Georgia basketball will be without one of its top players against Ole Miss

Georgia basketball will be without one of its top players Tuesday night for its home finale against Ole Miss.

Senior guard Jabri Abdur-Rahim was on the bench less than an hour before tipoff with a boot on his left foot. Georgia has not provided details about the Virginia transfer's injury, but the Bulldogs pregame radio show said it was an ankle injury.

“I feel for him, feel for his teammates," coach Mike White said. "It’s a next man up mentality.”

Abdur-Rahim did postgame interviews after a 70-56 loss to Texas A&M Saturday night and no injury was apparent during that game.

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Abdur-Rahim is the Bulldogs’ second-leading scorer at 12.2 points per game and leads the team with 62 3-pointers. He also leads the team in free throws made (118) and is the team’s free-throw percentage leader (88.7 percent)

He has started 27 games this season for the Bulldogs.

Georgia (15-14, 5-11 SEC) plays at No. 14 Auburn on Saturday and then will have at least one game in the SEC tournament next week in Nashville.

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