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10 I Wednesday, December 6, 2006 | The Red & Black
SPORTS
B-BaU
effort
earns
victory
By PHILLIP KISUBIKA
pkisubika@randb.com
A recurring theme in
Georgia’s young season has
been their offense, which
ranks first in the SEC in scor
ing and second in field goal
percentage.
In what can only be
described as a tune-up for a
tough holiday schedule, the
Georgia men’s basketball
team (6-1) had strong offen
sive outputs from the perime
ter and the post en route to a
96-67 win over the Gardner-
Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (1-6)
Tuesday at Stegeman
Coliseum.
“I was pleased with the
effort tonight,” head coach
Dennis Felton said. “We held
them (Gardner-Webb) to
under 40 percent from the
floor and outrebounded by
about 20. We took care of
business and won.”
Forward Takais Brown led
Georgia in scoring with 21
points on 9-of-12 shooting,
with 12 of those points com
ing in the second half when
the team made a concerted
effort to bring the ball inside.
“I’m a scorer and a
rebounder,” said Brown, who
added five rebounds. “That’s
what I was told when I was
recruited, and that’s what I’m
here to do.
“We really wanted to estab
lish a dominant inside game
from the beginning, but they
were determined to keep it
out of our post players’ hands,
and we were shooting it well
from outside so we didn’t try
it as much in the first half,”
Felton said.
It was a good night for
Georgia behind the arc, as
they shot 58 percent from
three-point range.
Most of those outside
shots came in the first half,
including 12 of the Bulldogs’
first 14 points of the game.
In fact, Georgia made as
many three-pointers as free
throws (11).
Trouble is, the team shot a
SCOTT CHILDS | The Red & Black
▲ Sophomore center Rashaad Singleton (45) recovers a rebound during the first half of
Tuesday night’s game, helping Georgia defeat Gardner-Webb.
better percentage from
beyond the arc than from the
charity stripe.
“We struggled from the free
throw line — we need to get
better there,” Felton said.
The team’s most consis
tent offensive player Tuesday
night was the player who’s
been Georgia’s most consis
tent player for the last three
years.
Senior guard Levi Stukes
MEN’S B-BALL
Georgia 96, Gardner-Webb 67
Scoring Leaders: Takais Brown-
21 points; Levi Stukes- 20 points
made all six three-pointers he
attempted, finishing seven-of-
eight from the field with 20
points.
“It felt like every time the
ball touched my hands, I had
a good chance of making it,”
Stukes said.
But the key for the
Bulldogs has been their bal
ance.
Tuesday, the Georgia
guards scored 44 of the team’s
96 points, and the forwards
and centers scored 52.
“We’re developing good
chemistry and playing well off
of each other,” Felton said.
BOWL: Teams look
similar in rankings
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VIRGINIA TECH
Bulldogs play look like?
Aptly, much like them
selves.
The NCAA rankings
show the teams to be simi
lar, with Virginia Tech
having a slightly better
defense and Georgia with a
little more proficiency on
offense.
The Hokies’ defense is
best in the nation in total
and scoring defense, while
Georgia’s total defense
ranks ninth and their scor
ing defense is 21st.
Experts are predicting
the defenses to take over,
making the game a low-
scoring battle.
Neither school’s offense
is as good as its defense,
according to the numbers.
Georgia is No. 77 in total
offense nationally, while
Virginia Tech is No. 95.
Even with similar stats,
Virginia Tech lost half as
many games as the Bulldogs
and played in far fewer that
were close.
Seven of Georgia’s games
were decided by less than a
touchdown. Just one Hokie
game was that close.
Two other differences in
the two schools’ seasons:
• Georgia lost four of five
games at one point this
Season Leaders Passing
Sean Glennon, 157-276, 2,097
yards, 11 TD, 8 INT
Rushing: Brandon Ore, 221
attempts, 1,095 yards, 14TDs
Receiving: Eddie Royal, 27
rec., 452 yds, 3 TD
season. Close Bulldog losses
to Kentucky and Vanderbilt
are the difference between
the two teams’ seasons.
Virginia Tech endured
just a two- game losing
streak.
• The Bulldogs beat rival
Georgia Tech; the Hokies
lost by 11 to the Yellow
Jackets
“Virginia Tech and Coach
(Frank) Beamer have done
such a great job over the
years,” Georgia head coach
Mark Richt said.
“We know we’re gonna
have our hands more than
full.”
But with a win, Richt
said he thinks his team will
re-enter the top 25 poll,
maybe even in the top 20.
Beamer was excited
about the chance to oppose
the Dogs as well.
“We’re gonna do our best
to make it a great bowl
game,” he said.
Coaches honor trio
for making All-SEC
The SEC’s football
coaches honored three
Bulldogs among the confer
ence’s top players Tuesday.
Tight end Martrez
Milner, rover Tra Battle and
returner Mikey Henderson
were named to the All-SEC
First Team.
Center Nick Jones was
named to the All-SEC
Offensive Second Team,
while linebacker Tony
Taylor and defensive end
Charles Johnson earned All-
SEC Defensive Second
Team honors.
Arkansas led all teams
with six players on the first
team, while SEC champion
Florida had 11 players
SPORTS NOTEBOOK
named to the first or second
teams, more than any other
school.
Ole Miss linebacker
Patrick Willis and Arkansas
running back Darren
McFadden were the only
unanimous All-SEC First
Team selections.
— Jamie Cwalinski
Dooleys to receive
humanitarian award
Former Georgia football
coach and athletic director
Vince Dooley and wife
Barbara have been chosen
as the 2006 recipients of the
Nell and John Wooden
Humanitarian Lifetime
Coaching Achievement
Award.
The award, presented
annually by the World
Sports Humanitarian Hall
of Fame, recognizes coaches
who have had a humanitari
an impact. The award also
recognizes the coach's
spouse for their behind-the-
scenes contributions.
The Dooleys will be hon
ored along with
Humanitarian Hall of Fame
inductees Steve Largent,
Harmon Killebrew and
Steve Smith on Thursday in
Boise, Idaho.
The Dooleys are the
fourth recipients of the
award. John and Nell
Wooden were the inaugural
recipients in 2003, followed
by Pete and Florence
Newell in 2004 and Frosty
and Donna Westering in
2005.
In addition to his athlet
ic accolades, Dooley has
been active in many charity
endeavors, including serv
ing as chairman of the
Easter Seals Society for
three decades. He also has
worked on behalf of HERO
For Children, the Salvation
Army and the Boy Scouts of
America, and he has served
organizations supporting
research for multiple
sclerosis and juvenile dia
betes.
— Georgia Sports
Communications
Gonzaga tickets
still available
Student tickets for the
men’s basketball show
down against Gonzaga are
on sale today at Stegeman
Coliseum Ticket Booth
Four from 2 to 7 p.m. The
cost is $5 for students.
The game will take place
on Saturday, Dec. 16 at the
Arena at Gwinnett Center
in Duluth.
— Sam Steinberg
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