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SPORTS The Red & Black | Tuesday, December 7, 2010 | 9 Lady Dogs look to fix defensive woes DINA ZOLAN | The Red & Black A Porsha Phillips and the Lady Dogs return to Stegeman Coliseum to face Mercer tonight, looking to bounce back from a loss to rival Georgia Tech. By RYAN BLACK The Red & Black The Georgia women’s bas ketball team faces an oppo nent tonight that may be exactly what it needs to get back on the right track after losing to Georgia Tech Sunday. The Mercer Lady Bears come to Athens sporting a 1-6 record on the season. The two teams also share a common opponent — Georgia Southern. The Lady Bulldogs beat the Lady Golden Eagles in its season opener 58-43 on Nov. 14 in Stegeman Coliseum. Mercer did not find the same success two days later against Georgia Southern, falling to the Lady Golden Eagles 71-52 in Statesboro. Lady Bulldogs (6-2) head coach Andy Landers said he feels the biggest issue the team needs to solve is on the defensive end of the court. “We’re really not deter mined enough defensively on the perimeter — I’m shocked,” he said after the Georgia Tech loss. “I’m really shocked we gave up what we gave up on the perimeter.” Senior forward Porsha Phillips echoed Landers’ sen timents, stressing the impor tance of being on the same page as her teammates. “We weren’t communicat ing well defensively,” she said. “We didn’t communicate and we gave them a lot of shots and easy buckets.” But Landers said he knows HOME SWEET HOME After playing four of their last five games on the road - with two losses in that stretch - the Lady Bulldogs return home to face a 1-6 Mercer squad. What: Lady Dogs vs. Mercer When: Tonight at 7 Where: Stegeman Coliseum Price: Free for students More information: The game is not scheduled to air on TV improvement comes with experience, and that is some thing Georgia lacks — Phillips and junior Meredith Mitchell are the only upper classmen on the team. “We’ve got to get better,” he said. “Those two freshman guards [Khaalidah Miller and Ronika Ransford] — I love them — but they hurt us [against Georgia Tech]. I love them, and they’re going to be very good players, but they’re just not ready yet, and they’ve just go to keep work ing on things. And right now, we’ve kept it really simple with all of our players. “You need to get better at this tomorrow and the next day and the next day until you’re better.” To further emphasize his point about the team’s need ed improvement, Landers said the old adage that a team is “only as strong as its weakest link.”. “Before we can ever really put this chain together, we need make sure all the links are strong,” he said. “...Once each person is able to do the things their teammates expect them to do, the team will function the way it is supposed to.” TENNIS: Robinson helps father out in time of need ► From Page 1 score him a spot on the team. Robinson had just finished a suc cessful sophomore basketball campaign for Tennessee State, scoring a team- high 17.8 points per game to earn All- Ohio Valley Conference Second-Team honors. He led the Tigers in every major statistical category, and surpassed 1,000 career points during the season. Meanwhile, the Tennessee State men’s tennis team faced the conflict of ineligible players, and head coach Gerald Robinson Sr., Robinson’s father, had roster spots to fill. Having played in tennis leagues in his native Nashville, Tenn., when he was young, Robinson Jr., was brought in to play on the team. “They had a few people who had some problems late in the semester coming into the season, so it was kind of a last-minute thing,” Robinson said. While being as athletic as any other player on the court, Robinson lacked something his teammates had plenty of — formal training. His only experience in organized ten nis was youth camps and tournaments when he was young. In high school, Robinson left all his other athletic endeavors behind to fully commit to basketball. “We were really busy with basketball in high school. Kind of like at the col lege level,” Robinson said. “Not a lot of people on our team had too much time to play any other sports. I thought about running track and playing tennis but I just really didn’t have much time for it.” When Robinson gripped a racket for the first time for Tennessee State, he faced colle giate-level competition without any strategy — just the drive to win. “I wasn’t trying to earn my way into the U.S. Open or any thing like that,” Robinson said. “My main thing was just getting to the ball and hitting it over the net. There wasn’t really much structure to it or too much method to my madness.” Then Robinson did something unthinkable for an inexperienced ath lete competing at the Division-I level — he won. Playing the final singles match of the day, Robinson defeated Alabama A&M’s Anthony Pickard 5-2 on Apr. 2, 2009 — his only collegiate win, and one of only six individual Tennessee State wins the entire season. HERE’S TO YOU, MR. ROBINSON The Tennessee State transfer has averaged 15.4 points per game, 5.2 assists per game, 2.6 rebounds per game and has shot 49 percent from the floor for the Bulldogs. “It was real shocking,” Robinson said. “I was like, ‘Man, I’m winning. I got to get this win.’ I’m a real competi tive guy and I have a real competitive spirit. No matter what it was, I was out there trying to get a win.” Robinson has brought that mentality to Georgia, where he is second on the team in scoring with 15.4 points per game. He has hit double figures in every game this season — the only Bulldog to do so this year. Perhaps Georgia can partially thank the Tennessee State men’s tennis team for that drive to win, regardless of where — and what sport — it came from. “I definitely learned a lot things and realized what I have to bring as a trans fer to Georgia,” Robinson said. “I knew what I had to bring.” GEORGIA VS. GEORGIA TECH When: Tonight at 7 Where: Atlanta More Information: The contest will air on ESPN2 Dogs look for back-to-back wins over Tech By MITCH BLOMERT The Red & Black There is more on the line than just state bragging rights when the Georgia men’s bas ketball team heads to Atlanta for tonight’s contest with Georgia Tech. A win would give the Bulldogs (5-2) two in a row against the Yellow Jackets (4-3) for the first time since 2002. A win would open up new opportunities for in-state dominance of a sport that historically falls second to its North Avenue rivals. “They know each other,” head coach Mark Fox said. “This is a rivalry that’s reputation extends beyond this state’s boundaries. It’s a very healthy rivalry in all sports. I think that’s really good for athletics.” Tonight’s game features 16 Atlanta-area natives between the two teams, many of whom faced each other in high school games before committing to one of the ever- battling universities. As a result, the annual courtside version of Clean Old- Fashioned Hate has taken the state-wide and oft-heated city wide rivalry to a personal level. So personal, that some of the opponents once wore the same uniforms. When senior Jeremy Price committed to Georgia out of Columbia High School in Decatur four years ago, Georgia Tech senior Lance Storrs went the other way, choosing the Yellow Jackets. Junior guard Travis Leslie followed Price to Athens to join the Bulldogs, meaning that three former high school teammates will reunite on the court tonight — but not all in red and black. “I’m kind of cool with all their players,” Leslie said. “So if we get to win I can talk a lot of trash.” From a recruiting perspective, the game serves significant importance to swaying the decisions of elite in-state prospects. Atlanta has become a hotbed of sought-after recruits, boasting five nationally-ranked players within metro Atlanta in the Class of 2011. “If we go in and get the ‘W’ it would be good for our recruiting,” forward Chris Barnes said. “A lot of guys from Atlanta, they look at Georgia Tech being the better school because they always had a better program. But our program is on the rise now, and if they see us winning the game, they’ll be like ‘Oh, Georgia has made a turnaround.’” This year’s matchup comes with a signifi cantly different tone than that of last season. In January, Georgia upset the No. 20 Georgia Tech team 73-66. This season, Georgia Tech enters the game looking to snap a two-game skid. It dropped an 80-76 squeaker to No. 10 Syracuse at the Legends Tournament in Atlantic City, then fell victim to a 20-point blowout against Northwestern on Nov. 30. “Tech has lost some great guys to the NBA and has to rebuild their team on the fly,” Fox said. “I like their talent, and I like how he [Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt] is using their talent.” ROBINSON LESLIE The Red & Black publishes daily during each semester according to the University schedule. Ads may be placed Monday - Friday 9 a.m. 5 p.m. in our office at 540 Baxter St. or call 433-3011 and charge it to your MasterCard, VISA, or American Express. Prepayment is required. Ads can also be faxed via form to 433-3033 or e-mailed to classifieds@randb.com . 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