Lady Dogs route Furman as Coach Abe picks up career win No. 400

Three players scoring in double figures boosted the University of Georgia women’s basketball team past the Furman Paladins, 85-55, on Sunday afternoon before 2,944 spectators at Stegeman Coliseum.

This win marks head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson’s 400th career win. In 19 years as head coach, her teams have won 16 conference championships, made 12 trips to the NCAA tournament and boasted 11-straight 20-win seasons.

Furman (5-4) grabbed an early lead with a triple before three points from Asia Avinger sparked a nine-point run for Georgia (6-2) to lead 9-3. Both teams traded points throughout the duration of the period as Stefanie Ingram sank one from behind the arc to give the Lady Bulldogs a 24-14 lead heading into the second quarter.

An 8-2 run for Georgia opened the second period. The Lady Bulldogs spread out scoring across the floor as Ingram had four points in the frame to set a new career high. Georgia held an 11-point advantage going into the locker room at the half.

Georgia used a 10-2 scoring run to increase its lead to 16, 47-31, at the start of the second half. The Paladins put eight-straight points on the board with just over three minutes remaining in the period. The Lady Bulldogs responded with 11 unanswered points, highlighted by a pair of Chloe Chapman triples, to build a 19-point lead, 61-44, going into the final quarter.

Georgia attacked the paint in the fourth quarter, scoring 20 of its 24 points down low. The Lady Bulldogs continued to extend their lead, creating a 22-point advantage, 69-47, at the hallway mark. Georgia continued to build on its lead, using seven layups to conclude the game ahead 30 points, 85-55.

Storylines from Today’s Game

• Coach ABE won her 400th career game.
• Georgia built a 30-point lead in the fourth quarter, the largest for the Lady Bulldogs this season
• The Lady Bulldogs scored 33 points in the paint, marking the seventh time in eight games Georgia has recorded double figures down low.
• Georgia’s five blocks is the second most recorded by the Lady Bulldogs this season
• The Lady Bulldogs tallied 26 assists, the most since Georgia recorded 28 against South Alabama on 12/21/2021
• Georgia had a season-high 50 points in the paint
• The Lady Bulldogs tied their season high in scoring with 85 points for the second time this season

Career Highs/Player Superlatives

• Chloe Chapman recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and assists
• Stefanie Ingram scored a career-high nine points
• Zoesha Smith paced the Lady Bulldogs in scoring, tying her season high with 18 points, and set a career high five assists
• Javyn Nicholson tallied 17 points, marking her eighth double-figure scoring effort of the season and the 32nd of her career
• Taniyah Thompson set a season high with three assists, just one shy of her career high
• Jordan Cole and Destiny Thomas both tied their season highs in blocks with two apiece

Quote of the Day

“I think about when I was at Missouri State, which was my first year as a head coach, we won 60 games there,” Coach ABE said. “Then I went to Albany, then I go to UCF. I just think of all the players and my staff members that have been with me the whole time. It’s not me. It’s all my players. I’ve had some amazing players that I’m still in touch with that played for me at Missouri State, at Albany and at UCF. I’ve been blessed to have a great group of young women playing for me and a great staff that stayed with me. It’s a combination of everything.”

What’s Next

• Georgia will return to Stegeman Coliseum on Wednesday to host Troy at 11 a.m.

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