The Georgia men's basketball team is coming home from a tough loss on the road against South Carolina. On Saturday, Georgia hosts LSU in a conference matchup. Both teams are striving for the NCAA Tournament.
Yante Maten leads this team on and off the court. According to Coach Fox, his leadership has brought confidence to each member of the team. Against LSU, this confidence and leadership will provide Georgia with a leg up.
LSU is ninth in the SEC as they travel to Athens. They defeated Vanderbilt last Tuesday night. Their season thus far is "nothing to write home about" according to head coach Will Wade.
On offense, LSU has three leading shooters. Tremont Waters leads the team with 15.2 average points per game, Duop Reath averages 13.1, and Skylar Mays averages 11.1. Defensively, they are below Georgia with average rebounds per game. LSU has an average of 33 rebounds per game.
According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index Georgia is predicted to win.