University of Georgia Athletics
Battles Earns All-SEC, All-Defensive Team Honors
February 28, 2023 | Women's Basketball
ATHENS, Ga. — Diamond Battles, a fifth-year senior on the University of Georgia women's basketball team, has been named to the All-Southeastern Conference Second Team and the SEC All-Defensive squad, it was announced Tuesday.
The Winter Haven, Florida native joins eight players on the second team and just six individuals on the All-Defensive team.
Tuesday's announcement adds to her long list of career accolades, which includes American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Tournament MVP, as well as a consensus first-team All-AAC performer and WBCA All-America Honorable Mention selection.
This season, Battles is one of just three SEC players, joining LSU's Alexis Morris and Vanderbilt's Ciaja Harrison, to rank among the top-14 individuals in points (14.7 ppg), steals (1.7 spg) and assists (3.1 apg). She also ranks third in minutes played (34.6 mpg), 11th in free-throw percentage (.753) and 13th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.2).
Battles has reached double figures in scoring a team-high 24 times with six games over 20 points.
Under Battles' leadership, Georgia has won seven of its last nine games, with the only losses coming at top-5 teams LSU and South Carolina. The Lady Bulldogs won five-straight SEC matchups in the month of February, marking the team's best conference win streak in six seasons. Battles has averaged 16.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.0 steals per game during the current nine-game stretch.
She is just the 12th Georgia player in program history to earn a spot on the SEC All-Defensive Team and the 31st Lady Bulldog to land on the All-SEC Second Team.
