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Georgia head coach Joni Taylor speaks with the team during the Lady Bulldogs’ game with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga., on Sunday, November 22, 2015. (Photo by Sean Taylor)
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — The Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team will face host-school California State University Northridge in the title game of the 2015 Radisson Chatsworth Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:40 p.m. PT at The Matadome.
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The Lady Bulldogs defeated BYU, 66-58, in the first game on Friday to advance to the finals, while CSUN took down Penn State, 81-73, to advance to Saturday’s title game. The contest will be the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
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Game Information
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Georgia (4-1) vs. California State University Northridge (1-4)
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Opening Tip — Five Things To Know
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– Georgia is going for its fourth-straight win of the season when it plays CSUN on Saturday.
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– The Lady Bulldogs have held each opponent to under 40 percent shooting this season. In the last two games, Georgia held Georgia Southern to just 28 points and a 26 percent shooting performance, while BYU hit 39 percent of its shots and had 20 turnovers against the Lady Bulldogs.
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– Senior guard Tiaria Griffin tied a career high with 23 points in Friday’s game against BYU. It marked the third game (out of five) this season she has scored 20-plus points. She has now hit the 20-point mark nine times in her career.
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– Part of the Lady Bulldogs’ success against BYU on Friday came at the free-throw line. After struggling at the FT line in the first few games this season, Georgia bounced back, hitting 15-of-20 (including a 9-of-10 mark in the first half) against BYU.
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– Senior forward Merritt Hempe leads the team in scoring, averaging 15.6 points per game to go along with 8.6 rebounds per contest. Each of the top three scorers on Georgia’s roster are seniors with Griffin’s 15.2 ppg and Shacobia Barbee’s 12.4 ppg.
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Series Information
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Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between Georgia and Cal State Northridge.
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Last Time Out
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– Senior guard Tiaria Griffin tied a career high with 23 points, while fellow senior Shacobia Barbee scored 13 fourth quarter points to lead the Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team past BYU, 66-58, Friday night in the opening game of the Radisson Chatsworth Thanksgiving Classic. Georgia forced 20 BYU turnovers, while the Lady Bulldogs turned the ball over just nine times. In all, four Lady Bulldogs scored in double figures with Merritt Hempe’s 13 and Mackenzie Engram’s 11 points.
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Scouting The Opponent
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– CSUN entered the Radisson Chatsworth Thanksgiving Classic with an 0-4 record, but picked up an impressive 81-73 win against Big Ten foe Penn State on Friday. Coached by UCLA alum Jason Flowers, the Matadors hit 12 3-pointers and shot 75 percent from behind the arc against Penn State on Friday. Serafina Maulupe led CSUN with 19 points, while teammate Claudia Ramos scored 18 points and hit 4-for-4 from 3-point against the Nittany Lions.
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For more information on the Georgia Lady Bulldogs, follow the team on Twitter @UGA_WBB.
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