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GC Men's Basketball (9-17, 3-14 PBC) hosts Georgia Southwestern State University (13-11, 8-9 PBC) for the Annual Bobcat Homecoming Game Saturday, Feb. 21 at 5:30 p.m.

SERIES
GC Series W-L: 32-33 • Streak: W2 • Last meeting: W, 74-71 1/5/15 away

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The Bobcats look to pick up the season sweep, after beating GSW 74-71 on the road Jan. 5

Bobcats are 2-9 in home games this season and 2-10 on Saturdays this year

Terrell Harris passed 1,000 pts this season, 512 at Mars Hill freshman year, 452 last yr and 437 more this yr; 889 points at GC all-time

4 different players each have 3- 20-point games this season: Terrell Harris (10) Larrentis Thomas (4) Dwight Anderson (3) Ryan Blumenthal (5)

Latest rankings: GC nation's #20 rebounds, #37 in defensive field-goal percentage and #43 in blocks

Larrentis Thomas climbing the rebounding ranks at GC, ranks ninth in school history with 491 boards, 24 short of #8 Johnny Simpson

LAST TIME THEY MET: GC 74, GSW 71 (1/5/15, AMERICUS, GA.)
The Bobcats (8-5, 2-2 PBC) held off a late surge to beat Georgia Southwestern (5-6, 0-4 PBC) ... Ryan Blumenthal scored 24pts to lead GC to win, netting 15 of the 24 in the 2nd half ... Juwan Hubbard made the final 5pts, a three to go ahead then two free-throws for the final 3pt lead; he finished with 7pts ... Blumenthal perfect on the night 6-6 FG, 1-1 3pt FG, 11-11 FT ...  Larrentis Thomas 9pts, 9reb; Evyn Smith 6pts, 4ast

MOST RECENT OUTINGS:
GM 26: CLAY 79, GC 71 (FEB. 18): 4 of 5 starters in double-figures not enough as GC falls at Clayton State ... Terrell Harris led GC with 20pts, 10th 20pt game this season; 8rebs too ... Larrentis Thomas had 13pts but a surprising 2reb ... Rio McMillian and Evyn Smith with 11pts each, Bobcat career-high for Smith ... Bobcats out-shot Clayton 41% to 36%

GM 25: UNG 75, GC 67 (FEB. 14): GC cold stretch in 2nd half downs Bobcats 75-67 ... Terrell Harris led GC with 17pts ... Larrentis Thomas had 13pts, 12reb, his 4th straight double-double ... Ryan Blumenthal 14pts off bench 8-8 from FT ... GC got out-rebounded 43-33 ... Thomas enters GC career top-10 in rebounding, passing both Willie Jones and George Askew into 9th place all-time ... 4 of 5 UNG starters scored in double-figures

DEFENSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS SEASON
Rank second in the PBC in opponent shooting (.407), 1st in opponent 3-point shooting (.326), and 6th in rebounds per game (38.9)

OFFENSIVE TRENDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
GC's shooting percentage has been above 40 percent in 18 of the 26 games this season; the best effort came in the loss at Armstrong, an impressive 52.9 percent (27-51)

The Bobcats have been 50% or above in four games this season, going 3-1 in those games

THOMAS ON THE REBOUND
Larrentis Thomas has put up double-digit boards in 13 games this season, and is now averaging 9.4 rebounds per game, good for third in the PBC

At his current rate, Thomas would finish the season with 263 caroms, which would rank 9th in school history and 3rd in the NCAA era

Thomas has 491 career rebounds in his two seasons, good for 9th in school history; next up: Johnny Simpson (1984-86) with 515

Thomas has 23 career double-doubles, including 13 this season

RE-JEC-TED
Rio McMillian swatted another shot in the loss at Clayton State Wednesday, giving him 52 on the season, good for 2nd in the PBC

McMillian has blocked at least one shot in every game this season

The junior ranks 3rd in the school's single-season records, the top mark in the NCAA era of GC Basketball; Johnny Simpson owns the #1 and #2 slots at 134 and 80, respectively

ALMOST THERE
The Bobcats are averaging a 6.8 point differential in their 16 losses this season

GC has dropped 7 games by one possession, including 4 by 1pt apiece