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▲ Porscha Phillips' (shooting) 15 rebounds
were not enough to secure a win for the Lady
Dogs over Georgia Tech In Atlanta Sunday.
LOSS: Shooting
woes bury Georgia
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Georgia held, because the Lady Yellow Jackets rallied
to finish the first half with a 35-31 advantage.
In the second half, Georgia Tech extended its lead
to as much as 16 points, which ended up being the
winning margin.
One of the biggest problems for the Lady Bulldogs
in the game was its shooting. The team came in shoot
ing 47 percent from the floor, but on Sunday it shot a
season-worst 32.8 percent.
And unlike many games this season, Georgia did
not have multiple double-digit scorers.
Jasmine Hassell was the lone Lady Bulldog in dou
ble figures, with 13, compared to three Lady Yellow
Jackets who reached the double-digit mark.
But Landers said all of Georgia’s struggles on the
offensive end were not self-created.
“Give Tech credit for playing the way they wanted
to play from a defensive standpoint, whether it was in
press or in the half court,” he said. “I think both teams
had very good ideas as to what each other was going
to run. There seemed to be great familiarity both ways
on defense, but I thought they probably did a better
job of stepping to get contested passes, where we
didn’t do as good a job contesting those passes or
denying receivers on passes as they did.”
The Lady Bulldogs were also exposed on defense,
giving up numerous points in the paint —4O for
Georgia Tech compared to 26 for Georgia.
Sophomore guard Jasmine James felt the offensive
and defensive woes were interrelated.
“I thought maybe because we didn’t execute on
offense, we let that kind of transition over into our
defense and because of that, our defense wasn’t as
effective,” James said.
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Freshman follows brothers’ path
All choose to
play in NCAA
By BILLY HULSEY
The Red & Buck
Coming into college,
Campbell Johnson was
rated as one of the top high
school tennis players in the
nation.
Though the top-20
recruit wasn’t always inter
ested in tennis, his family’s
sport of choice eventually
wore off on him.
“I never really got into
tennis until I was around
10 or 11,” said Johnson, a
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.,
native. “I was really into
skating and surfing, but
decided I wanted to do
what my brothers were
doing.”
Johnson has two older
brothers, one who played
at Purdue University, and
another, Alexander, who
plays at the University of
California at Santa
Barbara.
He also has a sister who
plays in high school and a
brother in high school who
is ranked in the top five of
the country.
This family involvement
and talent in the sport is
what spiked Johnson’s
interest in the game of ten
nis.
“We played all the time,”
said Johnson, a freshman
on the Georgia men’s ten
BOWL: Richt stresses strength of opponent
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Bowl came thanks to its win over
Southern Methodist University in
the Conference USA Championship
Game on Saturday, won’t be the
usual pushover that a 6-6 team would
face in a bowl game.
“When you go 6-6 and you’re in a
bowl game, you might think that you
get an opponent you feel comfort
able with but when you play a cham
pionship team, championship teams
know how to win. That’s the thing
that gives me the greatest concern,”
Richt said. “We’re going to have all
we can handle I promise you. I hope
they got respect for us with the
record we have.”
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nis team. “Tennis kind of
became a family thing."
It became very competi
tive between brothers and
sisters as each was very
talented.
Eventually, Johnson
decided to pursue his pas
sion in the game.
He began to travel and
play in tournaments all
over the world.
His increasing ability
landed him in a position of
deciding where to play in
college.
Being from California
and with his siblings play
ing for schools west of the
Mississippi River, the east
coast wouldn’t appear to
be a likely destination for
Johnson.
But location wasn’t a
factor for the Bulldogs’
freshman.
“Where can I go that is
going to develop me the
most as a tennis player?”
Johnson asked himself.
“I wanted a coach that
will help develop me the
most,” said Johnson, refer
encing the success of long
time head coach of the
Bulldogs, Manuel Diaz.
Diaz has built a'dynasty
at Georgia, making it one
of the top programs in the
nation year in year out,
something Johnson said he
took into consideration
when making his choice.
Johnson said he also
looked at the recent suc
cess of Georgia alumnus
John Isner on the ATP tour
“I think it is going to be a great
game. I think Mark has done such a
great job [at Georgia],” O’Leary said.
“They don’t know how good they
have it right know with Mark
Richt.”
Georgia and Central Florida
also enter the game with two
of the top young quarterbacks
in the country with Aaron
Murray and Jeff Godfrey
who lead the nation in passing
efficiency among freshmen. It
will be Georgia’s first appear
ance in the Liberty Bowl since
1987, when kicker John Kasay
hit a game-winning field goal
over Arkansas.
Richt made sure to emphasize
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▲ Campbell Johnson followed In his brothers'
footsteps Into the ranks of collegiate tennis, but
he ventured away from the West Coast to play.
as it gives Johnson hope of
one day hitting the profes
sional circuit.
And then, ultimately,
Johnson said he looked at
the team chemistry the
Bulldogs possess as the
final component of his deci
that his philosophy isn’t that of the
usual college coach in a lower-tiered
bowl. Many staffs use the bowl prac
tice time as simply an extension of
the start of spring practice,
RICHT
most concerned about winning foi
these seniors.”
sion to move eastward to
Athens to play for Diaz.
“One of the main things
is the team aspect,” said
Johnson. “You always have
guys behind you cheering
for you which I didn’t play
ing as a home-schooler.”
hoping to get in extra work
for their younger players.
Richt knows what the
game means to the seniors,
and believes “it’s most impor
tant just to win period.”
“I’m most concerned with
how our seniors feel in that
locker room after their last
game,” Richt said. “Can it
springboard you in the
future? I guess it can. But I’m
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