Georgia – 84, Southern Mississippi – 55. Southern Miss learned a valuable lesson tonight: Be careful who you invite into your house. This one was never really close as Georgia went on door-slamming runs whenever the Golden Eagles even remotely threatened to make a game of it. Leading the way for the Lady Dawgs, once again, was the sensational backcourt combination of J.J. (24 points) and tournament MVP Ashley (17 points and 6 steals). Anne Marie (who, as we learned during tonight’s radio broadcast, is referred to by her coach as “Annie Mae”) continued her run of stellar play with 14 points and Porsha (10 points) rounded out a quartet of double-digit scorers for Georgia.

The dominant back-to-back performances by J.J. and Ash this weekend landed both Georgia guards on the Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team (with, as mentioned earlier, Ash being named the tournament’s overall Most Valuable Player). With no more games to be played before the national polls are released early next week, it’ll be interesting to see what kind of “bump” (if any) in the rankings Georgia earns after a week with three blowout victories.

The Lady Dawgs will be back in action this Tuesday night against UAB at the Coliseum. We’ll have a preview of UGA/UAB and game links posted here sometime during the day on Monday.

Click here for the official UGA/Southern Miss recap and a link to the stats and box score.