ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia returns to the friendly – and increasingly more raucous – confines of Stegeman Coliseum on Wednesday evening to play host to SEC-leader Alabama.
The No. 24/22 Crimson Tide (14-6, 6-1 SEC) lead South Carolina Alabama (18-3, 6-2 SEC) by just a half-game coming into Wednesday's action.
Georgia (14-6, 4-3 SEC) entered the week ranked No. 15 nationally in bench points at 31.4 points/game. The Dogs’ reserves have won the bench point battle in 18 of 20 games and sport a scoring margin of +292 (+14.6 ppg).
The Dogs are one of two teams with a higher scoring offense in SEC games over non-conference play. The Bulldogs put up 75.4 ppg in 13 non-league games before averaging 80.9 in SEC outings (+5.4 ppg).
Georgia is the only team with five players averaging double digits in SEC play – Jabri Abdur-Rahim (13.9), RJ Melendez (13.4), Silas Demary Jr. (12.4), Noah Thomasson (11.1) and Justin Hill (10.4).
