Texas A&M @ Georgia preview

Last Meeting ( Feb 12, 2019 ) Georgia 56, Texas A&M 73

Texas A&M heads to Georgia on Saturday with the lowest-scoring offense in the SEC, but one that maximized its opportunities to knock off Tennessee on Tuesday. The Aggies pulled down 23 offensive rebounds, finished with 16 second-chance points, and shot 22-for-29 from the free-throw line in a 63-58 road victory, capped by senior guard Wendell Mitchell’s 3-pointer and two free throws inside the final minute for their second consecutive SEC victory.

“We shoot a very low field-goal percentage, and so we have to give ourselves the best chance we can on the offensive glass just so we can gain extra possessions,” Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams told reporters after his team shot just 30.4 percent from the field in the victory. Georgia comes into the matchup reeling after two disappointing losses - a 10-point home defeat to Ole Miss (giving the Rebels their first SEC victory), followed by Tuesday’s 72-69 defeat at Missouri after the Bulldogs blew a 20-point lead with 13:33 to play. Georgia started January by upsetting Memphis on the road, but has dropped six of its past seven. “Our offense left us a little bit,” Georgia coach Tom Crean told the media postgame Tuesday. “Bottom line, we did not guard them well enough at the end of the game.”

TIME: 1 p.m. ET. TV: SEC Network

ABOUT TEXAS A&M (10-9, 4-3 SEC): Mitchell scored a season-high 23 points Tuesday, going 9-for-9 at the free-throw line to help offset 5-for-20 shooting (4-for-14 from 3-point range). Senior forward Josh Nebo averages team highs in scoring (12.0) and rebounds (7.0), but scored only four points in 20 minutes Tuesday due to foul trouble. Freshman forward Emanuel Miller has emerged lately, averaging 9.8 points and eight rebounds in his past four games after finishing with seven points and 12 boards against Tennessee.

ABOUT GEORGIA (11-9, 1-6): Guard Anthony Edwards is the top freshman scorer in the nation, averaging 18.9 points (19.7 points in SEC games) despite shooting 36.9 percent from the field during his past four games. Edwards scored 23 points with 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season against Missouri, but the Bulldogs shot 36 percent in the second half and were outscored 33-10 after building their 20-point lead. Junior forward Rayshaun Hammonds averages 12.8 points and 7.8 rebounds, but has struggled in his past two games while scoring four points total on 1-for-9 shooting from the field with seven rebounds.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Texas A&M has held opponents to 22.5 percent from 3-point range in its four SEC victories.

2. Georgia freshman F Toumani Camara has reached double figures scoring in three of his past four games, registering 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting Tuesday.

3. Aggies freshman F Jonathan Aku finished with seven offensive rebounds against Tennessee.

PREDICTION: Texas A&M 68, Georgia 65