AUBURN, Ala. – Georgia's size and depth were too much to overcome for the Auburn women's basketball team Sunday afternoon as the Tigers fell 76-44 to the Lady Bulldogs at Auburn Arena.
The Tigers (5-5, 0-2 SEC), without leading scorer and rebounder Unique Thompson for the second straight game, were unable to get much going on offense and turned the ball over a season-high 27 times. Georgia (9-1, 1-1) converted those turnovers into 26 points and had seven players score at least eight points in the game.
"Georgia is very good at scoring quickly, especially off turnovers," Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said. "And we've got to have people shoot better. We have to be able to score. We knew (Georgia) was going to be very aggressive, especially in the half court. Their defense is really good in the half court, so we knew we had to pop to get open.
"I thought we had a lot of unforced turnovers, and it's the unforced turnovers where we have to get better. We've got to have some people to step up."
Junior Keya Patton was Auburn's only player in double figures with 12 points, going 6-of-7 at the free-throw line. Jala Jordan added nine points. Romi Levy added a career-best six steals, the most by an Auburn player this season. Alaina Rice and Honesty Scott-Grayson were the Tigers' top rebounders with four apiece.
Auburn shot 30.8 percent from the field (16-52) and hit just one 3-pointer on 11 tries. Georgia shot 50 percent on the day (31-62) and out-rebounded the Tigers 43-27.
Jenna Staiti led the Lady Bulldogs with 13 points and four blocks. Gabby Connally, Maya Caldwell, Que Morrison and Javyn Nicholson all added nine points; Nicholson was the Dawgs' top rebounder with eight.
Up next, Auburn hits the road for the second time in league play, traveling to Oxford, Miss., to take on Ole Miss on Thursday night. Game time is 6 p.m. CT at The Pavilion at Ole Miss.
