Georgia Basketball down star scorer at Texas A&M
Georgia Basketball is going to be without its leading scorer Terry Roberts Saturday night when the Bulldogs take on Texas A&M. Roberts did not make the trip due to injury (concussion). Anthony Dasher of UGASports.com was first to report and confirm through a UGA spokesperson.
Roberts transferred to Georgia this past offseason from Bradley where he started all 31 games for the Braves last year. Since his arrival in Athens, Roberts has started all 21 games he’s played in for the Bulldogs and is averaging 15.0 points per games. Wednesday night’s loss to Auburn was the first SEC game in which Roberts did not record 10 points this season.
“He’s a relentless competitor, he’s growing in confidence. He’s understanding what it takes to be successful at this level. But he’s also got a ways to go,” Georgia head coach Mike White said about Roberts earlier this season. “I mean he’s only a few games into playing consecutive, high-level games for the first time in his life. He’s a very good player, obviously, and he’s going to continue to get better.”
“Confidence. Poise. The game has slowed for him a little bit, as it does most point guards. Surprisingly, it happened in the first SEC game as opposed to the seventh or the third,” White said on a separate occasion. ”Hopefully, again, there’s not a step backwards and two steps forwards for him. He played really well. That’s a high-level point guard game in this league against a high-level defense. Hopefully, he’s got a few more of those in him. [His] confidence, swagger led us. He had command, got guys in spots, he made plays in transition, made some hard ones, he got to the rim.”
Without Roberts, Georgia will likely rely on Kario Oquendo for its scoring and Justin Hill for point guard play. Hill is from the state of Texas and the game serves as a homecoming of sorts for him.
Tip time in College Station is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
