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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia's Asa Newell was named the SEC's Freshman of the Week by the league office in Birmingham, Alabama, on Monday after leading the Bulldogs to victories over No. 6/7 Kentucky and No. 17/16 Oklahoma last week. Newell was Georgia's leading scorer in both outings, putting up 17 points against the Wildcats and 15 versus the Sooners. On the week, he averaged 16.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blooks. He played a career-most 34 minutes against Kentucky and followed that with 33 MP versus Oklahoma. Newell has now been named SEC Freshman of the Week three times this season. He was selected on Nov. 18 after he averaged 13.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.5 assists in wins over Georgia Tech and North Florida and on Dec. 9 after posting game-high tallies of 20 points and 11 rebounds in Georgia's 69-48 win over Notre Dame in the SEC/ACC Challenge. Newell is one of 10 Bulldogs who have earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors a combined 16 times since the award's inception in 1988. He is the first Georgia player to claim the accolade multiple times since Anthony Edwards earned four certificates during the 2019-20 campaign.

ATHENS, Ga. --- Following back-to-back wins over ranked teams before sellout crowds at Stegeman Coliseum last week, the Georgia Bulldogs joined the Associated Press and coaches polls on Monday. Georgia was ranked No. 23 in both polls. Georgia last appeared in the Associated Press poll on Jan. 10, 2011, when the Bulldogs were No. 24. The last time the Bulldogs were featured in both national polls was March 10, 2003, when Georgia was No, 21 and No. 22 in the AP and coaches polls, respectively. The Bulldogs were ranked during 13 weeks throughout that 2002-03 season, topping out on Jan. 27 when Georgia was ranked No. 15 by the AP and No. 17 by the coaches.