University of Georgia Athletics
Lady Bulldogs Race Past Georgia Southern, 105-66
November 14, 2007 | Women's Basketball
ATHENS, Ga. --- The eighth-ranked Georgia women’s basketball team placed six players in double figures as the Lady Bulldogs defeated Georgia Southern 105-66 on Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum.
Senior forward Tasha Humphrey paced the Lady Bulldogs (3-0) with 18 points. Sophomore guard Christy Marshall added 17 points, while sophomore guard Ashley Houts scored 16, sophomore guard Lindsey Moss pumped in 15, sophomore forward Angel Robinson poured in 12 and senior forward Megan Darrah contributed 11. Those six players were a combined 33-of-51 (64.7 percent) from the floor.
Darrah Robinson and freshman guard Brittany Carter had seven rebounds apiece. Humphrey contributed three blocked shots.
“The first thing we remember is we played them last year and it was an extremely close game (75-71), so we had total respect for Georgia Southern and what they were going to bring to the table,” Georgia coach Andy Landers said. “The focus this early in the year is on getting better. One of the things we have to do to get better is to be aggressive.”
Georgia took control of the game in the first half, outscoring the Eagles (1-2) 52-21.
“We just buried ourselves in the first half,” Georgia Southern coach Rusty Cram said. “We got down too far and when you’re playing the No. 8 team on their home floor, there aren’t going to be too many comebacks. ... Georgia was hot in every aspect inside, outside, at the free throw line. We just didn’t have an answer for them.”
The Eagles got 16 points from Shawnda Atwood, 12 points from Ashley Melson and 11 points from Jessica Geiger.
Georgia will entertain Temple on Friday at 7 p.m.
Georgia Basketball Post-Game Notes & Quotes
No. 8/10 Georgia vs. Georgia Southern
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Ga.
Georgia topped the 100-point plateau for the first time since defeating Savannah State, 103-34, on Dec. 10, 2005.
Georgia’s 105 points represents the most the Lady Bulldogs have scored since a 105-62 victory at Florida on Jan. 12, 2003.
Georgia improves to 20-9 all-time against Georgia Southern, including 17 straight wins.
Tasha Humphrey moved into the No. 8 position on the Lady Bulldogs’ career scoring ledger with a pair of free throws at the 3:38 mark of the first half. Humphrey moved past Tracy Henderson, who scored 1,764 points between 1993-97. Humphrey finished the game with 18 points, upping her career total to 1,772. She is 61 points shy of No. 7 Wanda Holloway at 1,833 points.
Angel Robinson earned her first start of the season and the third of her career. Robinson scored 12 points, the 14th double-digit outing of her career.
Christy Marshall equaled her career high with 17 points. She also scored 17 versus Alabama on Feb. 8, 2007.
Lindsey Moss scored a collegiate career-high 15 points. Moss’ previous best was nine points against Alabama on Jan. 29, 2006, while she was a freshman at Tennessee.
Six Lady Bulldogs Megan Darrah, Ashley Houts, Tasha Humphrey, Christy Marshall, Lindsey Moss and Angel Robinson reached double figures in the scoring column for the first time since Georgia defeated Memphis on Nov. 29 last season. Darrah, Houts, Humphrey and Marshall also were among the double-digit scorers against Memphis.
Georgia Head Coach Andy Landers
“The first thing we remember is we played them last year and it was an extremely close game so we had total respect for Georgia Southern and what they were going to bring to the table. The focus this early in the year is on getting better. One of the things we have to do to get better is to be aggressive.”
“Houts and Humphrey have been consistently good in each of our three games. I think Carter continues to improve in each game. This was easily the best game of the year for Marshall. There were a lot of people who did a lot of good things.”
“You hope that by keeping players fresh, rotating them in and out the way we were doing, that they’re always eager and have a lot of energy and are able to put that energy forward to make something good happen.”
“We need to work on our zone because it looked like something my mother played back in the 1950s.”
Georgia Southern Head Coach Rusty Cram
“We just buried ourselves in the first half. We got down too far and when you’re playing the No. 8 team on their home floor, there aren’t going to be too many comebacks. But the second half was a bright spot for us, and we will build off of it.”
“Georgia was hot in every aspect inside, outside, at the free throw line. We just didn’t have an answer for them.”
“Tasha Humphrey gives coaches headaches. You have to prepare hard for a player like her. She makes things easier for everybody on her team.”
