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6A Friday, November 6, 2009 | The Red Black JHifyf $ hJH Aaflragjuig jmß 8 M jfli *BB Jjstt, - '^j& > TR^SBafe: ;§■£•> s dr s Jnuv |K i-g■• -aWagKfe; 4% % m§ ' .1, .. ? ,■ A1 r V % VBUH .JBBKKHBBBb o *' E 1 wtßH&m DANIEL SHIREY | The Rtn Buck ▲ Georgia sophomore point guard Dustin Ware will be taking his Bulldogs onto the court tonight in an exhibition against North Georgia. Dogs ready for exhibition By NICK PARKER The Red & Black NCAA rules allow men’s basketball coaches to hold two exhibition games each year against non-division I oppo nents. And for many years, Georgia bas ketball took the traditional route, play ing two exhibitions against Division II opponents or traveling squads, consist ing of washed-up former collegiate play ers. However, in recent years, the NCAA has banned the use of games against these traveling exhibition teams and a new option has emerged: scrimmaging against Division I opponents. The catch? No fans (and no concession dollars), no media, and no publicity can be issued from either participating school about the game. It is strictly an opportunity for two coaches to learn about their squad. Unfortunately, they have to do so without the pressure of fans and the brigWHights attached. Georgia began taking this route with one of their two preseason allotments last season when they traveled north up 1-85 for a closed scrimmage with Clemson prior to the season. Bulldogs’ head coach Mark Fox con tinued this game when he came to Georgia, taking the Bulldogs to Little John Coliseum for a closed scrimmage with Oliver Purnell’s No. 24 ranked Tigers, Saturday. The game consisted of three 20-min ute halfs with the scoreboard resetting at the start of each half. “I think scrimmages can be good if you play the right people and do it the right way. It was a good experience for us at Clemson,” Fox said. “This team needed to play against somebody else.” The Bulldogs fared better than you might expect against one of the ACC’s top teams, trading wins of each half with the Tigers and tying them in one half, according to senior Albert Jackson. “I think we stacked up great,” Jackson said. “I have no complaints about our scrimmage. We played with them or out played them during the scrimmage. I think it gave us a lot more confidence because we were better than they thought we were going to be.” “Asa team, I think we played pretty Calling All Ambitious College Grads! We Have An Opportunity Waiting For You After Graduation! Are You interested In: • Flexible Hours 9 : • A Team Environment f B ?? 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NORTH GEORGIA When: 7 tonight Where: Stegeman Coliseum More Information: Exhibition game before the season begins Nov. 13 against New Orleans Price: Free good,” junior center Jeremy Price said of their play against Clemson. “We impressed ourselves. We played hard, and we competed.” Sophomore point guard Dustin Ware added: “I think, at the end of the scrim mage, I thought it was decent, not where we wanted to be, but we’re definitely headed in the right direction.” The Bulldogs faced a difficult enough task in itself, facing Clemson’s vaulted attacking, full-court press style defense, but with the Bulldogs still stuck just get ting down the basics of Fox’s new trian gle offense, Fox spent little prior practice time on his packages for breaking full court presses, resulting in far too many turnovers. “We had a lot of turnovers,” sopho more forward Travis Leslie said. “But we’ve been working on it in practice, so we’re going to bring them down.” Fans’ first chance to get a look at the revamped Dogs, and Fox’s first game in Stegeman Coliseum, will come tonight against North Georgia at 7. Tonight will be the Bulldogs’ final opportunity of the preseason to compete against, another team before beginning their season Nov. 13 against New Orleans. “We’ll need this exhibition [today] to play in front of people, but we’re far from a finished product, and we use any expe rience to get better,” Fox said. And after seeing Division II LeMoyne College defeat No. 25 Syracuse on Tuesday night, the Bulldogs aren’t tak ing a win for granted, despite the obvi ous disparity in talent. “Definitely,” Jackson said of that loss serving as a wake-up call, heading into Friday’s match. “You should always take every team serious, but especially for the younger guys, it’s more of, in men’s bas ketball, you’ve got to take every team serious because you never know who can come out and beat out who, no matter what division they’re in.” SPORTS Rachel Bowers Ryne Dennis Thomas Nesmith Drew Kann Sports writer Sports Editor Page Designer Sports writer jjSjtlQ ( 3) Alabama 27, Alabama 31, Alabama 21, LSU 20, BBn V LSU 10 LSU 24 LSU 17 Alabama 17 Penn state 24, Penn state 20, Ohio state 28, Penn State 28 ' Ohio State 9 Ohio State 12 Penn State 14 Ohio State 24 @ fltfo FSU 36, Clemson 38, FSU 42, FSU 31, Clemson 28 FSU 33 Clemson 27 Clemson 24 UGA 53, UGA 51, UGA 49, UGA 34, (SpS TTU2I TTU 17 HU 14 TTU 13 Lady Dogs host Clayton State By RYNE DENNIS The Red & Black The women’s basketball team will be holding an exhibition contest on Sunday at Stegeman Coliseum against Clayton State. The Lady Dogs will look to work out any kinks that may be left before their season opener against perennial power Oklahoma on Nov. 15. Georgia will be led by its AII - First-Team seniors Ashley Houts and Angel Robinson. Admission will be free for all. Maria Taylor joins radio analyst Former Lady Dog basketball player, and volleyball star, Maria Taylor will join current play-by play announcer Jeff Dantzler as the color analyst on the radio this season. ”vf A-h 1 11 AUTUMN MCMIDE < The Rei> * Buck ▲ Kathleen Gates (10) and Ann Dylla will try to keep the Bußdogs’ recent success going as they head to Florida and South Carolina. Volleyball hits road for weekend By BEN BUSSARD The Red & Black The Georgia volleyball team hits the road this weekend looking to avenge two conference losses suf fered earlier in the season. First up for the Bulldogs (14-10, 5-8 SEC) will be the ninth-ranked Florida Gators (16-3, 10-2 SEC) and a trip to Gainesville, Fla., where Georgia has not won a match since 1986. The Gators visited Athens in October and swept Georgia, 3-0, to hand the Bulldogs their fourth consecutive loss at the time before they reeled off three straight victories. Georgia has turned things around since the Gators last came to town, and head coach Joel McCartney hopes to improve on some of the positives his team has shown since their season long losing streak was snapped. “Since that match, I feel like we have grown so much, and we’ve studied PICKS OF THE WEEK Florida on fllpi, and cer tainly they’re a quality opponent —very deserving of the top-ten place they have right now in the poll,” he said. “But we’ve grown so much in our intensity and confidently being able to stay in a match or come back in a match. If we con trol those factors eajly on then we‘ll be in the match right away.” On Sunday, the Bulldogs will head to Columbia, S.C., to take on a South Carolina team that also swept Georgia in Athens last month. The Gamecocks (12-11, 4-9 SEC) have struggled mightily lately as they have lost four of their last five matches and have dropped to last place in the SEC eastern division standings. Despite the loss to South Carolina earlier in the season, the Bulldogs still hold a significant edge in the all-time series against the Gamecocks of 40-16, and they look to add onto that dominance on Sunday. SPORTS NOTEBOOK Taylor played in 22 games for the Lady Dogs during their run to the Sweet 16 in 2007, where she averaged 1.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. Taylor currently works for ISP sports, the multimedia rights holder for UGA athletics, covering events for georgiadogs.com. Women’s tennis star downed in Connecticut Sophomore Chelsey Gullickson, the Lady Bulldogs’ number one player, lost in straight sets 7-6 (5), 6-2 Thursday at the ITA National Indoor Championships in New Haven, Connecticut. Gullickson was said to have been slowed by a sore knee and will not compete in the consolation round today. Volleyball @ Florida When: 7 tonight Where: Gainesville, Fla. More Information: The Bulldogs took to defeat the Gators in Gainesville tor the first time singe 1986. The Bulldogs should be well rested this weekend as they have been idle since their OCt. 30 loss to LSU. McCajtney hopes that the time off has helped improve his team’s emo tional and physical health. “Physically they needed some rest, but mentally they did as well, and as tough as that last week was, It’s great to have that Sunday off,” he said. “We [had Monday] off, they get back to class, and to be able to have a day away from training, to be able to focus on their academics is mentally restftil to them.” Tip-off against the Gators is scheduled for 7 p.m. while the Sunday match against South Carolina is set for 1:30 p.m.