Great Britain vs Georgia match updates and statistics

ATHENS, Ga. – First-year Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope and his team have never played Georgia.

But there are connections between the two programs heading into tonight’s game at Stegeman Coliseum.

Pope’s coaching career began at Georgia in 2009 when he joined the team as director of basketball operations. The Bulldogs’ coach at the time was Mark Fox, who is now the Wildcats’ associate coach. Pope worked for Fox for one season (2009-10) before leaving to become an assistant coach at Wake Forest.

Fox led the Bulldogs for nine seasons (2009–10 to 2017–18), compiling a 163–133 (.551) record. He also served as head coach at Nevada (2004-05 to 2008-09) and Cal (2019-20 to 2022-23). Fox has a 324-263 (.552) record in 18 seasons as a college coach.

In addition to Fox and Pope, there is another connection between this season’s Wildcats and Bulldogs: Somto Cyril, a freshman center for Georgia, was originally part of Kentucky’s 2024 signing class. But after former UK coach John Calipari left for Arkansas, Cyril was released from his letter of intent with the Wildcats and ultimately signed with the Bulldogs.

Will Pope and Fox leave with a victory over their former employers? Or will Georgia get its third straight home win against Kentucky, which is ranked seventh in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll and No. 6 in the AP Top 25 rankings?

Here’s what you need to know to watch today’s game from home:

Here’s a look at the final state of the box:

A 3 at the buzzer from Georgia’s Asa Newell extends his lead over Kentucky; Great Britain trailed by 13 points at the break.

This is the Wildcats’ second-largest halftime deficit this season. The biggest? Against Gonzaga they were down 16 points. They will be hoping for a similar result to when they came back and won in overtime in Seattle.

Kentucky is shooting 40% (14 for 35) from the field and is just 4 of 13 (30.8%) from behind the 3-point line. Lamont Butler has 13 points to lead the Wildcats, but no other UK player has more than five.

Georgia hit 48.4% (15 of 31) of its field goal attempts in the first 20 minutes. But the Bulldogs made hay at the free throw line, making all twelve shots.

Silas Demary Jr. had 11 points for UGA, followed by Blue Cain with 10 and De’Shayne Montgomery with eight.

With 8:02 minutes left in the first half, Kentucky leads Georgia 23-21.

UK is 10 for 23 (43%) from the field; Georgia is 7 of 19 (37%).

Koby Brea, who drained seven 3-pointers for a career-high 23 points in last week’s game against Florida, will look to make an appearance tonight when Kentucky takes on Georgia. Brea was listed as “questionable” in the SEC’s availability report.

UK coach Mark Pope told the UK Sports Network ahead of tonight’s game the plan for Brea was to “take him out there and see how he feels”.

Here are Kentucky’s starters against Georgia:

And here is Georgia’s lineup:

The contest between the Wildcats and Bulldogs will air on SEC Network. John Schriffen (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) will take the call.

Authenticated subscribers can access the SEC Network via TV-connected devices or through WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app or ESPN+.

You can also stream SEC Network on Fubo, which offers a free trial.

Tom Leach (play-by-play) and Jack Givens (analyst) will call the British radio station in Louisville at 840 AM and in Lexington at 630 AM and 98.1 FM.

You can also listen online via UKAthletics.com.

Betting odds: Kentucky is the 2-point away favorite (-110) at DraftKings, which sets the over/under at 152 ½ points (-108). The moneyline odds are Kentucky -135, Georgia +114.

Oct. 23: Exhibition vs. Kentucky Wesleyan ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 123, Kentucky Wesleyan 52
Oct. 29: Exhibition vs. Minnesota State Mankato ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 98, Minnesota State Mankato 67
November 4th: vs. Wright State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 103, Wright State 62
November 9th: vs. Bucknell (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 100, Bucknell 72
November 12: vs. Duke (Champions Classic; State Farm Arena, Atlanta) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 77, Duke 72
November 19: vs. Lipscomb, (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 97, Lipscomb 68
November 22: vs. Jackson State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 108, Jackson State 59
November 26: vs. Western Kentucky (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 87, Western Kentucky 68
November 29: vs. Georgia State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 105, Georgia State 76
December 3rd: at Clemson (ACC/SEC Challenge) ∣ SCORE: Clemson 70, Kentucky 66
December 7th: vs. Gonzaga (Climate Pledge Arena; Seattle) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 90, Gonzaga 89 (OT)
December 11: vs. Colgate (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 78, Colgate 67
December 14th: vs. Louisville (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 93, Louisville 85
December 21: vs. Ohio State (CBS Sports Classic; Madison Square Garden, New York) | SCORE: Ohio State 85, Kentucky 65
Dec. 31: vs. Brown (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 88, Brown 54
January 4: vs. Florida (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 106, Florida 100
Jan. 7: at Georgia, 7 p.m., SEC Network
Jan. 11: at Mississippi State, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network
Jan. 14: vs. Texas A&M (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU
Jan. 18: vs. Alabama (Rupp Arena), noon, ESPN
Jan. 25: at Vanderbilt, 2:30 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2
January 28: at Tennessee, 7 p.m., ESPN
February 1: vs. Arkansas (Rupp Arena), 9 p.m., ESPN
February 4: at Ole Miss, 7 p.m., ESPN
February 8: vs. South Carolina (Rupp Arena), noon, ESPN/ESPN2
February 11: vs. Tennessee (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN
February 15: in Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN
February 19: vs. Vanderbilt (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network
February 22: at Alabama, 6 p.m., ESPN
February 26: at Oklahoma, 9 p.m., SEC Network
March 1: vs. Auburn (Rupp Arena), 1 p.m., ABC/ESPN
March 4: vs. LSU (Rupp Arena), 7/9 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU
March 8: at Missouri, noon, ESPN/SEC Network

Record: 12-2 (1-0 SEC)

Ansley Almonor (Forward, Senior)
Koby Brea (guard, graduate)
Lamont Butler (guard, graduate)
Andrew Carr (striker, graduate)
Collin Chandler (guard, freshman)
Grant Darbyshire (guard, junior)
Brandon Garrison (forward, sophomore)
Walker Horn (guard, junior)
Kerr Kriisa (Guardian, Senior)
Trent Noah (forward, freshman)
Otega Oweh (guard, junior)
Travis Perry (guard, freshman)
Jaxson Robinson (guard, graduate)
Zach Tow (Forward, Junior)
Amari Williams (center, graduate)

Georgia went 20-17 overall last season and went 6-12 in SEC play. The season ended with an 84-67 loss to Seton Hall in the semifinals of the National Inviational Tournament.

The Bulldogs are 12-2 this season. They lost one non-conference game (to Marquette in the Bahamas). UGA, which is 0-1 in conference competition, suffered a 63-51 setback at Ole Miss last week.

Georgia has beaten Kentucky in consecutive games at Stegeman Coliseum, securing a seven-point win in 2023 (75-68) and a one-point triumph in 2021 (63-62). The Bulldogs have not lost at home this season (9-0) and have won 11 straight at Stegeman since last season; It is the sixth-longest home winning streak in school history.

Click here to view the Bulldogs’ full 2024-25 schedule.

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