Newberry at North Georgia today

The game

• Newberry (5-6, 0-1 SAC) faces the Saints (4-5) today, 4 p.m., Memorial Hall in Dahlonega, Ga.

The Broadcast

• Radio: WKDK-AM 1240

•Internet Radio: www.WKDK.com and www.RedZoneMedia.com

• Live statistics: SaintsSports.com

In the paint

• The Newberry College men’s basketball team plays its final non-conference game of the regular season and final game of this decade against the Saints of North Georgia College and State University.

• The Saints are 4-5 and lost to Newberry earlier this season.

• Five Newberry players scored in double digits in the Scarlet and Gray’s 78-67 win over Paine prior to the Christmas break, led by 12 points from Ryan Barnes and Jeremee Davis. Stephane Bakinde and Danny Hiffor each scored 11 points and Rodney Lee added 10.

• Huffor is the team’s leading scorer at 10 points per game, but four players are averaging over 9.0 ppg.

• Lee (9.9 ppg), Ray Robinson (9.6 ppg) and Bakinde (9.4 ppg) are pacing the team, which has won two straight games.

• Devante Cutler (3.73 apg) is leading the team in assists, while Davis isn’t far behind at 3.09 apg. Cutler is 5th in the SAC and Davis is 11th.

• Bakinde leads the team in rebounds with 6.1 boards per game, while Lee and Robinson are grabbing 4.3 rebounds per game.

• Huffor also leads the team in steals with 2.0 thefts per game. That ranks second in the league. Cutler’s 1.91 steals per game is 4th in the conference.

• Robinson’s 62.9 shooting percentage is second in the SAC, with Lee in 4th place at 61.8 percent.

North Georgia • The Saints are 4-5 on the season, with all of their wins coming at home.

• Four North Georgia players are in double-digit averages for the season, led by 15.0 ppg from Michael Moynihan. Moynihan was limited to four points on 0-7 shooting from the field in the previous meeting.

• Andrew Bennett is scoring 12.1 ppg, while Carl Taylor is netting 11.1 ppg.

• Bernard Rimmer scores 10.1 ppg and leads the team with 7.4 rebounds per game.

• No Saints scored in double digits in the teams’ earlier meeting. Moynihan scored 19 and had 10 assists to lead NGCSU in the 88-80 win over Flagler before the break. Taylor scored 17 points.

Newberry in SAC

Preseason Poll

• The Newberry College men’s basketball team is predicted to finish ninth in the South Atlantic Conference preseason poll for the 2009-10 season.

• North Georgia is predicted to finish eighth.

Against the Saints • This is only the fourth meeting between these two schools, and the first in Memorial Hall.

• North Georgia holds a 2-1 lead in the series.

• Newberry picked up its first win of the season with a 69-52 win over the Saints on November 21.

• North Georgia won the games in the previous two seasons. This is the first time the two teams have met twice in the same season.