Game 13
GEORGIA (7-3, 0-0 SEC) at KANSAS STATE (7-5, 0-0 Big 12) Wednesday, December 31, 2014 >> Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) >> 3 p.m. CT COACHES Kansas State: Bruce Weber (Wis.-Milwaukee ’78) Overall: 367-181 (17th year) at K-State: 54-26 (3rd year) vs. Georgia: 2-1
Georgia: Mark Fox (E. New Mexico ‘91) Overall: 215-123 (11th year) at Georgia: 92-80 (6th year) vs. K-State: 0-0
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP Kansas State (7-5) G – #1 Jevon Thomas (7.1 ppg., 3.9 apg.) G – #2 Marcus Foster (15.0 ppg., 2.2 rpg.) G – #14 Justin Edwards (6.2 ppg., 3.3 rpg.) F – #11 Nino Williams (13.0 ppg., 4.8 rpg.) F – #42 Thomas Gipson (11.3 ppg., 4.2 rpg.)
Georgia (7-3) G – #3 Juwan Parker (6.7 ppg., 1.3 apg.) G – #4 Charles Mann (12.5 ppg., 3.8 apg.) G – #12 Kenny Gaines (11.8 ppg., 3.2 rpg.) F – #2 Marcus Thornton (14.9 ppg., 7.5 rpg.) F – #42 Nemanja Djurisic (11.5 ppg., 6.0 rpg.)
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: K-State leads 1-0 vs. SEC: K-State leads 159-146 (84-48 at home venues) In Manhattan: First meeting Current Streak: K-State, 1 Last Meeting: K-State won 82-79 [OT] in Salt Lake City (3/12/1987) Weber vs. Georgia: Weber leads 2-1 Weber vs. Fox: Fox leads 2-1
GAME 13 – QUICK HITTERS · K-State (7-5) wraps up non-conference play on New Year’s Eve, as the Wildcats play host to SEC foe Georgia (7-3) at Bramlage Coliseum at 3 p.m. CT. The game will air nationally on ESPNU with Mitch Holthus (play-by-play) and Rich Zvosec (analyst) on the call. · Wednesday’s tilt will be the first game of a home-and-home series inked between the schools in May 2014. The Wildcats will make a return trip to Athens, Ga., on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 at Stegeman Coliseum. · The contest will serve as a homecoming for Georgia head coach Mark Fox, who is a native of Garden City, Kan., and a former assistant coach at K-State under Tom Asbury from 1994-2000. Fox’s wife, Cindy, also spent time in the K-State Athletic Department, serving five years as Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Senior Woman Admininstrator. · This will be just the 2nd meeting between the schools on the hardwood and the 1st since K-State defeated Georgia, 82-79, in overtime in the NCAA West Regional First Round in Salt Lake City on March 12, 1987. · Georgia will be K-State’s 3rd SEC opponent this year with all 3 coming in the last 6 games. The Wildcats are 1-1 in those match-up, losing 65-64 at Tennessee on Dec. 6 before defeating Texas A&M, 71-64, on Dec. 20 at Kansas City’s Sprint Center. The school is 159-146 all-time vs. the SEC. · K-State saw its 38-game homecourt winning streak in December at Bramlage Coliseum come to an end on Sunday, as Texas Southern’s Jason Carter connected on a jumper with 0.9 seconds to stun the Wildcats, 58-56. The Tigers scored the game’s final 6 points to complete the comeback. · It was the Wildcats’ 1st December loss at Bramlage Coliseum in exactly a decade since a 76-66 setback to Rutgers on Dec. 28, 2004. · K-State has not lost back-to-back home games since February 13 & 25, 2012 (Kansas and Iowa State) and consecutive non-conference home games since December 8 & 17, 1987 (Missouri State and Southern Miss) in the final season of Ahearn Field House. THE OPPONENT: GEORGIA (7-3) · Georgia enters Wednesday’s game with a 7-3 record after surviving a three-overtime affair with Mercer, 86-77, on Saturday at home… The Bulldogs have won a season-high 4 in a row, including a road win at Chattanooga (86-55) and home victories over Colorado (64-57), Seton Hall (65-47) and Mercer… The team is 1-1 in true road games this season. · The Bulldogs are averaging 74.8 points on 46.6 percent shooting, including 30.2 percent from 3-point range, on the season with 40.9 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 7.0 steals and 5.9 blocks per game… They are allowing opponent 66.1 points per game on 38 percent shooting, including 29.8 percent from beyond the arc… The team is shooting 65.6 percent from the free throw line. |