No. 8 Georgia 75, Georgia Southern 71
11/21/2006 9:10 PM
By HARRY ATKINS
AP Sports Writer
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STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) -Georgia's Angel Robinson scored 13 of her 18 points in the second half and the No. 8 Lady Bulldogs held on for a 75-71 win over Georgia Southern on Tuesday night.
Georgia (4-0), which twice trailed by eight points in the first half, was down 69-68 with 2:41 left in the game. But Megan Darrah had a three-point play and a free throw down the stretch to help the Lady Bulldogs avoid the upset.
Tiffany Brown had 18 points for Georgia Southern (1-4), which has lost four straight. The Lady Eagles made 13 of 30 3-pointers.
Cori Chambers, who came in leading Georgia with 19.3 points per game, was held to 11 points by Georgia Southern's scrappy defense. Janese Marshall scored 15 points, and Rebecca Rowsey and Ashley Houts had 11 apiece for the Lady Bulldogs.
Ashley Rivens added 13 points for Georgia Southern, reserve Ashley Melson finished with 11 and Carolyn Whitney, one of two freshmen to start for the Lady Eagles, had 10.
Georgia put together a 9-0 run in the first half to take a 29-28 lead at the 5:07 mark.
But the Lady Eagles, taking advantage of turnovers and getting 3s from Jessica Geiger and Ashley Rivens, bounced back to a grab 38-35 lead at halftime.
The Lady Bulldogs have had to scrap hard to maintain their unbeaten record in the early part of the season. Houts and Hardrick each scored 18 points as the Lady Bulldogs overcame a late rally by then-No. 12 Rutgers for a 78-69 win last week. And it took 25 points from Chambers to fashion a comeback win over unranked Davidson last Sunday.
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