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MBB: Dawgs vs. Troy Today at the Stege

The Georgia Bulldogs will face Troy today at 2:00 p.m. in a preseason exhibition game at Stegeman Coliseum. General admission tickets for the contest are $5 and are on sale here, as well as at the Coliseum Box Office on game day.

Fast Facts:

• Sunday’s game will be the second of two exhibitions for the Bulldogs. Georgia defeated Georgia State, 65-61, on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in the CaseSource Invitational – Atlanta Supporting Mental Health.

• Powder Springs, Ga., native Jeremiah Wilkinson, the 2025 ACC Sixth Man of the Year while playing at Cal, led the Bulldogs with 17 points against Georgia State. Junior Blue Cain also scored in double figures with 13 points.

• Georgia recorded 14 blocked shots against the Panthers, with sophomore Somto Cyril swatting seven of those attempts.

• All 10 Bulldogs who played against Georgia State also scored.

• Troy is coming off a 23-11 season, which culminated with winning the Sun Belt Conference Tournament to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. The Trojans lost to Kentucky, 76-57, in the Round of 64 of “March Madness.”

• Junior Thomas Dowd is Troy’s leading returning scorer at 9.5 ppg and averaged a team-high 6.9 rebounds last season.

Key Quotes:

Head Coach Mike White

On what he’s looking for from his team:

“We’ll play a little bit differently against Troy (than Georgia State). We’ll throw out another defense or two. We’ve gotten better offensively, so being able to evaluate the jump that we’ve made in these 10 days will be important. We’d like to play a couple more guys who didn’t get an opportunity to log minutes (at Georgia State). We’ll play a couple of different lineups. Most importantly, what you’re looking for is growth. You’re looking to play better than you played against Georgia State, and we’ll be looking for even more growth in the opener.”

On facing Troy:

“Troy was a team we immediately reached out to when we started looking for an exhibition opponent. We have a lot of respect for their head coach (Scott Cross) and their coaching staff. I go back a long time with a bunch of guys on their staff. When I was a young assistant coach at 22 years old back at Jacksonville State, Troy was our biggest rival. It’s pretty neat to compete against that team for so many years. I have a lot of respect for the way they defend and their toughness, their physicality. They’re coming off a really good year. Scott has done a wonderful job there. It gives us an opportunity to compete against a team that I know is going to play incredibly hard and be incredibly prepared and we’ll learn more about ourselves by Sunday evening.”

What’s Next:

Georgia will open its regular-season schedule a week from Monday when the Bulldogs host Bellarmine at Stegeman Coliseum at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3. The outing is the second game of a doubleheader which also features Georgia’s Lady Bulldogs facing Alabama State at 5:00 p.m.

Georgia Basketball Tickets:

• Tickets for Sunday’s exhibition game can be purchased here.

• Single-game tickets for non-conference games begin at $12 and can be purchased here.

• Discounted 4 Pack tickets – 4 tickets to any non-conference game of your choice – start at $35 and vary based on opponent; they can be purchased here.

• Mini-game plans, such as $8 vouchers for non-conference games and plans combining tickets to select SEC games with non-conference contests, can be purchased here.

• Tickets to Georgia’s Dec. 13 Holiday Hoopsgiving matchup with Cincinnati at State Farm Arena in Atlanta are available here.

EQ: Georgia Notches Another Win

The No. 1 University of Georgia equestrian team finishes the weekend with a win over No. 9 UC Davis, 15-3, at the UGA Equestrian Complex on Saturday, October 25. 

Fast Facts:

• The Mane Dawgs started off strong in Fences with a 4-0 lead. Liza Cram had a career high score of 89. Tessa Downey had a season high of 89.5.
• Georgia kept it rolling with a score of 4-1 in Horsemanship. Abbey Zawisza had the team’s second highest score of the season, 77.75.
• In Flat, the Bulldogs took the narrow win of 3-1. Maggie Bresch started off with a career high, as well as team season high, of 92.5. Bresch now holds the tenth highest score in Mane Dawgs history. Kinglsey Dey had back-to-back days with a score of 92.
• The Mane Dawgs finished the afternoon strong in Reining, 4-1. Cadence Eger had a career high of 74.5. 
• Georgia swept MOPs. Liza Cram in Fences, Maggie Bresch in Flat, Abbey Zawisza in Horsemanship and Cadence Eger in Reining. 

Key Quotes:
Head Coach Meghan Boenig
On her main takeaway from today:
“I think we just kind of kept building on the momentum of yesterday, found a couple more places we could close gaps, put out some really aggressive rides that ended up in huge scores, MOPs, really, really proud of this group. It is quite a test to host two back-to-back and then put the neutral one in. Having that kind of focus is so important. Having said that, we’re going to continue to work on the little in-between. There are little moments that we want to really shut the door entirely. This team can do that. Challenge is always going to be going on the road. Things become unfamiliar. Do you question yourself, or do you really get in the weeds and pull it out?” 

On what little moments could be improved:
“I think little specific moments are so subtle and so small. It may be a corner with a breath. It may be making eye contact. It may be pushing your horse for just that half point more. What we’re really excited about we are not talking about major errors. We’re not talking about negative numbers coming to positive numbers. We’re talking about making a good score a great score.”

Cadence Eger | Reining | Junior
On competing in Reining today on Jewels…
“Honestly, after the ride, I just loved her. She’s such a great mare and I felt on top of the world. It’s so cool just to go out there and go ride these horses.”

On what she can take away from today’s meet…
“One thing that I can take away from this is to always count on your horse. They can do a lot in the show pen, even when some things don’t go right in the warmup.”

Up Next
Georgia will go on the road to Burleson, Texas to compete against Texas Christian University on Friday, November 7. The Bulldogs will then head to College Station, Texas to face the Texas A&M Aggies on November 8. This will be their first road meet since October 10 against Centenary. The Mane Dawgs lead the series 3-1 when competing at Bear Creek Farms.

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