BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Coco Miller knew No. 4 Georgia was going
to beat LSU (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today, No. 9 AP) even before the Bulldogs took the lead for good
five minutes into the second half.
|  | | Georgia's Kelly Miller (23) reaches for a rebound in front of teammate Christi Thomas and LSU's DeTrina White. |
"We could tell they were having trouble with the zone, that it
had thrown them off their game," said Miller, who scored 20 points
in Georgia's 64-55 victory Sunday. "We made them go outside and
that really isn't their game."
Up by a point at halftime, Georgia (15-2, 3-0 Southeastern
Conference) cooled the Tigers (11-5, 2-2) with a tight zone defense
and outrebounded LSU 12-5 over the first 4½ minutes of the second
half, including 6-0 on the offensive boards.
"I told the team, we can't allow them to outdefend us,"
Georgia coach Andy Landers said. "The bottom line was we had to
defend them and have a greater effect on them than they had on
us."
LSU pulled ahead briefly but the Bulldogs tied the game at 40 on
Miller's basket with 12:24 to go. By the time she sank two free
throws 3½ minutes later, Georgia was up by 10 points at 54-44.
The Tigers fought back to 58-53 with 2:26 remaining on four free
throws by DeTrina White.
"I think when Georgia went to the zone and stayed with it we
just were not able to attack and do the things we normally can
do," LSU coach Sue Gunter said. "We started settling for the
18-footer and they were boarding them."
LSU shot 39 percent in the second half, including 4-for-16 on
3-point attempts.
"We're not a 3-point shooting team," Gunter said. "Any time
we shoot like that it's a sign of desperation."
Christi Thomas had 15 points and eight rebounds for Georgia.
Twana McDonald had 10 points and eight rebounds, and Kelly Miller
had seven assists.
Marie Ferdinand led LSU with 19 points and 11 rebounds, the only
Tiger in double figures.
LSU went up by eight points in the first half before Georgia
came back on a 15-8 run, fueled by seven points by Coco Miller that
was capped by a steal and length-of-the-court drive that brought
the Bulldogs to 18-17. Kelly Miller tied it at 19 with 8:41 left in
the half.
Georgia went up 26-22 with 4:28 to go, but was only ahead by a
point at the half, 30-29.
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