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Lady Bulldogs Put Up Impressive Numbers Against Spartans in 78-44 Win
November 10, 2025 | Women's Basketball
ATHENS, Ga. — Rylie Theuerkauf and Dani Carnegie shot for over 50 percent from behind the arc and scored in double figures to lead the Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball team to a 78-44 win against USC Upstate and a 3-0 start to the season. Â
Fast Facts
- Four Georgia players scored in double figures, led by 19 points from Rylie Theuerkauf and 17 from Dani Carnegie. Trinity Turner added 12 and Mia Woolfolk scored 11.
- Defensively, Georgia has held each of its first three opponents to under 20 points in the first half.
- The Lady Bulldogs capitalized on turnovers, scoring 26 points (33.33 percent) off of 27 takeaways.
- Georgia went on a 16-0 run to start off the second quarter.
- Theuerkauf and Carnegie scored all of the Lady Bulldogs' 3-pointers in tonight's game, combining to go 8-for-15, contributing to 46 percent of Georgia's point total.
Team Notes:
- Georgia has held opposing teams to under 20 points in the first half in each of the first three games this season.Â
- Georgia kept the Spartans scoreless until 4:31 minutes left in the second quarter, going on a 16-0 run.
- The Lady Bulldogs hit their final four shots in the first half.
- Georgia shot 50 percent from the field, the highest since defeating the University of Ohio on December 28, 2024.
- Georgia has had three different leading scorers in the first three games; Rylie Theuerkauf, Dani Carnegie and Mia Woolfolk.
- Only one USC Upstate player reached double figures on Monday.Â
Individual Notes:
- Dani Carnegie made back-to-back 3-point shots to start off the second quarter, finishing the night 4-for-7 from beyond the arc.Â
- Zhen Craft contributed five assists on the night.Â
- Rylie Theuerkauf had a season high in points, scoring 19 with two rebounds and two assists. Her four 3-pointers were one shy of her career high.
- Aicha Ndour scored her first field goal as a Georgia Lady Bulldog with two made field goals, paired with three rebounds.
Quotes:
Coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson
On having fewer turnovers…
"Coach [Tahnee] Balerio is our point guard coach and she wouldn't let them shoot the ball for two days. She made them pass. Honestly, that's what she did. They were getting too deep, too crowded and making bad passes so she wouldn't let them shoot. That's more of a concentration thing when you do things over and over again, it's a learning behavior. In practice if you're doing everything fast and you're not jump stopping and you're making jump passes and doing it in practice and then you come to a game, it's not going to change. Then they would drive in there and jump stop, read the defense instead of just going in there and trying to draw fouls."
 On the opposing teams drought in the second quarter…
"We talked about that. They're very, very patient. There's a lot of things in coaching that he doesn't want to shoot the ball fast. If he [Jason Williams] shoots the ball fast, then we're going down there on an offensive transition. He really runs sets, lot of sets, and they're good. He does a good job with the set and he's got them setting their screens and getting them all 25, coming off double downs and doing all kinds of tough stuff. We wanted to disrupt their sets and we really wanted to get out and pressure them. They couldn't see what was going on, on the other side and just pressure them like crazy. So, they couldn't run their sets and I think that was it. Then, backed off a little bit and then, we had a turnover, which they only scored six points in the fourth quarter… we wanted to disrupt their sets."
 On the upcoming road game…
"I think this road game is going to be big. It's going to take a lot of upperclassmen focus. Making sure that they know to keep everybody locked in and the rooming list is going to be big. We will probably put a bunch of upperclassmen with the younger kids and keep them focused and locked in. Our coaches are going to keep everybody locked in. With our scrimmage on the road, we've already had one road game, but we are focused and ready to go for that game."Â
Rylie Theuerkauf
Guard | #14 | Junior
On reducing turnovers…
"We had over 20 last week, and our goal is under 12. Even today, we did a lot better, but we could still do better. It was focusing and shooting the ball instead of just giving it up and passing it. It's really just been one of our main focuses."
On how they were able to force 27 turnovers...
"We focus on defense a lot, we love to pressure. The main goal of today was pressure. The other team loves to run sets, they're really good at running their sets, they're really good at shooting threes, so we knew we had to take that away. We wanted to just pressure the ball, get up on them, make sure they can't dribble, or really run anything."Â
Dani CarnegieÂ
Guard| #3| Sophomore
On the upcoming first road game…
"We're excited. We take one game at a time. So we're just focused on the next match, which is South Carolina State. So we're just excited to play and were going to put our scout together and focus on beating them."Â
On holding SCU to zero points until about 4 minutes…Â
"Our motto is to have single-digit quarters from them scoring, so we just have to continue to be focused and disciplined to keep them under 10 points. It's the pressure that we have and to continue to do it as a team."
What's Next
- The Georgia Lady Bulldogs will have their first road contest in Orangeburg, South Carolina on Thursday night against the South Carolina State Bulldogs. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. and the game will not be available to stream.
