday’s game marks the first-ever encounter between these two programs. The Georgia team of 1911-12 played something called the St. Louis Athletic Club, but there is no evidence that suggests an affiliation with SLU. It will also be Georgia’s first time ever to play against a Rick Majerus-coached team. The longtime coach, during his 3-year tenure as an analyst for ESPN, worked the Bulldogs’ game vs. Gonzaga on Dec. 16, 2006 in Duluth.

Worth Noting...
Georgia’s most recent encounter against an Atlantic 10 foe came in a loss to Xavier during the program’s improbable berth in the 2008 NCAA Tournament...Ricky McPhee has established career highs in six categories over the past two games: Points (20 vs. UNCA), Rebounds (8 vs. JSU), Minutes (33 vs. JSU), Steals (4 vs. UNCA), 3FGA (11 vs. JSU) and FGA (14 vs. JSU)...McPhee scored over 20 points three times while playing two seasons (2006-07) at Gardner-Webb, including 21 in his first college game at North Carolina.

Junior post player Jeremy Price is the leading career scorer among all current Bulldogs with 462 points (6.8 ppg). It seems inevitable, however, that sophomore Trey Thompkins will soon pass him. Playing just his 34th collegiate game tonight, the Lithonia native surpassed the 400-point mark against UNC Asheville on Tuesday.

Price in this young season has exhibited some of the same play that won his Freshman All-SEC honors in 2008. He’s already scored in double figures twice, something he did five times in all of 2009.

Thompkins has already established career highs in both scoring (25 vs. New Orleans) and rebounding (16 vs. Wofford) in this young season. Teammates that set personal highs in the first two games include Chris Barnes (11 rebs. vs. UNO), Travis Leslie (5 asts, 34 min. vs. Wofford), and Drazen Zlovaric (25 min. vs. UNO).

Trey Thompkins’ 16 rebounds last week vs. Wofford were the most by a Georgia player in almost eight years, going back to a 16-board effort by Chris Daniels vs. South Alabama on Dec. 15, 2001...When Thompkins and Barnes each had double-figure rebounds against New Orleans, it was the first time since February of 2008 that two Bulldogs had done such a thing.

Georgia shoots for its third straight win tonight. Last year’s Bulldog team won three straight just once, when it strung together four wins in a row during November.

Georgia Probable Starters
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	PPG	RPG
1	Travis Leslie	F	6-4	202	So.	12.0	5.2
33	Trey Thompkins	F	6-10	247	So.	15.6	8.8
4	Chris Barnes	F/C	6-8	240	Jr.	4.2	4.8
10	Ricky McPhee	G	6-1	184	Sr.	9.4	4.0
3	Dustin Ware	G	5-11	182	So.	6.4	3.2#

Saint Louis Probable Starters
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	PPG	RPG
33	Willie Reed	F	6-9	220	So.	13.7	10.8
14	Brian Conklin	F	6-6	230	So.	10.8	4.5
23	Kyle Cassity	G	6-3	200	So.	6.8	2.7
15	Christian Salecich	G	6-3	190	Fr.	8.0	2.8
3	Kwamain Mitchell	G	5-10	175	So.	11.3	2.0

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Thompkins Named All-SEC 2nd Team
In balloting by the league’s 12 head coaches, Georgia sophomore Trey Thompkins was named to the pre-season All-Southeastern Conference 2nd team. Without voting for their own candidates, the coaches selected two 8-player squads. Six players were 1st-team picks unanimously: Downey (SC), Mitchell (LSU), Patterson (UK), Smith (UT), Varnado (MSU) and White (Ole Miss).

Last season, the Lithonia native was picked by the same group to the Freshman All-SEC squad. He ranked 2nd among Georgia players in scoring at 12.6 points per game, leading the Bulldogs in rebounding, blocks and 3-point field-goal percentage.

2009-10 Schedule Packs Punch
Fifteen of Georgia’s 29 regular-season games will come against teams that competed in the 2009 postseason. In addition to the lineup of SEC opponents, four other so-called “power” leagues – the ACC, Big East, Big 10 and Big 12 – are also represented.

It is away from Athens, however, where the 2010 Bulldogs will be most sternly tested. Georgia’s three “true” road games – at UAB, Virginia Tech and Missouri – would be challenging enough for most teams.