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Next for Georgia - LSU Tigers

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March 5, 2010

• When: 5 p.m. Saturday

• TV; radio: SPSO; 750 AM

• Leading scorers: Georgia F Trey Thompkins (17.6 points per game); LSU F Tasmin Mitchell (16.9 ppg).

• Georgia (13-15, 5-10 SEC) will get one final shot at a road victory. The Bulldogs enter the regular-season finale 0-10 in opponents' arenas. LSU is 1-6 in SEC home games with the lone victory over Arkansas.

• Georgia has lost only two games this season to teams that currently have sub-.500 records (Arkansas and South Carolina). LSU is nine games under .500.

• The opposing coaches, Georgia's Mark Fox and LSU's Trent Johnson, are close friends. Fox was associate head coach to Johnson at Nevada from 2000-04, then succeeded Johnson as Nevada's head coach.

• Georgia point guard Dustin Ware needs three assists to reach 100 for the second consecutive season.

• Thompkins' scoring average of 17.6 points per game is the highest by a UGA player since Jarvis Hayes' 18.3 in 2003. Thompkins' combined scoring and rebounding average (17.6 points, 8.0 rebounds) is Georgia's best since Jumaine Jones' 18.8/9.5 in 1999.

About the Author

Tim Tucker, a long-time AJC sports reporter, often writes about the business side of the games. He also had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.

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