There were three significant games Tuesday night involving teams on Georgia’s schedule.

Remember the unranked Arizona State team that came into Athens a few weeks ago and handed the Lady Dogs a 67-57 loss? The Sun Devils struck again Tuesday night defeating #8 Connecticut 61-50 in Tempe.

#10 Tennessee got a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give #2 Stanford its first loss of the season.

In a nice win for the conference, Arkansas knocked off #24 Oregon 65-62. Arkansas, Georgia’s next opponent, is now 9-1 on the season.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - Freshman Tasha Humphrey had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead 15th-ranked Georgia to a 79-62 victory Tuesday night over Marist.

Cori Chambers tied her career high with 20 points and was 8-for-9 from the field. The Lady Bulldogs (9-3) shot 62.5 percent, going 30-for-48. Kristin Keller led the Marist (3-4) with 20 points and eight rebounds.

After Georgia took a 30-18 lead with 6:38 remaining in the first half, Marist went on a 15-2 run and took a 33-32 lead. But Alexis Kendricks scored as time expired to give Georgia a one-point halftime lead.

Janese Hardrick scored 13 of her 15 points after halftime for the Lady Bulldogs.

A free throw by Alexis Waters cut the Georgia lead to 58-53 with 6:17 remaining. But Hardrick responded with a 3-pointer on Georgia’s next possession. The Lady Bulldogs closed the game on a 21-9 run.

Megan Vetter added a career-high 16 points, including five 3-pointers, for the Red Foxes.

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New Rochelle, N.Y. — It was a memorable afternoon for the No. 16-ranked Georgia Lady Bulldogs.

Georgia (8-3) defeated Iona (2-7), 96-52, to give Andy Landers the 700th victory of his collegiate coaching career while also supplying sophomore Cori Chambers with a successful homecoming appearance. And there were a couple of career highs to boot.

“I’ve never in my career, in 30 years of coaching, wanted to win 700 or 600 games,” Landers said. “That’s never been the objective. The objective, and this is what I ask of every one of our players, is to do things the best way they can be done. That’s what I ask of myself and that’s what I ask of our players. If there’s something I am proud of it’s that we’ve been able to do it consistently for a long time.”

Chambers, playing less than two miles from The Ursuline School where she was a consensus prep All-American, ignited a late first-half run in which Georgia scored 26 points in just over five minutes. Chambers finished with 14 points, five assists and two steals in 30 minutes of action in front of more than 200 family and friends in attendance.

“It was great to see a lot of people I don’t get to see very often and ever better to play in front of them for the first time in a long time,” Chambers said.

All told, five Lady Bulldogs reached double figures. Tasha Humphrey posted game-highs of 22 points and nine rebounds in just 14 minutes of action. Janese Hardrick chipped in 17 points, all in the second half, and added a career-high eight assists. Katie Frye scored a career-high 11 points and Sherill Baker also had 11.

The Lady Bulldogs opened the day cold from the field. Georgia connected on just 1 of its first 11 shots from behind the three-point arc against a sagging Iona zone.

Chambers then knocked down back-to-back threes from the left corner within a span on 24 seconds and the Lady Dogs rolled from there. Georgia led 31-15 with 5:05 left in the first half before Chambers’ first three but then scored 26 points during the remainder of the period.

Georgia led 47-21 at the break and opened the second half on a 30-5 surge over the first 6:40. The lead topped out at 54 points at 86-32 with 9:39 left in the contest.

Landers became just fifth other major college women’s basketball coaches to reach the 700-win plateau, joining Jody Conradt of Texas, Sue Gunter of LSU, Pat Summitt of Tennessee and Rutgers’ C. Vivian Stringer, who reached the mark just 12 days ago.

“It’s great to join such an elite list.” Landers said. “More than that, I consider all those coaches friends, which makes it that much more special.”

The Lady Bulldogs will complete their pre-Christmas slate on Tuesday night when they trek 90 minutes north of New York to face Marist at 7:00p.m. Georgia returns to Athens on Thursday, Dec. 30 to face Arkansas in its SEC opener.

Coach Andy Landers appeared on WSB-TV (Atlanta) Sunday evening to discuss the season to date and his approaching 700th career win. Click here to view a video of this appearance.

When asked if he was concerned with losing to arch-rival Georgia Tech for the second time in three years last Friday night that after the Lady Bulldogs won the first 24 meetings in the series by an average of more than 26 points per game Andy Landers had a very quick and decisive reply.

“I dont even have time to worry about that right now,” Landers said. “I’ve got a basketball team thats sick.”

Georgia returns to its home court this week with three chances to cure what ails the Lady Bulldogs, hosting PAC-10 powers Arizona State and Arizona on Tuesday and Sunday, respectively, with a matchup against Augusta State sandwiched between on Friday.

Landers believes he hs identified some of his teams most critical concerns and shortcomings at this point in the campaign.

“I think it boils down to a couple of things,” he said. “On one end of the floor, we have to play together and we have to understand that while one person makes a pass or one person sets a screen or one person takes a shot, four other people are involved in everything we do.”

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Following a 16-year hiatus, the Georgia Lady Bulldogs travel to Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta tonight to face arch-rival Georgia Tech.

The Lady Bulldogs last ventured to the Tech campus on Nov. 29, 1988, defeating the Jackets 73-58 behind a 17-point, 10-rebound effort from Tammye Jenkins. The following season, the 1989-90 campaign, was the final on-campus meeting between UGA and GT prior to tonight.

The Lady Dogs and Jackets have played eight times at neutral sites since then, including the last two as part of the Russell Athletic Shootout at Philips Arena. This season, the Shootout remains a SEC vs. ACC doubleheader; however, Georgia will face Clemson and Tech will take on Arkansas on Feb. 13 at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth.

“Playing in each other’s arena adds another level of excitement for everyone involved - the players, the coaches and the fans,” Andy Landers said. “I think this game has the potential to grow into one of the better rivalry games in the country.”

Georgia may be short-handed this evening as both Janese Hardrick and Tasha Humphrey are listed as “questionable” to play due to ankle injuries.

Hardrick sprained her left ankle early in the first half of the Georgia Southern game, while Humphrey rolled her right ankle during the second half.

“If we have players who are unable to play, it gives others an opportunity to step up and contribute in different ways,” Landers said. “I’m anxious to see what those contributions will be.”

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