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MBB: Dawgs Fall at Florida

The Georgia Bulldogs (14-5, 2-5 SEC) fell to the No. 5 Florida Gators (18-2, 5-2 SEC), 89-59, on Saturday afternoon at the O’Connell Center. Sophomore Blue Cain led the Bulldogs in scoring with 10 points on the afternoon.
Fast Facts
• After Blue Cain’s 10-point effort, RJ Godfrey, De’Shayne Montgomery and Asa Newell rounded out the Bulldogs’ top scorers.
• Georgia rolled out the same lineup (Cain, Demary Jr., Lawrence, Godfrey and Newell) that has started every for Mike White this season.
• Savo Drezgic made his Southeastern conference debut in the first half of play bringing Georgia’s conference participant total to 11 players.
• Cain recorded his 20th career and ninth on the season double-figure scoring performance
• Newell led Georgia in rebounds with six, his seventh time leading the team in the category this season. More, it’s the freshman’s 12th game with five or more boards.
• The Bulldogs are fixed in the middle of a six-game stretch in which the team plays four top-10 teams – No. 6/6 Tennessee, No. 1/1 Auburn, No. 5/6 Florida and No. 4/3 Alabama next Saturday.
Key Quotes
“Florida did a really good job of running through passes, moving to the basketball and keeping pressure on the basketball,” said head coach Mike White about the performance. “At times we made the right reads and threw the right passes, but some of it was just accuracy and we threw a couple passes up in the stands. We just played rattled in the first 20 and that starts with me. We’ve got to figure out what we’re doing offensively because turnovers continue to kill us. I thought we were much better in the second half, and I understand we were down, and Florida had a sizable lead, but they continued to compete.”
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WTEN: Georgia Dominates Charlotte in 2025 ITA Kickoff Weekend
The Georgia women’s tennis team dominated in its 2025 ITA Kickoff Weekend opening match, securing a 4-0 sweep over Charlotte at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility on Saturday.
Fast Facts
- The Bulldogs earned their 30th win all-time at the ITA Kickoff Weekend (30-1) while improving to 29-0 in matches as hosts since the competition’s inaugural season in 2009-10.
- Georgia now leads the all-time series 2-0 against Charlotte, taking both contests via sweep (last match 7-0 on Feb. 19, 2004).
- Opening with doubles, the Bulldogs came out hot as the No. 19 Guillermina Grant and Aysegul Mert set the tone with a 6-3 win over Charlotte’s Lucia Aranda and Prisca Abbas on court two. Making her dual match debut, Hayden Mulberry combined with Dasha Vidmanova to secure her first-career victory with a doubles clinch over Charlotte’s Sara Suchankova and Amira Badawi on court one.
- In singles, Sofia Rojas shined bright on court five as she cruised past Aranda, 6-0, 6-1, to double the lead for the Red and Black.
- No. 1 Vidmanova followed with a dominant performance of her own, holding down court one in a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Suchankova.
- Mert earned the clinch for the Bulldogs on court three, taking a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Badawi to secure the sweep for Georgia.
- Vidmanova, Mert and Rojas earned each of the Bulldogs’ three singles victories for a second-consecutive match.
Results
Doubles
1. Hayden Mulberry/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Sara Suchankova/Amira Badawi (CLT), 6-2
2. #19 Guillermina Grant/Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Lucia Aranda/Prisca Abbas (CLT), 6-3
3. Anastasiia Lopata/Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. Ni Xi/Shona Nakano (CLT), 3-3, unfinished
Singles
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Sara Suchankova (CLT), 6-1, 6-0
2. #29 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. Ni Xi (CLT), 6-1, 4-4, unfinished
3. Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Amira Badawi (CLT), 6-1, 6-3
4. #60 Guillermina Grant (UGA) vs. Y. Chainykova (CLT,) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished
5. Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. Lucia Aranda (CLT), 6-0, 6-1
6. Hayden Mulberry (UGA) vs. Shona Nakano (CLT), 6-6, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (5,1,3)
Up Next
The No. 1 Bulldogs will play for a chance to punch their ticket to the 2025 ITA National Team Indoor Championships, where they will face Princeton in the ITA Kickoff Weekend title match on Sunday, Jan. 26 with first serve set at 2 p.m. ET at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility.
Match 3 – No. 1 Georgia vs Princeton (ITA Kickoff Weekend title match)
Date: Saturday,Jan. 26, 2025
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Location: Athens, Ga.
Site: Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility
Tournament Central Page: https://gado.gs/itakow25
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