GAME NOTES: Coming off their second multiple-overtime game in a span of two weeks, the Georgia Bulldogs hope they'll need only 40 minutes to decide a winner when they challenge the Vanderbilt Commodores in SEC action on Wednesday night.

Two days after Christmas, the Bulldogs were taken to three overtimes by Mercer before coming out with an 86-77 victory at home. The team was able to build on that outcome with two more victories over Kansas State and Norfolk State before a 79-75 setback to Arkansas snapped a six-game win streak.

Over the weekend, Georgia played its first SEC road game at LSU and again was forced to play an additional 10 minutes before suffering the 87-84 loss to the Tigers at the Maravich Center.

Also in action on Saturday, the Commodores paid a visit to Fayetteville to challenge Arkansas and came up short in an 82-70 final. The loss snapped a four-game win streak and made the team just 1-2 in true road tilts. Following this contest, Vandy is slated to play four of the next five games away from home.

Vanderbilt leads the all-time series by a count of 88-49, posting a commanding 54-13 mark at home versus the Bulldogs. The most recent meeting took place last January with the Commodores squeezing out a 59-54 triumph in Athens.

Five players scored in double figures for Georgia during the marathon outing against LSU in Baton Rouge, led by Kenny Gaines who tallied 19 points before fouling out, followed by Marcus Thornton with a double-double consisting of 16 points and a game-high 16 rebounds, helping the visitors to a 50-34 advantage on the glass. Before picking up his fifth personal, Nemanja Djurisic dropped in 15 points, while reserves Yante Maten and Cameron Forte produced 11 and 10 points, respectively, for a program that suffered 20 turnovers and shot only 2-of-12 behind the 3-point line.

The Bulldogs have been getting by with a balanced scoring attack, as Thornton paces the group with 13.6 ppg, one of four in double figures as Georgia posts 72.9 ppg. Thornton is also first on the glass with 7.9 rpg, which might explain why he doesn't have the greatest touch at the free-throw line (.592). Charles Mann (12.1 ppg), Gaines (11.8 ppg) and Djurisic (11.6 ppg) each have the potential to lead the offense on any given night.

Less than seven minutes into the meeting with Arkansas the Commodores found themselves trailing by double figures and while they were able to get the deficit down to a single point two times in the second half they were never able to fully get over the hump. Vandy ended up shooting a solid 52.0 percent from the floor and 6-of-14 behind the 3-point line, but was still charged with 22 turnovers, preventing the program from completing the comeback bid.

Damian Jones and Matthew Fisher-Davis both tallied 14 points, the latter converting 4-of-6 shots beyond the arc, followed by Luke Kornet and Riley LaChance with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

One of three players to have started every game, Jones paces the Commodores in scoring and rebounding with 16.1 points and 7.1 boards per contest, not to mention coming up with 27 of the team's 73 blocked shots. LaChance, a 41.7 percent shooter from 3-point range, pitches in with 12.9 ppg and James Siakam another 10.1 ppg and 5.9 rpg as the program beats opponents on the glass by just over five rebounds per contest, helping Vandy outscore those foes by 10.6 ppg as well.

The Bulldogs enter this game not only a bit weary after playing extra time on Saturday, but also potentially missing a key performer in Juwan Parker who is listed as doubtful with a strained Achilles. Should Georgia have to scramble a bit, that could play right into the hands of the Commodores.