University of Georgia Athletics
Lady Bulldogs Knock Off South Carolina, 69-63
January 11, 2009 | Women's Basketball
ATHENS, Ga. --- Post players Porsha Phillips and Angel Robinson scored 14 points apiece and Ashley Houts chipped in 13 including four three throws in the final 24 seconds to lead Georgia (10-6, 1-1 SEC) to a 69-63 win over South Carolina (8-7, 0-2) before 4,456 fans at Stegeman Coliseum on Sunday.
“We executed very well not only as a basketball team, but also at times, individually," Andy Landers said following his 799th win as a collegiate head coach. "We made some plays on the offensive end and made some stops on the defensive end. We hit free throws coming down the stretch, and that’s what you hope for in close games.”
Phillips was not in the starting lineup for the first time this season but came off the bench to connect on 6-of-7 field goals and 2-of-3 free throws. Houts' linescore also included nine assists and four steals in 40 minutes, the ninth time overall and fifth straight game she's failed to see the bench.
South Carolina led by as many as five points in the first half before Georgia exploded on an 11-0 surge to grab a 27-21 lead with 2:26 left in the first half. Phillips did much of the damage, scoring seven points during the run.
The Lady Bulldogs entered the locker room with a 32-27 lead after Christy Marshall canned a three-pointer with two seconds remaining in the half, and Georgia quickly pushed its advantage to 39-29 two over two minutes into the stanza.
The Lady Bulldogs maintained a comfortable margin until a 7-0 Gamecock push made it 46-44. Georgia opened the lead back up to six points 90 seconds later and led 54-48 with 5:04 remaining before a five-point trip a three from Brionna Dickerson with a simultaneous foul by Robinson that resulted in two free throws pulled South Carolina within a single point.
The Gamecocks finally tied the game at 60-60 with 2:36 left and again at 63-63 before a driving lay-up by Houts with 1:10 left made it 65-63. Houts was fouled while driving to the hole late in the shot clock with 24 seconds left and then made both ends of a one-and-one. After another defensive stop, she connected on two more three throws with 10 seconds left to ice the victory.
The win prevented what could have been the first four-game losing streak in Landers' 30 seasons with the Lady Bulldogs.
Georgia will host Savannah State on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Stegeman Coliseum as Landers attempts to become just the fifth major college women's basketball coach to record 800 victories. He posted an 82-21 record in four seasons at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tenn., before becoming the Lady Bulldogs' first and still only full-time head coach in 1979. Landers is 717-231 in 29-plus seasons in Athens.
Reserved seat tickets for Lady Bulldog Basketball games are $5 for adults and $3 for youth. UGA faculty, staff and students are admitted to Lady Bulldog games free of charge with a valid UGA ID and can claim their tickets beginning 90 minutes prior to tip-off at Ticket Booth 4 at Stegeman Coliseum.
Tickets are available online at www.georgiadogs.com, at the UGA Ticket Office at the Butts-Mehre Building on weekdays from 8:30-4:30 or via phone at 1-877-542-1231. On game day, tickets will go on sale at Stegeman Coliseum Ticket Booths 1, 2 and 5 beginning an hour and a half prior to tip-off.
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Georgia Basketball Post-Game Notes & Quotes
Georgia vs. South Carolina
Sunday, January 11, 2009 Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Ga.
Post-Game Notes
The Lady Bulldogs improve to a 10-6 overall record and are 1-1 in SEC games. Their lone SEC loss was against Ole Miss, 54-62, on Jan. 8th.
The Lady Bulldogs are now 28-4 in their all-time series with the Gamecocks, including a 13-1 mark in games played in Athens.
Andy Landers has compiled a 27-3 mark versus South Carolina during his first 30 seasons at UGA.
Senior Danielle Taylor and sophomore Jaleesa Rhoden notched the first starts of their collegiate careers on Sunday. Taylor and Rhoden replaced Porsha Phillips and Christy Marshall, respectively. Both Phillips and Marshall started the first 15 games of the season.
Angel Robinson’s had a record-setting game for the Lady Bulldogs. Robinson’s three blocks against the Gamecocks placed her at No. 7 in UGA Career Block Leaders with 121, surpassing Tasha Humphrey’s (2004-08) 119 blocks.
Three Lady Bulldogs had double digit games, Porsha Phillips (14 points), Angel Robinson (14) and Ashley Houts (13). This was Phillips’ ninth double digit game of the season, 11th in her career; Robinson’s seventh of the season, 37th of her career; and Houts’ 10th of the season, 44th for her career.
Houts played all 40 minutes and also led the Lady Bulldogs in assists (nine) and steals (four). Houts’ nine assists tied her individual season high she had nine against UAB. Houts’ four steals against the Gamecocks ties her season individual game high she had four steals against Alabama State, Rutgers and UAB as well.
Robinson tied her individual season high in playing time with 30 minutes she played 30 minutes against Xavier as well.
Rhoden tied her individual season high in assists with three, she last recorded three against Xavier.
Keeping an eye on...
Andy Landers is now one victory shy of his 800th career win as a collegiate head coach. Landers has recorded a 799-249 mark in 33-plus campaigns.
Angel Robinson is 42 blocks away from No. 6 Tammye Jenkins record of 163 among Georgia’s career leaders.
Ashley Houts is two steals shy of No. 8 Coco Miller record of 225 steals among Georgia’s career leaders.
Ashley Houts is 95 points from becoming UGA’s 30th 1000-point scorer.
Georgia Head Coach Andy Landers
“We executed very well not only as a basketball team, but also at times, individually. We made some plays on the offensive end and made some stops on the defensive end. We hit free throws coming down the stretch, and that’s what you hope for in close games.”
“I thought Houts played very well today, not only offensively, but defensively as well. She did a good job in handling the ball throughout the game. The best thing about the game for her was that she was in control of herself, she was in control of her team, and for the most part, she felt like she was in control of the Coliseum. Meredith Mitchell did some good things. Defensively, she was very effective, and offensively she played better than you would expect a freshman who hasn’t played that much.”
South Carolina Head Coach Dawn Staley
What hurt you today:
“We just beat ourselves today. We were not disciplined enough and Georgia took advantage of that.”
Game plan for today:
“Our game plan today was to not move screens and not give Georgia any open looks.”
On now being 0-2 in the conference:
“When we look at the rest of our season, we will look at it like we do for any other game. We have to be disciplined and we can’t veer off our track.”
Star players:
“Sutton was 6-for-7 on field goals and 1-for-1 on threes. I thought Dickerson did an outstanding job on both sides of the ball. We didn’t have Adams with that inside presence as much as we normally do. But we kept it close even without her inside and that is a good sign.”
“We executed very well not only as a basketball team, but also at times, individually," Andy Landers said following his 799th win as a collegiate head coach. "We made some plays on the offensive end and made some stops on the defensive end. We hit free throws coming down the stretch, and that’s what you hope for in close games.”
Phillips was not in the starting lineup for the first time this season but came off the bench to connect on 6-of-7 field goals and 2-of-3 free throws. Houts' linescore also included nine assists and four steals in 40 minutes, the ninth time overall and fifth straight game she's failed to see the bench.
South Carolina led by as many as five points in the first half before Georgia exploded on an 11-0 surge to grab a 27-21 lead with 2:26 left in the first half. Phillips did much of the damage, scoring seven points during the run.
The Lady Bulldogs entered the locker room with a 32-27 lead after Christy Marshall canned a three-pointer with two seconds remaining in the half, and Georgia quickly pushed its advantage to 39-29 two over two minutes into the stanza.
The Lady Bulldogs maintained a comfortable margin until a 7-0 Gamecock push made it 46-44. Georgia opened the lead back up to six points 90 seconds later and led 54-48 with 5:04 remaining before a five-point trip a three from Brionna Dickerson with a simultaneous foul by Robinson that resulted in two free throws pulled South Carolina within a single point.
The Gamecocks finally tied the game at 60-60 with 2:36 left and again at 63-63 before a driving lay-up by Houts with 1:10 left made it 65-63. Houts was fouled while driving to the hole late in the shot clock with 24 seconds left and then made both ends of a one-and-one. After another defensive stop, she connected on two more three throws with 10 seconds left to ice the victory.
The win prevented what could have been the first four-game losing streak in Landers' 30 seasons with the Lady Bulldogs.
Georgia will host Savannah State on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Stegeman Coliseum as Landers attempts to become just the fifth major college women's basketball coach to record 800 victories. He posted an 82-21 record in four seasons at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tenn., before becoming the Lady Bulldogs' first and still only full-time head coach in 1979. Landers is 717-231 in 29-plus seasons in Athens.
Reserved seat tickets for Lady Bulldog Basketball games are $5 for adults and $3 for youth. UGA faculty, staff and students are admitted to Lady Bulldog games free of charge with a valid UGA ID and can claim their tickets beginning 90 minutes prior to tip-off at Ticket Booth 4 at Stegeman Coliseum.
Tickets are available online at www.georgiadogs.com, at the UGA Ticket Office at the Butts-Mehre Building on weekdays from 8:30-4:30 or via phone at 1-877-542-1231. On game day, tickets will go on sale at Stegeman Coliseum Ticket Booths 1, 2 and 5 beginning an hour and a half prior to tip-off.
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Georgia Basketball Post-Game Notes & Quotes
Georgia vs. South Carolina
Sunday, January 11, 2009 Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Ga.
Post-Game Notes
The Lady Bulldogs improve to a 10-6 overall record and are 1-1 in SEC games. Their lone SEC loss was against Ole Miss, 54-62, on Jan. 8th.
The Lady Bulldogs are now 28-4 in their all-time series with the Gamecocks, including a 13-1 mark in games played in Athens.
Andy Landers has compiled a 27-3 mark versus South Carolina during his first 30 seasons at UGA.
Senior Danielle Taylor and sophomore Jaleesa Rhoden notched the first starts of their collegiate careers on Sunday. Taylor and Rhoden replaced Porsha Phillips and Christy Marshall, respectively. Both Phillips and Marshall started the first 15 games of the season.
Angel Robinson’s had a record-setting game for the Lady Bulldogs. Robinson’s three blocks against the Gamecocks placed her at No. 7 in UGA Career Block Leaders with 121, surpassing Tasha Humphrey’s (2004-08) 119 blocks.
Three Lady Bulldogs had double digit games, Porsha Phillips (14 points), Angel Robinson (14) and Ashley Houts (13). This was Phillips’ ninth double digit game of the season, 11th in her career; Robinson’s seventh of the season, 37th of her career; and Houts’ 10th of the season, 44th for her career.
Houts played all 40 minutes and also led the Lady Bulldogs in assists (nine) and steals (four). Houts’ nine assists tied her individual season high she had nine against UAB. Houts’ four steals against the Gamecocks ties her season individual game high she had four steals against Alabama State, Rutgers and UAB as well.
Robinson tied her individual season high in playing time with 30 minutes she played 30 minutes against Xavier as well.
Rhoden tied her individual season high in assists with three, she last recorded three against Xavier.
Keeping an eye on...
Andy Landers is now one victory shy of his 800th career win as a collegiate head coach. Landers has recorded a 799-249 mark in 33-plus campaigns.
Angel Robinson is 42 blocks away from No. 6 Tammye Jenkins record of 163 among Georgia’s career leaders.
Ashley Houts is two steals shy of No. 8 Coco Miller record of 225 steals among Georgia’s career leaders.
Ashley Houts is 95 points from becoming UGA’s 30th 1000-point scorer.
Georgia Head Coach Andy Landers
“We executed very well not only as a basketball team, but also at times, individually. We made some plays on the offensive end and made some stops on the defensive end. We hit free throws coming down the stretch, and that’s what you hope for in close games.”
“I thought Houts played very well today, not only offensively, but defensively as well. She did a good job in handling the ball throughout the game. The best thing about the game for her was that she was in control of herself, she was in control of her team, and for the most part, she felt like she was in control of the Coliseum. Meredith Mitchell did some good things. Defensively, she was very effective, and offensively she played better than you would expect a freshman who hasn’t played that much.”
South Carolina Head Coach Dawn Staley
What hurt you today:
“We just beat ourselves today. We were not disciplined enough and Georgia took advantage of that.”
Game plan for today:
“Our game plan today was to not move screens and not give Georgia any open looks.”
On now being 0-2 in the conference:
“When we look at the rest of our season, we will look at it like we do for any other game. We have to be disciplined and we can’t veer off our track.”
Star players:
“Sutton was 6-for-7 on field goals and 1-for-1 on threes. I thought Dickerson did an outstanding job on both sides of the ball. We didn’t have Adams with that inside presence as much as we normally do. But we kept it close even without her inside and that is a good sign.”
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