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Lady Dogs set record in win over Morris Brown

Posted 6:41AM on Tuesday 8th January 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ATHENS - Kara Braxton scored 20 points as No. 15 Georgia held Morris Brown to an NCAA-record low seven first-half points in a 105-36 rout Monday night.

The previous record for fewest points in a half was eight, by Liberty against Radford Jan. 27, 2001, and by Prairie View against LSU Dec. 22, 2001. Georgia jumped out to a 31-2 lead and was ahead 59-7 at halftime.

``I had some games like this in high school,'' said Braxton, who was 8-of-9 from the field. Her only missed shot was a dunk attempt on a breakaway late in the first half.

``I slowed down in the paint,'' she said. ``You will get a dunk. Don't you worry about it.''

Tawana Thomas scored 12 points for Morris Brown (2-10), which is in its first Division I-A season and is coached by Saudia Roundtree, national player of the year at Georgia in 1996.

``It is a good learning experience each time we can play a Division I team like Georgia,'' Roundtree said. ``The odds were against us, but the kids played hard.''

Jessica Pierce and Tameiko Washington scored 12 apiece for the Lady Bulldogs (12-1). The win was the 53rd straight for Georgia against in-state rivals, dating to a loss to Georgia State in 1982.

``I thought we played as hard at the end of the game as we did at the beginning,'' Georgia coach Andy Landers said.

Georgia scored the first eight points before a basket by Morris Brown's Tawana Thomas with 16:37 to play. Thomas scored Georgia's next points - 10 minutes and 23 Georgia points later. She also had the Lady Wolverines' third and last basket of the half with less than a minute to play, following another 24 straight Georgia points.

In the second half, Georgia led 97-19 after Katie Frye's bucket with 5:15 to play.

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