Wilkinson leads Georgia against Tennessee Tech after 26-point outing
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (3-4) at Georgia Bulldogs (6-1)
Athens, Georgia; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Georgia takes on Tennessee Tech after Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 26 points in Georgia's 97-94 overtime loss to the Clemson Tigers.
The Bulldogs have gone 5-0 at home. Georgia is the best team in the SEC with 27.6 fast break points.
The Golden Eagles are 1-3 on the road. Tennessee Tech is third in the OVC scoring 77.1 points per game and is shooting 46.1%.
Georgia's average of 8.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.2 more made shots on average than the 8.1 per game Tennessee Tech allows. Tennessee Tech has shot at a 46.1% rate from the field this season, 8.2 percentage points higher than the 37.9% shooting opponents of Georgia have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Wilkinson is scoring 16.0 points per game with 2.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists for the Bulldogs. Blue Cain is averaging 15.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 50.0%.
Mekhi Cameron is scoring 12.6 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the Golden Eagles. Dani Pounds is averaging 11.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
