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Georgia desperately needs a viable perimeter shooting threat for its new triangle offense to be effective.

Red-shirt senior Tyler Whatley issued in his first points as a Bulldog in grand style as he jammed home a two handed slam with 30 seconds left in the game and drawing a foul from Ashville's D.J. Cunningham.

Ricky McPhee, a walk-on until this year, scored a career-high 20 points to lead Georgia to a 79-58 win over North Carolina-Asheville on Tuesday night.

Howard Crawford scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half to help Alabama-Birmingham defeat Georgia 72-56 on Saturday night.

GAME NOTES: Fresh off an embarrassing defeat, the Georgia Bulldogs will attempt to bounce back strong against the UAB Blazers tonight in Birmingham.

Wofford holds off Georgia 60-57 Eds: APNewsNow. Wofford 60, Georgia 57. ATHENS, Ga.

When Drazen Zlovaric heard that new Georgia head coach Mark Fox ran a triangle offense, Zlovaric dug through the archives for information on one of the Balkans' basketball legends.

The Georgia Hoop Dogs got off to a perfect 1-0 start under head coach Mark Fox last night, when they defeated the New Orleans Privateers 67-59 at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens.

Georgia's Travis Leslie scored a team-high 21 points in last week's exhibition win.

Last season: 12-20 . Returning starters: F Trey Thompkins, G Dustin Ware, F/C Albert Jackson Starters lost: G/F Terrance Woodbury, G Corey Butler Newcomers: Freshman guards DeMario Mayfield and Vincent Williams; redshirt freshman guard Ebuka Anyaorah, who missed all of last season with injury; and senior forward Tyler Whatley, a transfer from ...

Georgia's Travis Leslie goes up during the first half for one of his three dunks during the game.

On a night where he was the featured attraction, Mark Fox tried to call as little attention to himself as possible.

Coach Mark Fox's debut Friday showed Georgia Bulldogs fans what type of coach they can expect this season.

Coach Mark Fox has no illusions about the team he's taking over in his first season at Georgia.

The Mark Fox era will officially begin today as the men's basketball team hits the floor for its first practice of the season, welcoming in a new scheme and regime.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Freshmen Vincent Williams and DeMario Mayfield can play the point, and one likely will end up spelling last season's capable first-year find, . Williams signed in the spring, and Mayfield was the only one of the two November signees who stuck around following the coaching change.

Trey Thompkins hinted that he might not return when Georgia hired Mark Fox as its basketball coach last April.

The job was a daunting one, and at best, Mark Fox got a late start. Georgia's head basketball coach has had a furious first two months at the helm of a team that had reached rock bottom during the 2008-09 season.