BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Flau'Jae Johnson hit a trio of 3-pointers — one from nearly 40 feet away — and finished with a 21 points to lead No. 7 LSU to a 79-63 win over Georgia on Thursday night.
Jersey Wolfenbarger had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Kailyn Gilbert scored 15 points for the Tigers (26-2, 11-2 SEC), who played without All-America power forward Aneesah Morrow but nonetheless bounced back confidently from a loss last Sunday at No. 2 Texas.
Trinity Turner scored a game-high 28 points for Georgia (10-17, 2-11), which lost for the ninth time in 10 games.
Mia Woolfolk scored 12 points and Asia Avinger 10 for the Bulldogs, who were plagued by 17 turnovers that LSU converted into 20 points.
Mikaylah Williams scored 12 points and Sa'Myah Smith had 11 points and 12 rebounds for LSU.
Takeaways
Georgia: The Bulldogs entered the game with freshmen accounting for 47% of their scoring and that percentage went up at LSU, where freshmen scored 42 of Georgia's points.
LSU: Morrow, who has averaged 18.1 points and 14.4 rebounds this season, sat out after having her foot stepped on last Sunday at Texas. She's sore but coach Kim Mulkey said there was not structural damage and Morrow was not expected to miss more than one game. It was Morrow's first missed game of the season.
Key moment
Johnson's deep 3 as the third quarter expired put LSU up 58-45. Georgia did not threaten after that, falling behind by as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter.
Key stat
Even with Morrow out, LSU still grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and finished 21 second-chance points to Georgia's 11.
Up next
Georgia hosts No. 2 Texas on Monday night. LSU plays Sunday at No. 14 Kentucky.
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