Dec. 4, 2005
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) – Megan Darrah and Sherill Baker each scored 16 points to lead No. 17 Georgia to a 72-66 win over previously unbeaten Georgia Tech Sunday.
Georgia Tech (5-1) led 53-51 with eight minutes to play, but Janese Hardrick, who scored 14 off the bench, sparked a 14-2 run by the Lady Dogs (5-2) to build a 65-55 lead at 3:44 after a layup by Hardrick.
Georgia hit five of eight free throws in the last 42 seconds to hold off Tech.
The state rivals played in Athens for the first time since 1989.
Janie Mitchell, whose mother played at Georgia in the early 1980s, led Tech with 18 points. Jill Ingram hit four 3-pointers in scoring 15 points, and Chioma Nnamaka added 14 points.
Georgia got 14 points from Tasha Humphrey in improving its all-time record against Tech to 26-2. Tech had won two of the last three, including last year in Atlanta.
The teams swapped the lead seven times and were tied eight times in the first half. Georgia led 30-28 at the break.
Georgia pulled away early in the second half to lead by eight points at 40-32 when Darrah made an acrobatic layup on the break, followed by a free throw.
Ingram hit four 3-pointers in a four-minute stretch as Tech rallied to lead 51-48 midway through the second half.
Humphrey sparked Georgia’s 14-2 run with a 3-pointer.
