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Advancing UGA's home game vs. Florida Atlantic

By Carroll Rogers Walton
Dec 23, 2009

Scout box for Wednesday's game between Georgia and Florida Atlantic:

• When; where: 7 p.m. Wednesday; Stegeman Coliseum

• TV; radio: None; 750

• Leading scorers: UGA F Trey Thompkins (15.0 ppg); FAU G Raymond Taylor (18.2 ppg).

The Bulldogs are coming off their biggest win of the season, 70-67, over Illinois Saturday.

Thompkins was named SEC player of the week after scoring 21 points vs. Illinois, including going 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the last 22 seconds.

The Owls are coming off an 87-69 loss to Miami. The Owls got a season-high 12 blocks and Taylor, a freshman, scored 23 points.

FAU coach Mike Jarvis is one of eight coaches to win at least 100 games with three Division I schools – Boston University, George Washington and St. John's.

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