The Georgia men’s basketball team is going through a shooting slump the likes of which head coach Dennis Felton has never seen.

The Bulldogs shot just 17.6 percent on 3-pointers in its last three games, which has dragged its season percentage to the bottom of the SEC and is a big reason why it has lost three in a row.

Conversely, the Bulldogs shot better than 40 percent in each of its last three wins.

However, Felton said he will avoid doing anything drastic to try to break the team out of its cold streak.

“Psychologically, it’s a fine line. The bigger deal you make out of it, the more it’s a worry,” Felton said.

“And you don’t want shooters to worry. I don’t know that I’ve ever experienced quite this situation to this extreme before, in terms of doing good things and getting good shots, and still going through such a stretch of time of just not knocking them down, so this is new territory.”

It’s not as if the Bulldogs (11-8, 2-4 SEC) have been forcing up a slew of bad shots, as they missed many wide open looks in back-to-back losses to South Carolina and Kentucky last week.

But if they hope to end their slide in tonight’s home tilt against No. 23 Vanderbilt (18-4, 3-4), they’ll likely need most of those open shots to start falling.

“It’s not like we’re shooting ourselves in the foot to create poor shooting,” Felton said. “We’re playing pretty good offense. We’re moving the ball well enough to get good looks. You couldn’t ask for better looks as a coach.”

Senior point guard Sundiata Gaines, who has been known more for his all-around game than his outside shot since he’s been at Georgia, said he’s been feeling the pressure to carry the offense when his teammates are shooting poorly.

“It’s not like I don’t know that somebody isn’t going to just come on the team and save us, so I’ve got to find a way to make those shots, too,” Gaines said.

“Hopefully a win can change a lot of things around. I think this (Vanderbilt game) is a must-win game for us because this season could easily slip away.”