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LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL MILESTONES Two-time NCAA Runner-up (’85, ’96) GAME Five NCAA Final Fours (’83, ’85, ’95, ’96, ’99) 29 NCAA Tournament bids (No. 2 nationally) Seven SEC Championships (’83, ’84, ’86, ’91, ’96, ’97, ’00) Four SEC Tournament Championships (’83, ’84, ’86, ’01) 480 weeks in the AP poll (No. 2 nationally) 33 consecutive winning seasons (No. 4 nationally) 13 WNBA Draft picks in the last 12 years (8 first-rounders) SID Contact: Mike Mobley ([email protected] • 706-650-7486) 1 2012-13 SCHEDULE THE BASICS Overall: 0-0 ◊ SEC: 0-0 Home: 0-0 ◊ Road: 0-0 ◊ Neutral: 0-0 THE MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT (TV) SCORE/TIP GEORGIA LADY BULLDOGS RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS 11/11 Rutgers 2:00 Record: 0-0 Record: 0-0 11/14 Presbyterian 7:00 Rankings: No. 10 AP, Rankings: NR AP, 11/16 S.C. State 7:00 11/18 Belmont 2:00 No. 11 USA Today/ESPN NR USA Today/ESPN 11/20 Savannah State 7:00 Coach: Andy Landers Rankings: C. Vivian Stringer 11/23 & vs. Saint Bonaventure 5:30 795-268 (.749) 34th at UGA 365-183 (.666) 18th at RU 11/24 & vs. New Mexico/North Texas TBD Date: Sunday, November 11 877-289 (.752) 37th overall 885-318 (.735) 42nd overall 11/28 Furman 7:00 12/2 at Georgia Tech (CSS) 2:00 Tipoff: 2:00 p.m. ET 12/4 Mercer 7:00 MOST RECENT STARTERS 12/16 Lipscomb (CSS) 2:00 Location: Athens, Ga. No. Name PPG RPG No. Name PPG RPG 12/19 at TCU (FOXSW) 8:00 Arena: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) 10 Jasmine James 10.6 4.7 G 3 Erica Wheeler 8.0 2.8 12/28 at Illinois 8:00 (5-9; Sr.; Memphis, Tenn.) (5-7; Sr.; Miami, Fla.) 1/3 * Missouri 7:00 Video: Will air live on the premium 1/6 * at Tennessee (SPSO) 1:00 portion of georgiadogs.com 1 Khaalidah Miller 12.4 4.2 G 15 Syessence Davis 1.9 1.6 1/10 * at Alabama (CSS) 9:00 Radio: (5-9; Jr.; Atlanta, Ga.) (5-7; Soph.; Neptune, N.J.) 1/13 * South Carolina (CSS) 1:00 Georgia Bulldog Radio Network 1/17 * at Arkansas 8:00 (AM 960 The Ref in Athens and 20 Shacobia Barbee 15.1 9.6 G 44 Betnijah Laney 6.1 3.9 1/20 * Texas A&M (ESPN2) 5:00 103.7 FM from Gainesville) (5-10; Fr.; Murfreesboro, Tenn.) (6-0; Soph.; Clayton, Del.) 1/27 * Florida (CSS) 1:00 Jeff Dantzler – play-by-play 1/31 * Alabama 7:00 3 Anne Marie Armstrong 11.5 6.2 F 52 Chelsey Lee 8.5 7.5 2/3 * at Kentucky (SECN) 2:00 (6-3; Sr.; Norcross, Ga.) (6-2; RSr.; Miami, Fla.) 2/7 * Auburn 7:00 STARTING FIVE OR 2/10 * at LSU (ESPNU) 1:30 Georgia is 8-3 all-time against Rutgers, 2/17 * at Florida (CSS) 1:00 including a 3-0 mark in Athens 13 Merritt Hempe 23.7 9.9 2/21 * Arkansas (SPSO) 7:00 (6-2; Fr.; Fredericksburg, Va.) 2/24 * at Ole Miss (CSS) 2:00 Georgia is 30-9 in season openers, 2/28 * at Mississippi State 8:00 including 28-5 under Andy Landers 12 Jasmine Hassell 13.0 5.7 F 34 Monique Oliver 11.8 7.4 3/3 * Vanderbilt (ESPNU) 1:30 (6-2; Sr.; Lebanon, Tenn.) (6-2; Sr.; Las Vegas, Nev.) 3/6-10 SEC Tourney (Duluth, Ga.) The Lady Bulldogs have won 10 of their last 11 openers, losing only to & - UNM T’giving Tournament (Albuquerque) defending national champion Baylor *-Denotes SEC game ◊ All times EASTERN RETURNING LETTERWINNERS in 2005-06 31 Erika Ford 5.5 3.4 G 4 Briyona Canty 2.9 3.4 Georgia’s Andy Landers and Rutgers’ C. (5-9; Soph.; Alpharetta, Ga.) (5-9; Soph.; Willingboro, N.J.) Vivian Stringer have 1762 combined wins as head coaches 23 Tamika Willis 3.5 3.2 F • G 24 Shakena Richardson 2.0 0.8 (6-2; Sr.; College Park, Ga.) (5-4; Soph.; Neptune, N.J.) Shacobia Barbee is slated to be the 70th freshman to start in Andy Landers’ 34 4 Danielle Bennett 1.7 0.9 G • F 20 Christa Evans 0.8 1.6 www.facebook.com/UGAWomensBasketball seasons at UGA, and the 22nd to do (5-10; Sr.; Springfield, Mo.) (6-3; Soph.; Jackson, N.J.) @UGACoachLanders so in her collegiate debut PAGE 2 • LADy BuLLDoGS vS. RuTGeRS GAMe NoTeS TALE OF THE (STAT) TAPE Georgia hosts Rutgers in opener Opening with some Madness The Georgia Lady Bulldogs, a team Sunday’s matchup between Georgia KEEPING AN EYE ON... Statistic UGA RU with significant goals and expectations, and Rutgers pits a pair of NCAA Tourna- Entering the Rutgers game: Points Per Game 68.5 60.9 christen their 2012-13 schedule on Sun- ment regulars. Opp. Point Per Game 58.0 55.4 day at 2 p.m. by hosting Rutgers in a The Lady Bulldogs have appeared in Andy Landers is... Scoring Margin +10.5 +5.5 • 5 wins shy of his 800th victory at UGA matchup of traditional national powers. 29 of 31 editions of “March Madness” • 23 wins shy of his 900th career victory Field Goal Pct. .427 .408 The first 2,000 fans will receive t-shirts since women’s basketball came under Opp. Field Goal Pct. .387 .350 commemorating the 50th year of Geor- the guidance of the NCAA with the Jasmine James is... 3-Point Pct. 319 .286 gia’s historic Stegeman Coliseum. 1981-82 season. • 14 points from No. 30 Megan Darrah 3-Pointers Per Game 4.7 3.2 Georgia ranks No. among UGA’s career leaders Opp. 3-Point Pct. .295 .296 Georgia, which was No. 10 and No. 2 nationally in NCAA bids and has 11 in the preseason AP and USA Today/ earned NCAA invitations in each of Khaalidah Miller is... Free Throw Pct. .653 .682 • 11 3FGs from co-No. 10s Coco Miller Rebounds Per Game 38.9 38.0 ESPN polls, respectively, returns a the past 18 seasons. and Pam Irwin-Osbolt among UGA’s Opp. Rebound Per Game 36.2 36.1 quartet of starters who averaged double Rutgers has 23 NCAA Tournament career leaders Rebound Margin +2.6 +1.9 digits last season when UGA finished bids on its postseason résumé, includ- Jasmine Hassell is... Assists Per Game 12.6 12.8 22-9 and ranked No. 20. Three of those ing 14 during C. Vivian Stringer’s 17 Turnovers Per Game 14.9 16.4 • 60 points shy of becoming UGA’s 33rd – Anne Marie Armstrong, Jasmine Has- seasons with the Scarlet Knights. 1,000-point career scorer Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 0.8 0.8 sell and Jasmine James – were named Steals Per Game 10.8 9.0 Anne Marie Armstrong is... preseason All-SEC by league coaches. Series history vs. Rutgers Blocks Per Game 2.2 4.1 • 18 blocks from No. 10 Wanda Holloway Rutgers has three returning starters Georgia sports an 8-3 lead in its all- among UGA’s career leaders * – stats from 2011-12 season. on its roster. Monique Oliver and Erica time series with Rutgers, including a Wheeler helped the Scarlet Knights 3-0 mark at Stegeman Coliseum. compile a 22-10 record a year ago. In Most recently, Georgia staged a late A complete box score from those UPCOMING PROMOTIONS: addition, Chelsey Lee, Rutgers’ leading 17-2 run to overcome a 12-point deficit games – as well as game-by-game Nov. 14 vs. Presbyterian rebounder in 2009-10 and 2010-11 who with 7:15 to play en route to a 49-48 results in the series – can be found on • Schedule magnets to first 1000 fans missed last season due to injury, also is victory on Nov. 22, 2009, during the Page 3 of these Game Notes. back in action. freshman year of current seniors. Those Lady Bulldogs went on to establish the best start in program his- tory by reeling off 16 straight wins into 2012-13 LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL ROSTER mid-January. NO. NAME POS. Ht. Cl. HOMETOWN NOTEWORTHY... Lady Bulldogs solid in openers 1 Khaalidah Miller G 5-9 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Accounted for 49.0 percent 3-pointers in 2011-12 The Lady Bulldogs are looking to con- tinue their stellar run in season open- 2 Ebony Jones F 6-2 Sr. Cedar Hill, Texas Missed all but 1 game in 2011-12 due to injuiries ers...and even more impressive mark in 3 Anne Marie Armstrong G/F 6-3 Sr. Norcross, Ga. Preseason 1st-team All-SEC by media, coaches initial outings at Stegeman Coliseum. 4 Danielle Bennett G 5-10 Sr. Springfield, Mo. More than two-thirds of FGAs in 2011-12 were 3s Georgia has christened 10 of the past 11 seasons with a victory, losing 10 Jasmine James G 5-9 Sr. Memphis, Tenn. Starter for 88 of 91 games played at UGA only to defending national champion 11 Tiaria Griffin G 5-7 Fr. Monticello, Miss. HS scoring machine who has impressed with D Baylor in the 2005-06 opener. 12 Jasmine Hassell F 6-2 Sr. Lebanon, Tenn. Preseason 1st-team All-SEC by coaches The Lady Bulldogs are 28-5 in openers during Andy Landers’ ten- 15 Merritt Hempe F 6-2 Fr. Fredericksburg, Va. Could get starting nod at ‘4’ in season opener ure, with four of those setbacks coming 20 Shacobia Barbee G/F 5-10 Fr.