Georgia Opens SEC Play at Vanderbilt

Thursday, January 2

Nashville, Tenn.

7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT

University of Georgia

Vanderbilt

January 01, 2025 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

Game Information

Georgia (8-6) vs. Vanderbilt (13-1)
Thursday, Jan. 2 || 7:30 p.m. ET
Memorial Gymnasium || Nashville

TV: SEC Network +

Radio: Listen to the Voice of the Lady Bulldogs, Jeff Dantzler, on 960 AM The Ref, ESPN 103.7 FM or the Georgia Bulldogs Sport App. The legendary voice has been calling Georgia games for 31 years.

Opening Tip

» Georgia travels to Nashville to face Vanderbilt in its 2025 Southeastern Conference lidlifter. Opening tip is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET.

» The Lady Bulldogs enter SEC play having won three of their last four games. Vanderbilt is 13-1, with its lone loss coming against Michigan State.

» Georgia freshman Miyah Verse was honored as the SEC Co-Freshman of the Week following her impressive performance against Ohio. Verse posted her first career double-double with a career-best 15 points and 11 rebounds.

» Georgia's five freshmen account for 42 percent of the team's scoring, 38 percent of its rebounding and 47 percent of the squad's steals, while two of the team's top three individual scorers are freshmen (Mia Woolfolk and Trinity Turner).

» Woolfolk has provided a needed boost for the Lady Bulldogs. After missing nine games due to injury, Woolfolk has been back in the lineup the last four games. Georgia is 3-1 in those contests and 4-1 overall when she plays.

» Georgia has won six of the last nine meetings against the Commodores but dropped both contests last season -- one in Athens and one in Nashville.

» Senior guard De'Mauri Flourney has scored in double figures in four-straight games, including a career-high 21-point effort against UNCG. Flournoy is shooting 47 percent over the last four contests.

» It was recently announced that Georgia inked the No.18-ranked recruiting class in 2025, marking the second-straight year the team has signed a top-20 class. Georgia was the only SEC team to sign four ESPN top-100 prospects in 2024 -- a class that ranked No. 16 nationally.

Woolfolk is Difference Maker

There is no doubt that freshman forward Mia Woolfolk is the difference maker for Georgia. With her in the lineup, Georgia boasts a 4-1 record, while points (66.8 to 71.5 per game) and turnovers (16.8 to just 12.5 per game) improve dramatically with her in the game. The team also averages 43 percent from 3-point range in her five games compared to just 34 percent without her.

Turner Turns in Best Performance

Freshman guard Trinity Turner is the first Georgia freshman since SEC and National Freshman of the Year Tasha Humphrey in 2004 to start her career with three-straight double figure scoring games. Turner's 28 points against Georgia Tech on Nov. 17 are the most for a Lady Bulldog rookie in a game since Gabby Connally in 2018 (37 vs. Texas A&M).

Summer Draws Five Consecutive Starts

Georgia freshman guard Summer Davis drew five starts from Dec. 1-20. She scored 11 points and dished out a pair of assists against Virginia Tech. Davis leads the team with a 43.9 percent clip from 3-point range this season.

Historical Debut

Georgia started a pair of freshmen in the season opener, marking the first time since 1997 that the Lady Bulldogs started two frehmen in a season opener (Kelly and Coco Miller). The five freshmen that played against North Carolina Central accounted for 60 of the team's 96 points.

Georgia Inks Back-to Back Top Classes

The Lady Bulldogs have signed top-20 classes in each of the last two recruiting cycles, with the No.18-ranked recruiting class in 2025 and the No. 16-ranked class in 2024. The 2025 group features Aubrey Beckham (Dacula, Georgia) -- a five-star, top-50 prospect and No. 2-ranked player in the state by ESPN. Jocelyn Faison (Atlanta) -- ranked No. 76 nationally No. 4 in Georgia by 247Sports.com. Zhen Craft (Waldorf, Maryland) and Megan Yarnevich (Ellicott City, Maryland) -- two four-star products from Maryland and Harissoum Coulibaly -- a talented guard from Paris, France.

Georgia's current freshman class ranked No. 16 nationally by ESPN.com in the final 2024 recruiting rankings. The Lady Bulldogs signed four ESPN top-100 players in a group that included guards Indya and Summer Davis (ranked No. 67 and 96, respectively), Trinity Turner (No. 74) and forward Mia Woolfolk (No. 71). Georgia's 2024 class ranked fifth best in the Southeastern Conference as the Lady Bulldogs were the only SEC program to ink four players all ranked in the ESPN top-100.

Year Three for ABE and Staff

The 2024-25 season marks head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson's third year at Georgia. Coach ABE owns a career 414-193 (.685) record over her 20 seasons overall, during which her teams have won an impressive 16 conference championships. This current Georgia staff has been with her nearly every step of the way. Associate head coach Tahnee Balerio and assistant coaches Isoken Uzamere, Nykesha Sales and Ebone Henry-Harris have combined to work with Coach ABE for a total of 42 seasons.

Double Trouble Dawgs

Indya and Summer Davis, twin sisters from Detroit, Mich., join a long line of twins to play for the Lady Bulldogs. Indya and Summer are the fourth pair to suit up for Georgia women's basketball, joining Camille and Miriam Lowe (1990-93), Kelly and Coco Miller (1998-01) and Kara and Kim Braxton (2002-04). Kelly and Coco were both named All-Americans by the WBB Journal during their careers at Georgia, while Kara Braxton earned All-America status from Full Court Press back in 2002.

Trilingual Makolo

Makolo is fluent in three languages, including English, French and Lingala (a regional language of the Congo). Makolo was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lived there until she moved to Canada at six years old.

Turner Succeeds at Highest Level

Freshman guard Trinity Turner led Dr. Phillips High School to three straight Class 7A state titles during her prep days. For her efforts, she was a three-time Florida Dairy Farmers Class 7A Player of the Year and the 2023 Orlando Sentinel Player of the Year. During the 2024 season, Turner led her team in points, rebounds, steals, blocks and assists.

First Verse for Georgia's Fifth Freshman

Arizona native Miyah Verse has seen the first action of her collegiate career after earning a redshirt last year. Verse played high school for national powerhouse Arizona Elite Prep and Mountain Ridge High School in Peoria, Ariz. The four-star prospect was ranked in ESPN's Super 60, which ranks the top 60 recruits nationally.

Verse's brother Jared is a rookie linebacker for the NFL's Los Angeles Rams. The former Florida State standout was a first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, going to the Rams with the 19th overall selection.

A Winning Tradition

Georgia women's basketball stands among the most elite programs in the SEC and the country. The Lady Bulldogs rank second in SEC history and 19th nationally with 1,080 all-time wins – one of just four league teams to reach the 1,000-victory mark (Tennessee, Georgia, LSU and South Carolina). Georgia also ranks second, only behind Tennessee, in total conference victories (344) and third, behind Tennessee and South Carolina, with seven league championships.

Dawg Nation Shows Up to Set New Mark

During Georgia's game game against LSU last year, 7,406 fans packed Stegeman Coliseum. It marked the largest crowd for a Georgia home game since 2012 (10,523 vs. Tennessee), spanning 11 seasons. It was Georgia's first crowd over 7,000 since the 2019 Elementary School Day Game against UCLA.

TV Time

Georgia has played in two of the most watched games in history during the last two years. Last season's nail-biter against Iowa in the NCAA tournament was the most watched NCAA first and second round game in women's basketball history. This season's contest against South Carolina drew the largest TV audience for a women's basketball game on ABC this year.

Full Game Notes (PDF)

For a full game notes packet the game, CLICK HERE.