| Stat | UGA (NCAA Rank) | GT (NCAA Rank) |
| Scoring Offense | 91.6 (2) | 83.7 (15) |
| Scoring Defense | 64.1 (96) | 73.7 (255) |
| Scoring Margin | 27.5 (3) | 10.0 (73) |
| FG Percentage | 59.9 (3) | 50.6 (17) |
| FG % Defense | 41.2 (94) | 46.4 (265) |
| Free Throw % | 62.2 (288) | 64.5 (246) |
| 3 pt. percentage | 43.4 (8) | 38.6 (66) |
| Rebounding Margin | 11.0 (7) | 6.4 (44) |
| Assists / Game | 18.8 (10) | 15.4 (90) |
| Steals / Game | 11.9 (5) | 9.3 (33) |
| Turnovers / Game | 17.0 (223) | 16.6 (183) |
Thoughts on the stats:
- -- Tech has played a much tougher schedule to date. They've already completed games against UCLA (L), Memphis (W), Penn State (W), Miami (L) and Vandy (L). On the other hand, UGA has only played two "brand name" teams in Gonzaga (W) and Wake Forest (W). This throws the side by side stats way off.
-- Some things do jump off the page that remain relevant despite the quality of opposition. First, GT wants to run as much as UGA does. They are long and athletic, and their ability to change the game via steals and pressure is comparable to ours.
-- Both teams turn the ball over way, way, way too much.
-- Neither team is reliable from the free throw line. This is a big win for Georgia as it will be uncommon for us to play teams who shoots as poorly as we do from the charity stripe.
-- Georgia is deadly from beyond the arc. Our three point shooting continues to rise. After the Jacksonville game, Levi Stukes has upped his season average to 63% from 3 point land.
-- Two years ago, I don't believe that UGA could've scored 91 points if they were playing in an abandon gym with the entire team on the court using 5 basketballs at once shooting non-stop for 3 hours against thin air. To average 90+ on the season is incredible. Granted, we've played more than our fair share of tomato cans, cupcakes, hypenated colleges and orphanages. However, we hung 87 on Wake Forest and 96 on Gonzaga so the scoring average isn't a total fluke.
PWD
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