Georgia basketball aims to earn its first SEC win of the season against No. 16-ranked Kentucky at 6 p.m. Saturday night at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.

The Bulldogs (5-9, 0-1 SEC) will be playing outside of Stegeman Coliseum for the first time in over six weeks. The Wildcats (11-3, 1-1) are looking to rebound from a 65-60 loss to No. 21-ranked LSU Tuesday night.

Georgia is also coming off a close loss, an 81-79 heartbreaker against Texas A&M Tuesday night. The Bulldogs struggled early but overcame a 17-point deficit before ultimately being edged out.

Redshirt senior Noah Baumann has been an offensive catalyst for the Bulldogs as of late, averaging over 18 points and over 5 rebounds per game. The USC transfer has started Georgia’s last five games in place of Jailyn Ingram, who tore his ACL in early December.

Kario Oquendo was also excellent in the loss to Texas A&M, finishing with 21 points and five rebounds.

Georgia will also see a familiar face in former point guard Sahvir Wheeler, who transferred to Kentucky in May of 2021. Wheeler is leading the Wildcats in assists per game (7.3) while averaging 9.6 points per game.

Junior forward Oscar Tshiebwe leads the Wildcats in points and rebounds per game with 15.2 and 15.1, respectively. Tshiebwe is also averaging 1.5 blocks per game.

The Wildcats are winners of four of their last five contests, including dominant wins over North Carolina and Missouri.

Georgia, 27-129 against Kentucky all-time and 5-62 in Lexington, is a 22-point underdog.