Georgia at Kentucky -- Statistical Comparison

Here is the statistical comparison between Kentucky and Georgia.

Just like LSU, we out-stat the Bulldogs in most areas except defense.  Georgia is one of the best defensive teams in the SEC, and that defense allows them to be in almost every game they play.  Just ask Tennessee, who barely escaped their most recent encounter with the Dawgs.

Georgia is very similar in many ways to Kentucky, except without a serious low-post threat.  Like Kentucky, the Bulldogs have trouble putting the ball in the basket.  Kentucky has utilized a very deliberate style to maximize their opportunities to enter the ball into the low post and protect their thin bench.  Even though Georgia prefers to play the game at a higher pace than Kentucky, Georgia is fully capable of running good half-court offense and getting open looks.  The Cats cannot throw Georgia off their game by forcing them into the half court.

Kentucky has been very efficient scoring lately, if not terribly prolific.  If the Cats can manage turnovers a bit better, they should be capable of beating up the Dawgs on the blocks, and that will eventually free up Bradley, Crawford and Meeks from the perimeter.  One of the things that Georgia is really bad at is assists, and they depend far too much on individual plays to get their shots.  That has been their undoing all year, and they will likely continue to have problems with that against UK.

I'll have a more in-depth look at the game in my adversary analysis.  For more on the Georgia Bulldogs, please be sure to visit our SBNation brothers at Dawg Sports.

Thanks again to Statsheet.com and Basketball State for the statistical data.

Statistic	All Games		Conference Games
	UK	UGA	UK	UGA	Delta (adjusted for all games played)	Comments
Total Games	23	23	10	10	0
Wins	13	12	7	3	1
Losses	10	11	3	7	-1
Pct	0.57	0.52	0.7	0.3	0.04
Field Goals Made	564	577	232	242	-13
Field Goals Attempted	1189	1326	500	592	-137	Georgia gets a lot of attempts, they just don't make that many.
Field Goal Percentage	0.47	0.44	0.46	0.41	0.04	Big difference in conf.
Free Throws Made	350	300	155	116	50
Free Throws Attempted	464	446	207	175	18
Free Throw Percentage	0.75	0.67	0.75	0.66	0.08	Only LSU is as good as the Cats
3pt Field Goals Made	136	134	54	54	2
3pt Field Goals Attempted	371	417	145	183	-46	Georgia shoots a lot more threes - no real post presence.
3pt Field Goal Percentage	0.37	0.32	0.37	0.3	0.05	Advantage UK
Points	1614	1588	673	654	26
Points Per Game	70.2	69	67.3	65.4	1.2	Call it even
Rebounds	838	982	366	431	-144
Rebounds Per Game	36.4	42.7	36.6	43.1	-6.3	Georgia is just better.
Offensive Rebounds	230	318	101	141	-88
Offensive Rebounds Per Game	10	13.8	10.1	14.1	-3.8	Advantage Georgia
Defensive Rebounds	555	572	237	244	-17
Defensive Rebounds Per Game	24.1	24.9	23.7	24.4	-0.8	Advantage Georgia
Assists	306	265	124	102	41
Assists Per Game	13.3	11.5	12.4	10.2	1.8	Georgia is just terrible in this stat.
Steals	162	172	63	76	-10
Steals Per Game	7	7.5	6.3	7.6	-0.5	Small advantage to Georgia.
Turnovers	381	359	155	150	22
Turnovers Per Game	16.6	15.6	15.5	15	1	Call it even, in conf.
Blocks	104	83	44	34	21
Blocks Per Game	4.5	3.6	4.4	3.4	0.9	Cats are a bit better here.
Fouls	454	403	185	178	51
Fouls Per Game	19.7	17.5	18.5	17.8	2.2	Nobody fouls like the Cats
Disqualifications	15	5	6	2	10	What can you say?

Game day is tomorrow.  Go Cats!