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Georgia Defeats Purdue for Fourth-Straight Win
November 22, 2023 | Women's Basketball
NASSAU, Bahamas — Javyn Nicholson scored a game-high 18 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, to lead the Georgia women's basketball team to a 65-57 victory Wednesday evening in the final game of the 2023 Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship.
Georgia has won four consecutive games and improves to 5-1 overall this season. The Lady Bulldogs have won 14 of their last 19 contests dating back to last season's NCAA Tournament run.
Nicholson added nine rebounds to her 18-point effort, while Taniyah Thompson scored a UGA career best of 16 points. Georgia's bench outscored Purdue, 36-10, and Georgia held a 43-31 edge in rebounding.
The Lady Bulldogs led by as many as six points in the first half, but foul trouble in the post plagued Georgia late in the second quarter. With Nicholson and Jordan Cole both on the bench with two fouls, Georgia shot just 4-of-17 from the field in the second frame with the score knotted at 28-28 at the break.
Ellis scored five-straight points out of halftime as Purdue built a 36-31 advantage with an 8-0 run. It was all Georgia from there, as the Lady Bulldogs once again dominated the fourth quarter, outpacing the Boilermakers 19-13 in the final 10 minutes.
Georgia now returns home to host Duke on Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. ET as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge.
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