Lady Dogs in action at Ole Miss

The UGA women’s basketball team continues its road swing tonight in Oxford with a 7:30 tip against the Ole Miss Rebels.

From Tray Littlefield, UGA Sports Communications...

Game Information

Georgia (11-14, 2-10 SEC) at Ole Miss (18-7, 8-4 SEC)

Thursday, Feb. 22 || 7:30 p.m. ET ||  The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss  || SECN+

TV: ABC (Jake Hromada and Lindsay King)

Listen: Jeff Dantzler (GeorgiaDogs.com, 960 AM The Ref or 103.7 FM)

Opening Tip

» Georgia is back on the road to face the Ole Miss Rebels at 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT this Thursday in Oxford. The matchup is slated to air on SEC Network +.

» The Lady Bulldogs are coming off a back-and-forth battle with No. 1 South Carolina. Georgia led, 35-28, at halftime, marking the Gamecocks’ largest halftime deficit this season.

» Fifth-year senior forward Javyn Nicholson has established herself as one of the top post players in the SEC. She is tied for second in the conference with 14 double-doubles and is coming off a 27-point, 12-rebound effort against South Carolina. The 27 points are the third-most an SEC opponent has scored against the Gamecocks this season.

» Georgia has won six of the last eight meetings against Ole Miss, but has lost two-straight in the series. The Lady Bulldogs own a 38-15 all-time record against Ole Miss dating back to 1980.

» Fifth-year senior guard Taniyah Thompson has seen increased minutes since the season-ending injury to Zoesha Smith. Thompson was averaging 12.1 minutes per game before the injury and has increased that to 26.7 since the injury.

» Junior guard De’Mauri Flournoy has scored in double figures in seven of the last eight games.

» Redshirt-freshman Savannah Henderson is coming off her best game of the year. She hit 3-of-4 from 3-point range and scored a career-high nine points against the No. 1 Gamecocks.

» Georgia is in its second season under the leadership of Coach ABE. ABE’s successful first year included a NCAA tournament appearance, 22 wins, and a fifth-place finish in the final SEC standings.

» The Lady Bulldogs were the only SEC squad to not have a single player enter the transfer portal this past offseason.

»  Coach ABE’s teams have won 20 or more games in 11-straight seasons, while her 12 NCAA tournament appearances rank third among active SEC coaches, only behind Kim Mulkey (LSU) and Dawn Staley (South Carolina).

Season Notebook

Nicholson Shines Against No. 1

Javyn Nicholson played her best basketball on the biggest stage during Sunday’s game at No. 1 South Carolina. She scored a career-high 27 points, which was the third-best total by an SEC player against the Gamecocks this season. She is one of just seven players to score 25-plus points against South Carolina this year.

Fantastic February

Coach ABE’s teams have had remarkable success in the month of February over the last four seasons (two at UCF and two at Georgia). Her squads boast an impressive 23-8 record in February, including last season’s 5-2 mark.

Four Top-100 Signees the Most Since 2017; All Four Nominees for McDonald’s All-America Team

Georgia has already signed four top-100 players in the 2024 class. Indya and Summer Davis — twin sisters from Farmington Hills, Michigan — along with Mia Woolfolk (Midlothian, Virginia) and Trinity Turner (Orlando, Fla.) signed with the Lady Bulldogs earlier this year. All four players are four star prospects and ranked in the top-100 nationally, marking the first time since 2017 the program has signed four top-100 players.

It was announced earlier this year that each of the four signees were named nominees for the prestigious McDonald’s All-America Team.

Henderson Returns

Georgia redshirt freshman Savannah Henderson made her first appearance of the season during the team’s outing against Wofford on Dec. 30. Henderson suffered a season-ending injury last year at the beginning of what was a promising start to her freshman year. She has now played in 10 games and is coming off a career-best nine-point effort at No. 1 South Carolina.

400 Wins

Georgia head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson reached the 400-win mark of her career earlier this year. She is one of five active SEC coaches to record 400 or more wins.

Year Two with Coach ABE

Georgia is in its second season under the leadership of head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson. Coach ABE led the Lady Bulldogs to 22 wins – the most for the program in five years – and a NCAA tournament win against Florida State, marking Georgia’s first NCAA tourney victory against a Power 5 opponent in 10 seasons. In addition, Georgia went 5-0 against rivals Florida, Auburn and Georgia Tech.

The Lady Bulldogs won seven of their last nine SEC games last year, with the only losses coming to top-5 teams South Carolina and LSU on the road.

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