Greenville, S.C.- No. 2 seed LSU (27-1, 15-1 SEC) proved to be an excessive amount of for No. 7 seed Georgia, 83-66, within the quarterfinals of the SEC Ladies’s Basketball Event on Friday at Bon Secours Wellness Area in Greenville, South Carolina.

The Tigers dominated on each ends of the court docket, main for over 38 minutes of the sport and inflicting UGA to commit 14 turnovers.

Alexis Morris led the Tigers’ offense with 28 factors with Flau’jae Johnson narrowly behind with 20 and a team-high of eight rebounds.

Alisha Lewis was a key issue for the Bulldogs as she recorded her first profession double-double. She led them with 14 factors and had 11 of their 17 assists.

LSU opened the sport with scorching taking pictures from behind the arc. Morris drained three to guide the cost of the Tigers’ 12-3 run.

When these two confronted off on Feb. 2, Morris did not rating within the first half, however made her presence recognized this recreation with 9 factors within the first quarter.

The Bulldogs responded to the run by forcing turnovers and attacked the paint to get their offense flowing, ending the quarter, 28-18. LSU’s 28 factors had been its most within the first quarter in opposition to an SEC opponent this season.

Lewis helped Georgia regain momentum to start out the second begin occurring a 10-4 run, 32-28, dispensing two assists and flattening a triple.

On the 4:23 mark, there was a 40-minute delay as a consequence of extreme climate within the space with LSU main 42-32.

After re-warming up, each groups struggled to seek out their rhythm as solely a complete of seven factors had been scored earlier than heading into halftime, LSU with a 46-35 benefit.

Johnson, SEC Freshman of the Yr, induced the Bulldogs an issue by means of the primary half as she scored 11 factors, taking pictures 3-for-3 from distance.

The Bulldogs didn’t lack bench manufacturing as they outscored LSU’s bench 24-0 within the first half.

Each groups’ offensive lulls continued into the third quarter, however Morris continued to be environment friendly offensively, scoring 11 factors within the quarter. Johnson ended the third with a bang for the Tigers as she drilled a three-pointer with the clock winding down, 73-49.

LSU matched its program document of 11 threes in a SEC Event recreation, it was beforehand carried out vs. Florida in 1995.

Morris matched her career-high of 5 three-pointers and was simply three factors shy of matching her career-high.

Lewis grew to become the primary Georgia participant to document back-to-back 10-assist video games previously 20 seasons.

Up Subsequent
LSU will face the winner of Sport 10 between 3-seed Tennessee and 14-seed Kentucky within the semifinals of the SEC Ladies’s Basketball Event on Saturday, 25 minutes after the conclusion of the Ole Miss-South Carolina recreation.

Georgia (21-10, 9-7 SEC) is eradicated from the match.