The losses have been few and far in between for No. 8 Auburn this season.

After dropping just their third game of the season on Wednesday against Texas A&M, however, the Tigers are hoping to avoid their first losing streak of the season when they travel to Georgia today. The may have to do it without their leading scorer, as Bryce Brown remains questionable with a strained right shoulder as Auburn (21-3, 9-2 SEC) takes on Georgia (13-10, 4-7) at 2:30 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum on SEC Network.

The Bulldogs gave the Tigers a run for their money during the first matchup between the two teams. On Jan. 20 at Auburn Arena, Auburn fell behind by 16 late in the first half and trailed by 14 at halftime -- their largest halftime deficit of the season -- before rallying in the second half for a 79-65 win.

It was the largest of five double-digit second-half SEC comebacks for the Tigers this season. It's also something Bruce Pearl's team hopes to avoid in the rematch against the Bulldogs, especially after falling short of a 17-point comeback against the Aggies on Wednesday.

"They are third in the SEC in scoring defense and second in field goal percentage defense and second in the rebounding margin," Pearl said of Georgia. "And again, the defense, the rebounding, the size was something that was a problem for us against Texas A&M. It was certainly a problem for us in the first half against Georgia when they built a 14-point halftime lead, which was our largest halftime deficit of the season, but without a pretty miraculous recovery in the second half, we don't get that one."

Brown led the way during that comeback in the first meeting against Georgia, finishing with 28 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 5-of-9 from beyond the arc and 25 of those points in the second half. With Brown's status in question against Georgia this time around, however, Auburn may have to rely more on its supporting cast of backcourt players.

Of course, Mustapha Heron will likely shoulder the load as the go-to options, but the Tigers could ask for bigger contributions from reserve guards Davion Mitchell and Malik Dunbar. Mitchell has been pressing over the last four games, while Dunbar is shooting 38 percent in SEC play and has not scored in double figures since Dec. 23 against UConn. Despite that, Pearl said Auburn hasn't "has great drop-off" when it goes to the bench this season.

"Given the fact that Georgia played us so well for 20 minutes (in the first meeting), and given the fact that we may be going there without one of our best players," Pearl said, "we've got our work cut out for us."

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.