Members of the Georgia Women’s Basketball team line up for the National Anthem before the start of the Lady Bulldogs’ game against the Auburn Tigers at Stegeman Coliseum on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Athens, Ga. (Photo by David Barnes)
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Game Information:
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Georgia (17-6, 5-5 SEC) vs. Ole Miss (10-12, 2-7 SEC)
[su_spacer size=”20″]Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 | Stegeman Coliseum | 2 p.m. ET
[su_spacer size=”20″]TV: SEC Network + // Matt Stewart (pbp) and Kiesha Brown (analyst)
[su_spacer size=”20″]Radio: Georgia Bulldog Radio Network by IMG (Jeff Dantzler, PBP)
[su_spacer size=”20″]CLICK HERE FOR LIVE STATS AT GEORGIADOGS.COM
[su_spacer size=”20″]Follow the team on Twitter at: @UGA_WBB
[su_spacer size=”40″]Game Notes
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Opening Tip — Five Things To Know
[su_spacer size=”40″] 1. The Lady Bulldogs have been red hot as of late with back-to-back road wins against Vanderbilt and No. 21 Missouri, marking the first time since the 2010-11 season Georgia has won back-to-back SEC road contests in consecutive games.[su_spacer size=”20″] 2. The Lady Bulldogs currently sit in a three-way tie for fourth place in the SEC standings with Missouri and Auburn. UGA’s RPI has climbed to No. 26, with five wins against teams with an RPI of 30 or higher.
[su_spacer size=”20″] 3. Freshman Caliya Robinson has been impressive over the last three games, averaging 11.3 points to go along with 6.3 rebounds per contest, while shooting a blistering 60 percent (17-of-28) from the field. On Thursday against Missouri, Robinson recorded her second double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds against the Tigers.
[su_spacer size=”20″] 4. Georgia has defeated four ranked teams this season. It marks the first time since the 2009-10 campaign (six years) the Lady Bulldogs have defeated four ranked opponents during the regular season.
[su_spacer size=”20″] 5. Senior guard Shacobia Barbee ranks among SEC active career leaders in assists, rebounds and steals. Barbee’s 263 steals leads the league for active players, while her 798 rebounds ranks second and her 343 assists ranks third.
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A Georgia Win Would
[su_spacer size=”40″] Be Georgia’s fourth-straight win this season, which would be its longest SEC win streak since the 2012-13 season when the Lady Bulldogs defeated Florida, Alabama, Kentucky and Auburn from Jan. 27-Feb. 7.[su_spacer size=”40″] Give UGA its sixth SEC win of the year, matching last season’s SEC win total.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Give the Lady Bulldogs their sixth win in the last seven meetings with Ole Miss.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Improve Georgia’s record to 6-4 in Sunday games this season, with all four losses coming in SEC play.
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Series Information
[su_spacer size=”20″]Overall: Georgia leads, 31-12
[su_spacer size=”20″]In Athens: Georgia leads, 16-1
[su_spacer size=”20″]In Oxford: Georgia leads, 9-8
[su_spacer size=”20″]Neutral Sites: Georgia leads, 6-3
[su_spacer size=”20″]Current Streak: Ole Miss, 1-0
[su_spacer size=”20″]Last Meeting: Ole Miss won 55-52 (1/15/15) Oxford
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Scouting Ole Miss
[su_spacer size=”40″] Ole Miss enters Sunday’s game with a 10-12 record and has lost three-straight games this season. The Rebels are led by Shandricka Sessom, who leads the team in scoring and rebounding. With her 15 points against Alabama, Sessom has posted six straight games in double figures and has tallied double digits in 20 of Ole Miss 22 games this season. Sessom is averaging 16.4 points per game, which ranks her as the No. 6 scorer in the SEC.[su_spacer size=”20″]
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Last Time Out
[su_spacer size=”40″] Behind a 17-2 fourth-quarter run that was sparked by nine points from Tiaria Griffin, the Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball team pulled the upset over No. 21 Missouri by a 65-50 tally on Thursday night at Mizzou Arena.[su_spacer size=”40″] Caliya Robinson registered a double-double in the contest with 12 points and 10 rebounds, scoring timely buckets throughout the contest to lead the Lady Bulldogs to the victory. The visitors also got strong contributions from Griffin, who finished with 15 points, as well as Shacobia Barbee (14 points), and Marjorie Butler (16 points).
[su_spacer size=”40″] After trailing by four in the early running of the fourth quarter, the Lady Dogs held Mizzou without a field goal from the 7:46 mark in the fourth until only 1:01 remained in the game to wrestle the victory from their SEC foe. Georgia outscored Missouri by a 28-13 mark in the game’s final frame.
[su_spacer size=”40″] “What a great win for us tonight,” said Georgia head coach Joni Taylor. “Four people in double figures, Caliya Robinson with a double-double. I’m so proud of our kids, Marjorie Butler in particular because she’s in the gym all the time. Every day when I come in there, she’s in the gym. Sometimes she struggles to shoot the basketball but tonight they played off of her and she was smart about taking her shots and she had really big shots for us. That’s just what we talked about coming into this game. This is a great chance to win, get another win on the road against a really good Missouri team.”
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Georgia Notebook
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Fourth Quarter Rally Lifts Georgia To Road Win
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Lady Bulldogs found themselves down by four — 43-39 — with just under eight minutes to go against Missouri on Thursday. before outscoring the No. 21-ranked Tigers 22-4 over the next seven minutes. Tiaria Griffin provided the spark with back-to-back 3-pointers followed by a basket by freshman Caliya Robinson. Griffin went 3-for-4 from 3-point range and finished with 11 fourth quarter points in Thursday’s victory.[su_spacer size=”20″]
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10-year Streak Ends — Lady Bulldogs Get W In Nashville
[su_spacer size=”40″] » Georgia used a 16-0 run in the first quarter and 14 points from freshman Caliya Robinson to down Vanderbilt last Sunday in Nashville. The victory against the Commodores represented UGA’s first win at Memorial Gymnasium since 2006.[su_spacer size=”20″]
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UGA Uses Record-Breaking Performance To Down Auburn
[su_spacer size=”40″] Georgia clamped down on the defensive end to hold Auburn to its lowest point output of the season and the lowest point total by any of UGA’s SEC opponents in school history. The Lady Bulldogs held the Tigers to just 15 points over the final three quarters and held AU scoreless for just over eight minutes in the third period.[su_spacer size=”40″] The record-breaking performance for Georgia is nothing new for the Lady Bulldogs this season. Earlier in the year, UGA held Georgia Southern to just 28 points — the lowest by any opponent in the NCAA era of Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball.
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Griffin Moving Up Career 3-Point Chart
[su_spacer size=”40″] UGA senior guard Tiaria Griffin has moved up to No. 4 on Georgia’s all-time career made 3-point field goals chart with 199 treys in her career at Georgia. In third place is Khaalidah Miller (218 made 3-point baskets), who played for the Lady Bulldogs from 2010-14.[su_spacer size=”20″]
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Barbee An All-Around Player
[su_spacer size=”40″] Georgia senior guard Shacobia Barbee, who averages nearly a double-double with 12.7 ppg and 9.0 rebounds per contest, ranks in the top-5 of SEC players in several statistical categories this season, including rebounds, steals and assists. She is also the league leader in assist-to-turnover ratio with 100 assists and just 43 turnovers.[su_spacer size=”20″]
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Butler An Academic All-America Nominee
[su_spacer size=”40″] Georgia senior guard Marjorie Butler has been nominated for the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-America team for her efforts in the classroom. Butler, who has been accepted to medical school at the University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Florida and UAB, among other schools, already has a degree in exercise science and will graduate with a second degree in biology this May.[su_spacer size=”20″]
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Four Ranked Wins For The Lady Bulldogs
[su_spacer size=”40″] Georgia has won four games over ranked opponents during the regular season for the first time since 2009-10. Three of those victories have come against SEC foes — then-No. 10 Mississippi State, then-No. 20 Florida and No. 21 Missouri. All three contests in SEC play were strong defensive efforts by the Lady Bulldogs, as Georgia held each team to its respective season low in scoring and a sub-40 shooting percentage.[su_spacer size=”20″]
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UGA One Of Top Defenses Nationally
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Lady Bulldogs have held 21 of 23 opponents at 40 percent or lower shooting this season and have held seven teams to their season lows in scoring. Georgia is holding teams to just 52.0 points per game this season. The school record for lowest points per game average given up by a Georgia team is 53.9 ppg, which was set by the 2012-13 NCAA Elite Eight team.[su_spacer size=”20″]
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Strong Start One For The Records
[su_spacer size=”40″] The 12-1 start for Georgia head coach Joni Taylor ties for the third-best start by an SEC coach in his or her first season at a school since women’s basketball became an NCAA sport. Pokey Chatman (13-0, LSU in 2004-05) and Tom Collen (13-0, Arkansas in 2007-08) are the only two to have better starts through their first 13 games.[su_spacer size=”40″]
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