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MBB: Georgia hosts Florida A&M Tonight
Georgia forward Dylan James (11) during Georgia’s game against Georgia Tech at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga., on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (Conor Dillon/UGAAA)
Date: Monday, November 17
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Venue: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523)
Location: Athens, Ga.
Streaming: SEC Network (Rich Hollenberg, play-by-play; Rodney Terry, analyst)
Radio: Georgia Bulldog Network – Sirius 380 (Scott Howard, play-by-play; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Adam Gillespie, producer)
The Starting Five
• Georgia hosts Florida A&M on Monday evening looking to extend the Bulldogs’ 31-game winning streak against non-conference opponents at Stegeman Coliseum. Mike White is undefeated (31-0) against non-conference foes at Stegeman and 45-13 (.776) overall at home in four seasons at UGA.
• As of Sunday, the Bulldogs ranked among the nation’s top-5 teams in nine statistics, most notably No. 1 in fastbreak points and No. 5 in both scoring offense and scoring margin.
• Georgia has topped the 90-point plateau in each of its first four games…after scoring 90 or more points in 102 games during Mike White’s first three seasons at Georgia.
• Georgia has scored 25.5 percent of its field goals this season via dunks…the highest percentage of any team in the nation as of Sunday.
• Seven Bulldogs scored in double figures in a 120-81 win over Morehead State last Sunday, a first for Georgia since a 99-72 victory over Tennessee Tech on Dec. 29, 1994 . . . a span of 979 games.
The Opening Tip
Georgia entertains Florida A&M on Monday looking to continue a red-hot start to the 2025-26 season. Following Friday’s victory over archrival Georgia Tech before a decibel-pushing sellout crowd at Stegeman Coliseum, the Bulldogs were ranked among the nation’s top-5 teams statistically in nine of 28 categories tracked by the NCAA.
Georgia has been lighting up the scoreboard with some historic numbers.
The Bulldogs bested Bellarmine 104-59 in the season opener – UGA’s biggest margin of victory to start a campaign since defeating Seattle, 103-48, on Nov. 9, 1986.
Georgia followed that with a 65-point, 94-29 thumping of Maryland Eastern Shore – the largest margin of victory ever in 63 seasons of play at Stegeman Coliseum and the ninth-largest win gap in program history.
The Bulldogs then topped Morehead State, 120-81, scoring the fourth-most points in program history and the most since defeating Western Kentucky on Nov. 28, 1990.
Georgia has displayed considerable depth, with 11 Bulldogs logging double-digit minutes in every game and seven Bulldogs already recording double-figure scoring outputs this season. Jeremiah Wilkinson paces a quartet of scorers contributing 10-plus points per game at 16.8 ppg, followed by Blue Cain at 15.8, Jake Wilkins at 12.3 ppg and Kanon Catchings at 10.8 ppg.
Series History vs. FAMU
Georgia has won all five of the Bulldogs’ previous meetings with Florida A&M, with all contested in Athens.
Most recently on Dec. 2, 2022, Mardrez McBride’s 15-point, nine-rebound effort led Georgia in a 68-46 victory over the Rattlers.
The Bulldogs improved to 7-2, topping their win total for the entire 2021-22 season.
After trailing 12-10, Georgia used a 16-2 surge to gain a double-digit, 24-12 lead with 6:05 remaining in the first half. The Rattlers trimmed an 11-point halftime deficit to 34-27 over the first 71 seconds of the second stanza before the Bulldogs replied with a 9-0 run to seize control.
Scouting The Rattlers
Florida A&M is off to an 0-3 start in head coach Charlie Ward’s first season.
Devere Palmer and Tyler Shirley are scoring at a double-figure pace for the Rattlers, averaging 12.5 ppg and 10.3 ppg, respectively. Micah Octave is FAMU’s top rebounding at 8.5 boards per outing.
Last Time Out
Blue Cain and Jeremiah Wilkinson led Georgia with 18 points apiece, helping the Bulldogs earn a 92-87 win over rival Georgia Tech before a raucous sellout crowd at Stegeman Coliseum last Friday.
Georgia led by a point at the break, before the Yellow Jackets began the second on a 15-6 run to pull ahead by eight with 14 minutes remaining. The Bulldogs answered with a 10-0 spurt, punctuated with Jake Wilkins’ three-point play at the 11:15 mark. After Georgia Tech’s Kam Craft knotted the score at 66, an extended Bulldogs’ run of 20-8 helped seal Georgia’s third-straight win over Tech and its eighth in the last 10 meetings.
“Great win,” head coach Mike White said. “Of course, Georgia Tech’s a big rivalry game. Our fans came out and supported us and created a great atmosphere. (We’re) really fortunate to get a win and protect our home court. I thought we showed a lot of resilience in the second half.”
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