Kentucky vs Georgia 1/8/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Georgia Bulldogs (5-9) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (11-3)
January 8, 2022 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Kentucky Wildcats -22 / Georgia Bulldogs +22; Over/Under: +148
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The Georgia Bulldogs and the Kentucky Wildcats meet in college hoops action from Rupp Arena on Saturday.
The Georgia Bulldogs will look to bounce back from an 81-79 loss at the hands of Texas A&M last time out. Braelen Bridges leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 12.8 PPG along with 5.9 RPG while Jailyn Ingram has 10.7 PPG with 6 RPG to lead Georgia on the glass but is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Kario Oquendo has 12.2 PPG while Aaron Cook has 10.2 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Georgia this season with Cook logging a team-high 6.8 APG to lead Georgia in assists this season. As a team, Georgia is averaging 70.6 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three and 71.4% from the foul line while allowing 73.1 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 34% from three this season.
The Kentucky Wildcats will try to bounce back from a 65-60 loss at the hands of LSU in their last game. Oscar Tshiebwe leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding with 15.2 PPG and 15.1 RPG, averaging a monster double-double per game while TyTy Washington Jr. has 13.4 PPG with 4.3 RPG and 3.9 APG. Kellan Grady has 11.9 PPG and Sahvir Wheeler has 9.6 PPG with a team-high 7.3 APG to lead Kentucky in assists this season. Keion Brooks Jr. has 10.5 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Kentucky so far this season. As a team, Kentucky is averaging 82.2 PPG on 48.9% shooting from the field, 33.6% from three and 71.9% from the foul line while allowing 60.8 PPG on 38.2% shooting from the field and 28.1% from three this season.
Georgia is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following a loss while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Kentucky is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 8-0-1 in their last 9 games following a loss.
I get that this is a lot of points to be giving up with Kentucky, but Georgia is missing their top rebounder in Jailyn Ingram and with Kentucky boasting a tower and rebounding machine inside like Tshiebwe, I think the Bulldogs will be in trouble and this one will end up being all Kentucky. Give me the Wildcats in a rout.
