University of Georgia Athletics
Miller Named SEC Freshman Of The Week Again
January 10, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 10, 2011
ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia's Khaalidah Miller was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the second straight week on Monday.
Miller scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a 61-59 win at No. 10 Kentucky on Sunday in Georgia's only game of the week.
Miller's output represented the most points scored by a Lady Bulldog in a game this season. The 5-9, freshman from Atlanta's Douglass High School connected on 10-of-14 shots from the field, including 4-of-5 from three-point range.
Georgia grabbed a 16-14 edge on a Miller layup in transition with 11:57 remaining in the first half and Kentucky never led again. The Wildcats did tie the game four times during the second stanza. On three of those occasions, Miller responded with a bucket to return the lead to the Lady Bulldogs.
In two SEC games, Miller is averaging 19.5 points per game by hitting 62.5 percent of her shots from the floor and an almost unfathomable 81.8 (9-of-11) percent from three-point range.
All told, seven different Georgia freshman have combined to earn SEC Freshman of the Week honors 17 times since the award's inception in 2006.
Georgia will travel to Arkansas on Thursday for a CSS regionally televised matchup that tips off at 9 p.m. ET.
The Lady Bulldogs will then return home to host Florida next Sunday at 2 p.m. at Stegeman Coliseum. The first 1,000 kids (8th grade and below) in attendance will receive a Lady Bulldog Basketball puzzle.
Reserved seat tickets for the Lady Bulldog games are $5 for adults and $3 for children and are available at the Butts-Mehre ticket office and via the internet at www.georgiadogs.com. In addition, tickets will go on sale at Stegeman Coliseum box office (side of arena closest to Sanford Drive) beginning 90 minutes before tip-off.
UGA students, faculty and staff are admitted to all Lady Bulldog games free of charge with a valid UGA Card. Faculty and staff should pick up tickets at the Coliseum box office. Students are admitted to the arena via the entrance to the left of the box office by showing their UGA Card.
