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Georgia Women's Basketball Travels To Alabama
February 07, 2007 | Women's Basketball
The basics
Georgia travels to Tuscaloosa for its second of three Southeastern Conferecne dates this week. The Lady Bulldogs are hoping to get back on the winning track after dropping a 73-57 decision at Tennessee on Monday. Georgia rounds out the week by hosting South Carolina on Sunday.
Georgia is 19-4 on the year and 6-3 in SEC play. The Lady Dogs jumped five spots to No. 9 in the Associated Press released on Monday, most likely due to Georgia’s victory over No. 7 LSU last Thursday night in Athens. Georgia climbed just two positions to No. 12 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, which was released Tuesday and reflected the Tennessee loss.
Alabama is 10-14 overall and 0-9 in SEC action to date. The Crimson Tide entered league play with a 10-5 mark but has struggled thereafter. Alabama put together solid efforts against No. 7 LSU – trailed by three with just over 14:00 left – and No. 4 Tennessee – behind by four with 16:50 remaining – two weeks ago. Most recently, the Tide suffered a 91-51 setback to Vanderbilt while playing without leading scorer Navonda Moore (concussion) and starting point guard Alyson Butler (illness).
Georgia vs. Alabama
Dates: February 8, 2007
Time: 8:00 p.m. CT
Location: Coleman Coliseum; Athens, Ga.
Radio: Magic 102.1 FM
TV: CSS TV
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Lady Dogs lead series
The Lady Bulldogs own a 24-9 edge in the all-time series with Alabama, including an 8-4 mark in Tuscaloosa.
Georgia has won 11 straight meetings with the Crimson Tide during the last eight seasons, with the teams meeting twice during three of those years.
Last season in Athens, Cori Chambers scored 18 points, Tasha Humphrey posted her fifth straight double-double (16 points and 12 rebounds) and Janese Hardrick added 14 points and eight steals (doubling her previous career-high for thefts) to lead Georgia to an 84-59 victory. Navonda Moore poured in a game-high 23 points to lead Alabama.
A complete box score of that game – as well as game-by-game results from the series – can be found on Page 3 of these Game Notes.
In the most recent matchup in Tuscaloosa on Feb. 3, 2005, Tasha Humphrey scored 10 straight points in the second half to give Georgia a comfortable lead and the Lady Dogs withstood a late Alabama rally after Humphrey fouled out to win 72-63.
Quoting Andy Landers...
On the challenges of facing Alabama..
“There’s no question watching tape of Alabama that this is a basketball team that defends extremely well. They anticipate well. They cover the ball. They double the people that need to be doubled. They’re a very good basketball team on the defensive end, and on the offensive end they have two very efficient guards at the wing positions.”
On his team’s progression and improvement...
“I like to believe that it’s headed in the right direction. I think that we’re still a basketball team that hasn’t played its best basketball, and I think that we have time to do that and get to the point where we need to be at tournament time.”
The Matchups (see attached pdf))
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Keeping an eye on...
Entering the Alabama game:
Cori Chambers is...
• 3 games played from No. 8 Teresa Edwards among UGA’s career leaders
• 1 3-point FGs from No. 8 Niesa Johnson of Alabama among the SEC’s career leaders
• 3 3-point FGs from co-No. 6s India Lewis and Kimberly Wilson, both of Arkansas, among the SEC’s career leaders
• 11 3-point FGs from her own UGA season record set in 2005-06
• 16 points from No. 17 Camille Lowe among UGA’s career leaders
Janese Hardrick is...
• 23 points from No. 22 Alexis Kendrick among UGA’s career leaders
• 2 3-point FGs from No. 6 Alexis Kendrick among UGA’s career leaders
• 13 FTs from No. 10 Lisa O’Connor among UGA’s career leaders
Tasha Humphrey is...
• 14 points from No. 12 Kedra Holland-Corn among UGA’s career leaders
• 12 FTs from No. 6 Christi Thomas among UGA’s career leaders
• 19 FTAs from No. 8 La'Keshia Frett among UGA’s career leaders
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Georgia attempts to secure another 20-win season
Georgia enters tonight’s game in search of its 20th win of the season, a significant milestone for most programs but relative commonplace for the Lady Bulldogs.
In Andy Landers’ 27 seasons in Athens, Georgia has posted 22 20-win campaigns. In fact, the Lady Bulldogs have posted 25 or more victories in 15 of those seasons.
That’s a long way from the humble beginnings of Lady Bulldog Basketball. In Georgia’s first six seasons of intercollegiate basketball, the Lady Dogs compiled a cumulative record of 37-85 – an average of a measly 6.2 wins per season. Under Landers, Georgia has won 24.3 wins a year, which ranks fourth all-time among Division I women’s hoops head coaches with 20 seasons of experience.
...and these Lady Dogs have gotten there relatively quickly
Georgia is on pace to secure win No. 20 at the quickest pace since the Lady Bulldogs’ 2001 SEC Tournament Championship season.
Those Lady Dogs attained victory No. 20 on Feb. 8 in their 23rd game of the season. Georgia won 19 games the following season but has reached No. 20 in: 29 games in 2002-03, 28 games in 2003-04, 26 games in 2004-05 and 27 games a year ago.
The easiest of ledgers to join
All Cori Chambers had to do to join UGA’s career leaders for games played was play a single second against Tennessee.
Chambers played in her 125th game in a Georgia uniform in Knoxville, tying her with Kedra Holland-Corn and Katrina McClain for the No. 10 position among the Lady Bulldogs’ leaders for “GPs” as outlined below.
Chambers would probably be more interested in moving to No. 1 on that list. With five regular-season dates, she is on track to have played in 130 games entering the post-season.
Janese Hardrick also should join the top-10 for game action. She has played in 123 games at Georgia this evening, missing two outings during her sophomore year due to a sprained ankle. (see attached pdf)
Trio rewriting scoring ledger
Seniors Cori Chambers and Janese Hardrick and junior Tasha Humphrey have been inching their way up Georgia’s all-time scoring leaders list this season as outlined below.
Humphrey began the campaign at No. 17 with 1,252 points. She ascended into the top-15 during in Georgia’s first date with Florida on Jan. 4. Most recently, she passed Lisa O’Connor during the Lady Bulldogs’ Jan. 28 victory at Florida.
Chambers opened the year at No. 26 with 1,058 points. She reached the top-20 during the Middle Tennessee game on Dec. 7. Most recently, she passed Stacey Ford during Georgia’s Dec. 21 victory at Richmond.
Hardrick became the Lady Bulldogs’ 28th 1,000-point scorer at Georgia Tech on Dec. 3 and climbed into the No. 25 position during a Jan. 25 win over Ole Miss. Most recently, she passed Cynthia Collins during the win over Florida in Gainesville. (see attached pdf)
Turnovers have been critical
In its 18 victories this season, Georgia has averaged 13.5 turnovers per game. In their five losses, the Lady Bulldogs have averaged 20.6 TOs per game.
So, you’re saying those positive numbers have been padded against lesser teams. Well, in what most would consider Georgia’s best wins – Rutgers, Stanford, TCU, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and LSU – the Lady Bulldogs have posted 13.7 turnovers per game.
Also telling is Georgia’s assist-to-turnover ratio. The Lady Bulldogs sport a stellar 1.12 mark en route to victory but just 0.47 in their defeats. In those aforementioned “best wins,” Georgia has produced a 0.87 effort.
Freshmen lead the way in upset of LSU
Ashley Houts and Angel Robinson played key roles in Georgia’s win over No. 7 LSU.
Most obviously, Houts hit the game-winning jumper with no time left. Also tremendously important, she played all 40 minutes and committed no turnovers. In fact, Houts played all but 45 seconds of a six-game span from the Jan. 14 Tennesse game through the LSU win. She sat for a brief stint during the first half of Georgia’s win over Ole Miss.
Robinson scored 12 second-half points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor. She made the first three-pointer of her career from the right corner with 10:11 left in the game and then scored the final six points of a 12-0 run which turned a five-point deficit into a seven-point lead with 2:55 remaining.
Trio secures SEC Freshman of the Week honors
For her aforementioned performance against LSU, Angel Robinson was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday.
Georgia’s three first-year standouts have now secured the honor six times this season. Robinson also was tabbed on Dec. 18, while Ashley Houts was selected on Nov. 13, Dec. 4 and Jan. 22, and Christy Marshall was chosen on Nov. 20.
Historically speaking:
• Houts, Marshall and Robinson became the first-ever trio of teammates to be recognized as SEC Freshman of the Week during a season.
• Houts and Marshall also became the first teammates to receive the accolade in consecutive weeks since the league began the weekly recognition last year.
• Houts is only the third three-time honoree in the two seasons the league has named a Freshman of the Week. A year ago, Tennessee’s Candace Parker was chosen five times, and Florida’s Sha Brooks was selected three times.
En route to her Jan. 22 honor, Houts averaged 15.0 points, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals and played all 40 minutes of each of the Lady Bulldogs’ victories over both Vanderbilt and Florida State.
Houts poured in a career-high 21 points against Vanderbilt. She was 10-of-13 from the line versus the Commodores, including 8-of-10 in the final 4:10 of the game. Houts also made a key steal with 28 seconds remaining in the Florida State game and then converted at the line to make it a two-possession game.
Robinson averaged 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds and hit 66.7 percent of her field goals against Savannah State and TCU to secure her honor. Against the Lady Frogs, Robinson equaled her career highs with 18 points, eight boards and two assists and swatted a career-best two shots.
Houts equaled the Lady Bulldogs’ single-game record for steals with 10 thefts against Memphis and then scored 11 points and posted game-high tallies of five assists and two steals against Georgia Tech en route to her Dec. 4 recognition.
Marshall averaged 13.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals in Georgia’s wins over North Carolina A&T and Davidson prior to her Nov. 20 accolade.
Houts was initially picked on Nov. 13, less than 24 hours after she led Georgia to victory over No. 11 Rutgers in the Lady Dogs’ nationally televised season opener at the State Farm Tip-off Classic. Houts posted game-high tallies of 18 points, seven assists and five steals on ESPN2.
Humphrey wins two straight SEC Player of the Week honors
Tasha Humphrey was selected as SEC Player of the Week by the league office in Birmingham on Jan. 29, the second consecutive week she earned the accolade.
Humphrey averaged 25.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in leading Georgia to a 69-60 win over No. 22 Ole Miss on Jan. 25 and a 77-54 victory at Florida on Jan. 28.
Humphrey posted season-high marks of 32 points and 14 rebounds against the Rebels. She scored 16 second-half points at Gainesville and in the process ascended into the No. 13 position among Georgia’s career scoring leaders.
Humphrey has now been named SEC Player of the Week seven times in her career. She has been honored more than any other Lady Bulldog ever and is one of only six players to be win the honor on seven occasions. Ole Miss’ Armintie Price secured her league-record ninth certificate this Monday, moving from a tie with LSU’s Seimone Augustus and Vanderbilt’s Wendy Scholtens. Mississippi State’s LaToya Thomas and Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw were tabbed seven times.
Humphrey earned the Jan. 22 recognition after helping the Lady Bulldogs top Vanderbilt and Florida State.
Humphrey averaged 21.5 points and connected on 51.7 percent of her field goals – including 57.1 percent from three-point range – against the Commodores and the Seminoles. She scored 25 versus Florida State, including nine in a 13-0 run which turned a 10-point deficit with 4:57 remaining into a three-point lead at the 2:02 mark.
Chambers breaks Georgia career three-point records
Cori Chambers knocked down her first three-point attempt at the 17:54 mark of the first half at Mississippi State to break the Lady Bulldogs’ career record for successful shots from behind the arc.
Chambers entered the season 56 threes shy of Kedra Holland-Corn’s record. Considering that she connected on a school-record 78 threes last season, there was a relatively solid chance Chambers would break the mark; however, no one expected her to get there early in UGA’s SEC slate.
Chambers reached the milestone more efficiently than Holland-Corn. Kedra took 675 attempts, while fired up only 645 to reach the same mark. Chambers broke the Georgia record for three-point attempts during the Lady Dogs’ Jan. 28 win at Florida.
Chambers joins SEC ledger
Cori Chambers joined the SEC’s career top-10 leaders in three-pointers at LSU on Jan. 7. At her current pace of 2.90 per game, Chambers could ascend to No. 3 on the league’s leaders ledger. (see attached pdf)
Probable. Schmabable. Lineup shuffle settles down?
There’s traditionally an inexact science in determining who is listed as the “probable starters” for both teams on Page 1 of these Game Notes.
Look at the box scores from each squad’s previous game and insert the same five starters as “probable” for the next outing. For the Lady Bulldogs, that method has proved to be an inexact science for much of the season.
After utilizing the same starting lineup for the first eight games of the season, Andy Landers mixed and matched eight Lady Bulldogs to provide different combinations at the opening tip in eight of its next 11 outings.
Cori Chambers is the lone constant in the Lady Bulldogs’ starting five during every game this season. Things have settled down somewhat since SEC play began, however, as Chambers, Janese Hardrick, Ashley Houts and Tasha Humphrey have started every league date.
Not quite a permanent magic marker
The Lady Bulldogs are 6-0 this season when scoring 80 or more points, upping Georgia’s astronomical winning percentage under Andy Landers when they put up that many points to 405-7. That equates to a success rate of .983009708 over the past 27-plus seasons.
Georgia last loss when scoring 80 points in a 94-85 shoot out at Tennessee on Jan. 12 last year.
Somewhat interestingly – at least we hope you think it’s interesting since it took quite a while to dig the information up – is the fact that the Lady Dogs are just 27-8 (.771) when they score exactly 79 points, with half of those loses being by three points or less.
Living at the charity stripe
A passive glance at the box score from Georgia’s 83-71 win over Vanderbilt on Jan. 18 reveals a glaring advantage for the Lady Bulldogs. Georgia connected on 32-of-42 free throw attempts, while the Commodores were just 12-of-18 at the line.
To get a more accurate picture, however, one would need to study the second half play-by-play. With Georgia leading by 11 points with five minutes remaining, Vanderbilt turned up the pressure on its full-court press and subsequently began fouling. The result? The Lady Bulldogs made 21-of-28 shots from the charity stripe in the final 4:56 alone.
By comparison, Georgia’s previous season highs for FTs and FTAs were 22 versus Rutgers and 28 against Stanford. The 32 free throws moved into the No. 8 spot in the program’s history, and the 42 trips equaled the No. 10 tally in UGA annals.
Landers fourth with 750 Ws
Andy Landers became only the fourth major college women’s basketball coach to secure 750 career victories with the Lady Bulldogs’ win over Richmond on Dec. 21.
Landers joined Tennessee’s Pat Summitt, Texas’ Jody Conradt and Rutgers’ C. Vivian Stringer as the only coaches to reach the plateau.
Landers compiled an 82-21 record in four seasons at Roane State College in Harriman, Tenn., before coming to Athens in 1979. Landers had a 668-209 record in 28 seasons with the Lady Bulldogs when he hit 750.
FYI, the NCAA does not recognize Landers’ wins at Roane State because they were not secured at a four-year institution.
Ironically, victory No. 750 came against Richmond’s Michael Shafer, who helped Landers secure more than a third of his career wins during an 11-season span from 1994-05 on the Lady Bulldogs’ staff. During Shafer’s tenure, Georgia compiled a 273-84 record, finished as 1996 NCAA runner-up, also reached the 1995 and 1999 Final Fours, captured the 1996, 1997 and 2000 SEC Championships and won the 2001 SEC Tournament.
Chambers topping 20 much more often
Cori Chambers had just six 20-point games during her first 102 outings at Georgia. She’s now done so in eight of the Lady Bulldogs’ last 23 outings.
Chambers popped for 20 points in back-to-back games for the first time at UGA with 22 against North Carolina A&T and 25 versus Davidson. She also poured in 21 against No. 11 Stanford, 23 versus Middle Tennessee, 20 against both Richmond and Brown, 23 versus Florida and 28 at Mississippi State.
In fact, Chambers single-handedly outscored Richmond in the first half, 17-12.
Freshman starters list grows
Ashley Houts, Christy Marshall and Angel Robinson have become 58th, 59th and 60th freshmen to start for Andy Landers during his 28 seasons as the head coach at Georgia.
Houts also became the 21st Lady Bulldog freshman to start their collegiate debut under Landers.
Marshall joined the sorority when she got the nod against TCU on Dec. 18 and Robinson followed in Georgia’s next game at George Mason on Dec. 20.
A complete list of the freshman to get the nod can be found below, with the players who have started their debut in bold-faced type.
UGA’s Freshman Starters
Season Player(s)
1979-80 Cynthia Collins
1980-81 Wanda Holloway, Rhonda Malone, Deborah Mitchell, Barbara Murray, Lou Sims
1981-82 Amanda Abrams, Janet Harris, Laura Greeson
1982-83 Teresa Edwards, Lisa O’Connor
1983-84 Katrina McClain
1984-85 Traci Waites
1985-86 Katie Abrahamson
1986-87 Sherrelle Warren
1987-88 Kim Berry, Stacey Ford, Tammye Jenkins, Jill Mitchell, Adrienne Shuler
1988-89 Lady Hardmon
1989-90 Camille Lowe, Miriam Lowe
1990-91 Deborah Carter
1991-92 Tara Cosby, Dorothy Sanders
1992-93 Kim Thompson, Tracy Walls
1993-94 Brandi Decker, La'Keshia Frett, Tracy Henderson, Kedra Holland, Rachel Powell, Tiffany Walker
1996-97 Angie Ball, Kiesha Brown, Diana Lott
1997-98 Coco Miller, Kelly Miller, Tawyna Nash, Elena Vishniakova
1998-99 Tawana McDonald, Camille Murphy
2000-01 Christi Thomas
2001-02 Kara Braxton, Nikki Eason, Ebony Felder, Whitney Law, Jessica Pierce
2002-03 Sherill Baker, Marquita Driskell, Alexis Kendrick
2003-04 Cori Chambers, Janese Hardrick, Rebecca Rowsey
2004-05 Megan Darrah, Tasha Humphrey
2006-07 Ashley Houts, Christy Marshall, Angel Robinson
Maria returns from volleyball
Maria Taylor received an “excused absence” from the Lady Bulldogs’ games at Savannah State and versus TCU while she was in Omaha, Neb., competing for a spot on the U.S. National Team for volleyball.
Taylor was among 23 collegians taking part in the tryouts held in conjunction with the semifinals and championship of the NCAA Tournament. Taylor has experience at the national level as a member of the USA Select Team last summer.
Georgia’s winningest coach
With the Lady Bulldogs’ 79-69 victory over Georgia Tech on Dec. 3, Andy Landers passed Roger Kaiser as the state of Georgia’s winningest college basketball head coach.
Kaiser amassed a combined 663-233 record and won four NAIA national titles in 29 seasons at West Georgia College and Life University. “He has four big W’s that I don’t have,” Landers said. “He’s the king. I’m just a friend of his.”
Kaiser was a two-time All-American guard at Georgia Tech (1960-61) and is one of only six Yellow Jacket basketball players to have his jersey retired. He went on to average 22.9 points while playing for Washington, New York and Philadelphia in the ABA from 1961-63 before beginning his coaching career.
Kaiser compiled a 381-186 record at West Georgia between 1970-90, including winning the 1974 NAIA national title. He completed his collegiate coaching career at Life University in metro Atlanta from 1990-2000. He started the program there from scratch and was 282-47 and won NAIA national titles in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
In a Lady Bulldog side note, Kaiser was also AD at Life and hired former Georgia player and then-assistant Sharon Baldwin to start the women’s basketball program at Life. Baldwin, now Sharon Baldwin-Tener, moved from there to be the head coach at Mercer and is now the head coach at East Carolina.
Lady Dogs’ depth receives a boost
After playing the first five games of the season with only seven players, Maria Taylor and Tasha Humphrey saw their first action of the year on Nov. 29 against Memphis.
Taylor joined the squad for practice on Nov. 25 – about 12 hours after Georgia’s volleyball team completed its season – and scored five points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked two shots in her first appearance with the Lady Dogs.
Taylor was an all-state performer in both sports at Centennial High School. She led the Volley Dogs in games played (107) and kills (484). In fact, her kills per game average of 4.52 ranked No. 2 in the SEC and No. 36 nationally.
Taylor had hoped to join the Lady Dogs last season when injuries depleted Georgia’s post depth but could not due to an SEC rule which prevented student-athletes who sign a scholarship in a sport other than football or basketball from playing football or basketball before their junior year.
That rule was amended at the 2006 SEC Spring Meetings, paving the way for Taylor to play basketball as well. For the record, Taylor has been placed on a basketball scholarship, a stipulation of the NCAA regarding student-athletes participating in multiple sports.
Humphrey also checked in for the first time during 2006-07 versus the Lady Tigers. She had been suspended for the first six games of the season for violation of team rules; however, Andy Landers chose to reduce that punishment by a half game.
Said Andy Landers: “She made a mistake, which is not good, but the way she handled the consequences was very good.”
Humphrey reported to the scorers table with about 17:30 left and played the remainder of the contest. She scored 11 points and pulled down six rebounds during that span.
“M” is for Memphis...“M” is for Milestone
Georgia’s win over Memphis included three significant milestones in Lady Dog history.
1. With the win, Georgia secured its 700th victory all-time, making the Lady Bulldogs the 15th NCAA Division I women’s hoops program to reach that plateau.
2. Andy Landers recorded his 663rd victory at UGA, tying him with Roger Kaiser as the winningest college basketball coach in the state of Georgia’s history.
3. Ashley Houts tied the Lady Bulldog single-game record with 10 thefts. Houts matched the mark originally established by Adrienne Shuler against Howard on Feb. 22, 1989, and then equaled by Kedra Holland-Corn vs. Virginia on Dec. 4, 1996 and Sherill Baker against Mississippi State on Jan. 19, 2006.
Lady Bulldogs join the 700 Club
Georgia became the 15th NCAA Division I school to post 700 victories in women’s basketball with its Nov. 29 win over Memphis.
The Lady Bulldogs have been passing other institutions on the NCAA’s all-time wins list on a relatively impressive clip. UGA was the 22nd institution to post its 500th victory, a 97-63 thumping of Manhattan on Dec. 1, 1998. Georgia was then the 17th school to reach 600 victories with a 73-62 decision over Alabama on Feb. 21, 2002.
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Landers gets WBB Hall nod
In a move overdue in the minds of most supporters of Lady Bulldog Basketball, it was announced at the State Farm Tip-off Classic that Andy Landers has been elected to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Class of 2007 was officially introduced at halftime of the Lady Dogs’ thrilling victory over No. 11 Rutgers on Nov. 12. Landers delayed his trek to the Lady Bulldogs’ locker room to be recognized and received a rousing cheer from the Oklahoma fans.
“I’m certainly excited and pleased for a lot of reasons,” Landers said. “It really hasn’t hit me and sunk in yet, and I really don’t think it will until the ceremony in Knoxville early next year. I understand what it means. It means that I’ve been fortunate to be at a place where you can succeed at the highest level. I’ve been fortunate to be surrounded by a lot of people – coaches, staff and players – who could make that happen. That’s where it comes from. I’m not of the impression that it’s anything that any one person did.”
Landers began his head coaching career at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tenn., where he led Roane to an 82-21 record and a pair of top-10 national junior college finishes in four seasons.
Landers was only 26 years old when he was hired as the first – and still only – full-time women’s basketball head coach at UGA. The Lady Bulldogs have had 27 consecutive winning seasons, including 22 20-win campaigns.
“Coach Landers has proven himself to be one of the most successful coaches of all time,” Teresa Edwards said. “The game of women’s basketball would not be the same without him. I don’t think the game would have the same zeal or lust or competitiveness it has without Coach Landers. He brings such intensity to the game. The qualities and characteristics he instills in his players go far and beyond any other coach I’ve ever had. I’m so happy for him. I’ve always thought I’d be happiest for him when he won a national championship, but I think this may be even better. This speaks to his overall success instead of that of one team. It’s not like he’s dead and gone, which is what this sounds like I’m talking about. He’s got a lot of fire left in him, and I hope he’ll continue coaching for many more years so he can have the same influence on other players that he’s had on me.”
Georgia inks four early
Andy Landers signed four prospects – Brittany Carter, Jasmine Lee, Angela Puleo and Nicole Stroud – to letters of intent during the early signing period. That quartet has been ranked as a top-10 recruiting classes by several different services.
“We added four players that bring balance and versatility to our program,” Landers said. “The balance being that we added two from the backcourt and two from the frontcout. The versatility is that I believe all four of them could play at least two positions for us, which doubles the chances of them being able to come in and fit in and contribute.”
Carter, a 5-9, guard from Newton County High School in Covington, Ga., is listed as the No. 21 recruit by the All-Star Girls Report and at No. 27 by scout.com.
Lee, a 6-2, forward from Jess Lanier High School in Bessemer, Ala., has been ranked as the nation’s No. 78 prospect by the All-Star Girls Report.
Puleo, a 5-9, guard from William Blount High School in Maryville, Tenn., is rated as the No. 40 prospect by Blue Star Recruiting and the No. 49 recruit by scout.com.
Stroud a 6-3, forward from Avondale High School in Avondale Estates, Ga., is ranked No. 37 by Blue Star and No. 65 by the All-Star Girls Report.
Record-setting tube time
Georgia will appear on TV 14 times during the regular season, the most ever in the program’s history.
To date, the Lady Dogs are 7-3 on television this season.
ESPN2 televised both Georgia’s Nov. 12 victory over Rutgers at the State Farm Tip-off Classic and the Lady Bulldogs’ Feb. 5 loss at Tennessee.
The Lady Bulldogs also had two national appearances on FOX SportsNet – their Nov. 26 victory over No. 11 Stanford and their Jan. 14 loss to Tennessee in Athens, while FSN South televised wins over Florida State on Jan. 21 and LSU on Feb. 1 and will air upcoming matchups at Kentucky (Feb. 15) and at Auburn (Feb. 18).
CSS will show four games, wins over Florida on Jan. 4 and Mississippi State on Jan. 11, as well as dates at Alabama this evening and vs. South Carolina on Sunday.
Matchups at LSU (Jan. 7) and at Florida (Jan. 28) were televised by COX and SunSports, respectively.
