Catchings, Weems Discuss Bulldogs' Preseason Prep

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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia basketball players Kanon Catchings and Hakeem Weems discussed the Bulldogs' pre-season practices to date and their upcoming preseason game against Clemson on Monday.

The Bulldogs will play at Clemson on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the third of three preseasons outings. Georgia previously defeated Georgia State and Cincinnati at Stegeman Coliseum.

Catchings is a 6-9 junior from Brownburg, Ind., who started all 32 games played for the Bulldogs last season and averaged 11.6 points overall and 13.6 ppg in SEC play. He led the SEC in 3-point field goal percentage in league action, connecting on 45.4 percent (49-of-108) of his 3-pointers. Catchings was named SEC Player of the Week after scoring 32 points against Alabama and 23 at Mississippi State in the final week of the regular season.

Weems is a 6-9 freshman from Atlanta who played a postgraduate season at IMG Academy in 2025-26. He helped IMG finish 27-2 and reach the semifinals of the National Prep Championship. Weems played his senior season of high school at Monteverde Academy, which finished ranked No. 11 in the final edition of the 2025 ESPN.com SCNext Top 25 national rankings.

Head coach Mike White is entering his fifth season in Athens. Georgia has earned back-to-back bids to the last two NCAA Tournaments, just the fourth time in program history the Bulldogs have appeared in consecutive editions of March Madness. The Bulldogs also have reached the 20-win plateau in each of the past three campaigns, just the third time in they've done so in 121 seasons of competition.

Last season, Georgia won a school-record 22 regular-season games while also shattering several records. Most notably, the Bulldogs ranked No. 5 nationally in scoring offense at 89.4 points per game. That was 6.7 points per game better than their previous high (82.7 ppg during their 1990 SEC Championship season).

The Bulldogs' regular-season opener will be Monday, Nov. 2 against N.C. Central, the first of 18 home games at Stegeman this season. Information on tickets – season, single-game, mini plans and neutral site contests – can find information on those here.

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