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MBB: Anthony Edwards selected for the USA National Team

Anthony Edwards, who was the 2020 SEC Freshman/Newcomer of the Year with the Georgia Bulldogs before becoming a rising superstar in the NBA, has been selected for the USA National Team that will compete in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Edwards will be representing the USA for the second consecutive summer. The Atlanta native was the leading scorer for the United States in last summer’s FIBA World Cup in Manila, Philippines, averaging 18.9 points per game. He became just the third American to record four 20-point performances in World Cup competition, joining Kevin Durant and Paul Pierce. Edwards also led the Americans in playing time (26.0 mpg) and was the team’s second-leading rebounder (4.6 rpg).

Edwards was the nation’s top-scoring freshman while playing for Georgia in 2019-20. He averaged 19.1 points per game and scored 610 total points, the 10th-most ever by an SEC freshman and the seventh-highest effort by any Bulldog in a single season. In addition to being named SEC Freshman of the Year by both league coaches and SEC Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press, Edwards was selected as the Georgia College Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club and was one of five finalists for the Jerry West National Shooting Guard of the Year Award.

Edwards was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft and has emerged as one the league’s brightest rising stars over the past four seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was named an NBA All-Star in both 2023 and 2024 and has led the Timberwolves to three consecutive Playoff appearances. This season, Edwards averaged 25.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game while leading the Timberwolves to a 56-26 record and the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Minnesota will face Phoenix in the first round of the Playoffs in a series beginning this Saturday. 

Over four NBA campaigns, Edwards has scored 6,920 points in 302 regular-season outings, an average of 22.9 per game. Earlier this season, he became the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach 5,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists behind only LeBron James and Luka Doncic.

The Olympic team is highlighted by 12 athletes with extensive USA Basketball experience, including three-time Olympic champion Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns) and the NBA’s all-time scoring leader LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers), who owns a pair of Olympic Gold medals. In addition to Edwards, Durant and James, the team features Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers), Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers), Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics), Kawhi Leonard (L.A. Clippers) and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).

The United States will compete in “Group C” of preliminary round competition from July 28-August 3 at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France. The medal round games will be contested on August 6-10 at Bercy Arena in Paris.

Edwards will be Georgia’s Basketball fifth Olympian, joining former Bulldogs Vern Fleming (1984) and Willie Anderson (1988) and former Lady Bulldogs Teresa Edwards (1984-88-92-96-00) and Katrina McClain (1988-92-96). Those players have combined to win seven Gold and three Bronze Medals in Olympic competition.

BSB: Charlie Condon has been named the National Hitter of the Week

 Georgia redshirt sophomore third baseman/outfielder Charlie Condon has been named the National Hitter of the Week, while Texas A&M junior pitcher Chris Cortez was named National Pitcher of the Week, The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), announced Tuesday.

The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference and names winners of the Dick Howser Trophy National Player and Pitcher of the Week each Tuesday throughout the season.

Condon recorded an SEC-best 24 total bases, four home runs, 10 RBI, 11 hits and eight runs scored in helping Georgia go 3-1 last week including a series win over Missouri. The Marietta, Georgia, native batted an SEC-best .647 (11-for-17) for the week including .615 (8-for-13) with three home runs and eight RBI in weekend series. Condon is the NCAA leader in home runs (24), slugging (1.109) and total bases (152) and is second in batting (.482), hits (66) and on base percentage (.586).

In his two-year career, covering 92 games, Condon is batting .424 with 49 home runs and 119 RBI. His 49 home runs rank third most in school history, trailing Gordon Beckham, who set the mark with 53 in 197 games from 2006-08 and Josh Morris, who hit 51 in 190 games from 2004-06. This marks his second National Hitter of the Week award this season.

SB: No. 9 Georgia (33-10) vs. USC-Upstate (22-15) this evening at Jack Turner Stadium

First Pitch: 6 p.m.

Location: Athens, Ga. 

Stadium: Jack Turner Stadium

   Admission: FREE (no tickets required / seating is first come, first served)

Game Day Central & Fan Information: https://gado.gs/bjt

Streaming: SEC Network+

   Play-by-play: Kaleb Frady

   Analysis: Megan Wiggins

Live Stats: GeorgiaDogs.com

Twitter Updates: @UGAsoftball

The ninth-ranked Georgia softball team returns to Athens to open a seven-game homestand on Wednesday when USC-Upstate comes to Jack Turner Stadium. The final midweek game of the season begins at 6 p.m. on SEC Network+. 

Follow the Bulldogs

– Wednesday’s games will stream live on SEC Network+. Kaleb Frady (play-by-play) and Megan Wiggins (analyst) will be on the call.

– Live stat links can be found on the softball schedule page on GeorgiaDogs.com.

– Live Twitter updates will be available on the official Twitter page of Georgia softball, @UGAsoftball.

Fan Information and Upcoming Promotions at Jack Turner Stadium (https://gado.gs/bjt)

– Admission to every regular-season home game is free; no tickets are required to enter Jack Turner Stadium. Seating is first come, first served. Gates open one hour prior to first pitch.

– For the 2024 season, parking is available in the lot closest to S. Milledge Ave. The back lot is closed due to construction.

– The UGA Clear Bag Policy is in effect.

Wednesday vs. USC-Upstate

– Suite Life of Georgia Softball: 2000s childhood musical favorites will be played throughout the game

– The first 100 UGA students will receive free Chick-fil-A

– Kids fifth grade and younger can run the bases after the game

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Series History

– Georgia leads the all-time 7-2

– All nine meetings have been in Athens

– Georgia has won the last four meetings: 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023

– Upstate’s most recent win in the series was in 2015

Georgia in the Polls

Georgia in the Poll: Week 10

     – USA Today/NFCA: 9

     – ESPN/USA Softball: 9

     – D1Softball: 14

     – Softball America: 11

     – RPI: 6

Recapping Action

Georgia dropped two of three games on the road over the weekend to the Kentucky Wildcats. Kentucky took the opener 7-5 on Friday. Dallis Goodnight’s first-career grand slam lifted Georgia to a 6-4 win on Saturday to even the series. The Bulldogs hit three home runs in the game. Kentucky claimed the series on Sunday with a 6-2 victory over the Bulldogs.

A Look at What’s Ahead

The Missouri Tigers come to the Classic City for a three-game series beginning Friday, April 19. Friday’s series opener is set for 6 p.m. Saturday’s 2 p.m. game will air on SEC Network and will be Georgia’s annual pink game. Sunday’s finale is set for 2 p.m. at Jack Turner Stadium.

T/F: Elena Kulichenko and Riyon Rankin earned SEC weekly honors following the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

Kulichenko has been named the Women’s Field Athlete of the Week while Rankin has garnered Men’s Freshman of the Week honors.  Kulichenko was twice named the Women’s Freshman of the Week in 2022, however this is her first honor of this kind.  This marks Rankin’s first outdoor accolade.  The pair joins graduate transfer javelin thrower Marc Minichello (March 26) as Georgia’s outdoor SEC weekly award recipients this year.

Kulichenko, a native of Odintsovo, Russia, who is the nation’s No. 2 ranked high jumper, topped the national leader in Texas A&M’s Lamara Distin for Kulichenko’s third straight victory of the year.  Kulichenko cleared 1.92 meters/6 feet, 3 ½ inches on her third and final attempt, reaching a mark that only she and Distin have achieved so far in the NCAA this season.

Rankin, a native of Brunswick, Ga., soared over a personal best height of 2.21m/7-3 to grab his second straight top-two finish in the high jump.  His mark ranks fourth nationally and is the top mark by a freshman nationally by more than an inch.

Up next: Georgia returns to Atlanta for the second time this season for the Georgia Tech Invitational this weekend.

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