ATHENS, Ga. — The Lady Bulldogs had another excellent offensive performance with a win over the Furman Paladins, 91-45, Thursday evening. Five Georgia players scored in double figures and nine total players contributed during the game. 

Fast Facts

• Georgia jumped out to a fast start, scoring 56 points in the first half. It is the highest point total in a half for a Georgia team since the year 2000.
• Dani Carnegie led Georgia with 19 points and hit five 3-pointers, one shy of her career high. She has now hit a 3-point shot in five consecutive games. Carnegie has scored in double digits 22 times throughout her career. 
• The Lady Bulldogs had five players score in double-digits, led by Carnegie (19), Trinity Turner (11) and Enjulina Gonzalez (11).
• Freshman Zhen Craft finished two rebounds shy of a double-double with 10 points and eight boards. 
• Georgia held Furman to a 23 percent shooting effort and out-rebounded the Paladins, 51-40. 

Quotes

Coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson

On takeaways from todays game…

“Well, we just try to worry about ourselves more than anything, and we really wanted to come out in first and second quarter and really put them away defensively, and I think we did that. 
I mean, they had 13 and seven, you know, and our defense is going to create our offense, and we scored 25 in the first and 31 in the second. So it really started with the defense and just locking in and figuring out their plays, because they only played one game, and we only played one game. So these early games are really hard to scout because everybody’s got about eight or 11 new players, you know what I mean? 
And so as coaches, we have to put in different kind of offenses in different types of defenses, depending on the players we have. So we just wanted to concentrate on ourselves is my point, you know, and I think we did a good job at that.”


On how the hot start bolsters confidence for future…

“You know, we as coaches just got to keep them focused, you know what I mean? 
We got to keep them focused, we gotta, continue to keep practice harder than the games, because they are. And you know, not let them let up at all. And that’s why Dani said right there, ‘just take one game at a time.’ 
And that’s kind of how you got to do it. You can’t think of what’s coming next besides our game on Monday you know? They’re gonna have a day off, they need the day off, they need the rest, they need to take care of their academics, right? 
And then we’ll come back around Saturday with the scout against the team on Monday. But, you know, they’re still young. They’re 18 and I think Joce just turned what, or Albert Beckham turned 19 today, you guys. 
So it’s just like they’re 19 year olds. They need they can’t think like we do as coaches of the future. They just need to think one day at a time.”

Dani Carnegie 

Guard| #3| Sophomore

On Georgia high scoring performance…

“We focused on playing together and going hard for the first quarter to set the tempo for the rest of the game.”

On Georgia having two games under their belt…

“Each game is a challenge, so we do it one at a time. We are not just focused on the future.”

Trinity Turner 

Guard| #0| Sophomore

On Georgia improving offense in practice…

“We want to focus on boxing out and limiting our turnover.”

On rhythm throughout the game…

“With balancing and scoring and feeding everybody. I stay in focus individually, so we are not selfish towards our teammates.”

What’s Next

• The Lady Bulldogs will be back in Stegeman Coliseum Monday night against USC Upstate. The game is available to stream on SECN+, tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m.