Game Information

GEORGIA (0-0) VS. ALABAMA STATE (0-0)
Monday, Nov. 3 || 5 p.m.
Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) || Athens, Ga.
SEC Network + (Matt Stewart, Nyah Leveretter)
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SERIES VS. ALABAMA STATE

OVERALL: Georgia leads, 4-0

IN ATHENS: Georgia leads, 4-0

AT ALABAMA STATE: Never Met

NEUTRAL: Never Met

Opening Tip Storylines

Georgia welcomes the Alabama State Hornets Monday evening for a 5 p.m. tip inside Stegeman Coliseum. The season opener is part of a doubleheader with the men’s basketball team, which hosts Bellarmine at 7:30 p.m.

» The Lady Bulldogs raise the curtain on their 53rd season with a 1,086-508 (.681) overall record. That win total ranks second in the SEC (behind Tennessee) and 19th nationally among all DI women’s basketball programs.

» Georgia owns a 43-9 mark in season-opening games and has won 19-straight lid-lifters dating back to the 2005-06 season (L, 84-72 to No. 6 Baylor). The Lady Bulldogs are 30-2 in season-opening home contests.

» This marks the fourth season under the direction of head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson. Coach ABE ranks seventh among active SEC head coaches with 419 career wins in 21 seasons.

» Georgia owns a 4-0 all-time record against Alabama State. The two teams last met in the second game of the 2022-23 season — Coach ABE’s first year with the program. The Lady Bulldogs won that game 77-47 and went on to record 22 wins en route to the NCAA tournament.

» This year’s Georgia’s roster is made up of four returners, including 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team selections Trinity Turner and Mia Woolfolk. The Lady Bulldogs also added five players as part of a transfer portal class that was ranked as high as No. 5 nationally and three freshmen that made up a top-20 class.

» Georgia added much needed scoring depth to this year’s roster. Three Lady Bulldogs led their respective teams in scoring last year (Turner with 12.2 ppg at Georgia; Theuerkauf with 12.0 ppg at Wake Forest and Gonzalez with 16.9 ppg at Miami Ohio).

» Six current Georgia players averaged double figures in scoring last season compared to just three double-figure scorers on last year’s Lady Bulldogs roster.

» Georgia welcomes back All-SEC guard Diamond Battles, who now serves as a graduate assistant. Battles was one of just three SEC players to rank in the top-15 in scoring, assists and steals during the 2022-23 season.

TEAM COMPARISON

 

LADY BULLDOGS Ranking: NR Head Coach: Coach ABE Career Record: 419-206 (21st season) Record at Georgia: 47-49 (4th season)		HORNETS Ranking: NR Head Coach: Johnetta Hayes Career Record: 197-174 (14th season) Record at ASU: 0-0 (1st season)

	TEAM COMPARISON
63.8	POINTS PER GAME	49.0
40.5	FG%	31.3
31.0	3FG%	35.7
68.6	FT%	70.1
36.7	REBOUNDS PER GAME	35.7
11.4	ASSISTS PER GAME	8.5
2.1	BLOCKS PER GAME	2.7
8.3	STEALS PER GAME	7.3
68.2	SCORING DEFENSE	70.5
41.7	FG% DEFENSE	39.8
32.7	3FG% DEFENSE	32.6
+1.3	REBOUND MARGIN	-4.1
0.7	AST – TO RATIO	1.0

Year 4 for Coach ABE

Coach ABE is entering her 21st season overall as head coach and fourth year at Georgia. She has led her teams to a remarkable 16 conference titles and 12 NCAA tournament bids in stops at Missouri State, Albany, UCF and Georgia. Overall, Coach ABE’s teams have compiled a 419-206 record.

Transfer, Freshmen Classes Rank Among Nation’s Best

Georgia signed impressive transfer portal and freshman classes in 2025. UGA’s transfer portal class was ranked as high as No. 5 nationally (247sports.com) and the freshman class was ranked No. 18 nationally (by ESPN). The Lady Bulldogs are one of three SEC teams, joining Tennessee and LSU, to rank in the top-5 in the transfer portal and top-20 in freshman class rankings.

The Lady Bulldogs’ five transfers include Dani Carnegie (Georgia Tech), Enjulina Gonzalez (Miami Ohio), Rylie Theuerkauf (Wake Forest), Aicha Ndour (Wichita State) and Vera Ojenuwa (Arkansas). This year’s freshman class includes Jocelyn Faison (Atlanta).

Turner, Wollfolk Return to Athens

Georgia was the only conference team to have two SEC All-Freshman Team selections (Mia Woolfolk and Trinity Turner) last season, and both return this year. With 12.2 ppg, Turner was the first Georgia freshman to finish as the team’s leading scorer in a season since 2004 SEC and National Freshman of the Year Tasha Humphrey. Woolfolk finished the 2025 regular season on a tear, scoring in double figures in all three games, including a 20-point effort in the win at No. 11 Tennessee.

Scoring Options All Around

Among Georgia’s nine players with college experience (including returners and transfers), five averaged double-figure scoring margins last year. Gonzalez (16.9 ppg at Miami Ohio) leads all returning scorers, including Carnegie (12.9 ppg at Georgia Tech), Theuerkauf (12.0 ppg at Wake Forest), Turner (12.2 ppg at Georgia) and Woolfolk (11.0 ppg at Georgia).

This year’s roster features three players who led their team’s in scoring last year. Turner was Georgia’s leading scorer, Gonazlez paced Miami (Ohio) and Theuerkauf led all scorers at Wake Forest.

Highly-Ranked “Portal Get” Carnegie Joins Lady Bulldogs

Among five portal additions is 2025 ACC Sixth Woman of the Year and five-time ACC Rookie of the Week Dani Carnegie from Georgia Tech. Ranked No. 10 overall on ESPN’s list for top transfer for 2025-26, Carnegie led her team in 3-pointers made and was seventh in the ACC with 66 total 3-pointers last year. Carnegie moved to the state of Georgia at age 12 from New York and finished her prep career at Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga.

Help in the Post

The Lady Bulldogs inked Arkansas’ leading rebounder in Vera Ojenuwa, who averaged 6.2 board per game last season. Georgia also added 6-foot-6 center Aicha Ndour from Wichita State.

Theuerkauf A Top Target

Georgia signed Wake Forest’s leading scorer Rylie Theuerkauf in this year’s transfer portal class. The incoming junior and native of Tenafly, N.J., led the Demon Deacons with 12 ppg, improving her scoring by 8 ppg compared to her freshman campaign. She finished last season by hitting double figures in scoring in 11 of her final 12 games.

Georgia Family

Coach ABE preaches family and culture, and it shows in the longevity of her staff. Associate Head Coach Tahnee Balerio and assistants Isoken Uzamere, Nykesha Sales and Ebone Henry-Harris have been with Coach ABE a combined 43 seasons!

A Winning Tradition

Georgia women’s basketball stands among the most elite programs in the SEC and the country. The Lady Bulldogs rank second in SEC history and 19th nationally with 1,086 all-time wins – one of just six league teams to reach the 1,000-victory mark (Tennessee, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina, Auburn and Texas). Georgia is tied for second in total conference victories (344) and third, behind Tennessee and South Carolina, with seven league championships.

’95, ’96 Teams Celebrate 30 Year Anniversary

This year marks the 30-year anniversary of two of the greatest teams in Georgia history across all sports.

The Lady Bulldogs went on a remarkable run during the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. Both squads reached the Final Four, with the Lady Bulldogs finishing national runner-up in 1996.

La’Keshia Frett, Tracy Henderson, Saudia Roundtree, Kedra Holland and Tiffany Walker guided the 1994-95 team to a 28-5 overall record en route to the Final Four. A year later, the 1996 squad became the first team in the program’s storied history to win the SEC regular season title and earn a trip to the Final Four.

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