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SEC Women's Basketball Recap- Jan. 3

By Donnie Woods, 01/03/21, 9:00PM CST

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Texas A&M 92, Florida 67

Featuring a physical brand of basketball, Texas A&M powered in 48 points in the paint but also shot it with efficiency making 55.2 percent of its shots overall and seven of its eight three-point tries. All three marks were season highs for Florida's defense.

The undefeated Aggies, who entered the game averaging 82.2 points per game, had five double-digit point scorers paced by All-SEC player N'Dea Jones, who tallied 17 and 18 rebounds.

Florida was paced by sophomore Lavender Briggs who tallied 19 points and eight rebounds. Senior guard Kiki Smith recorded 16 points while Faith Dut scored 11 points off the Gator bench.
 

Kentucky 92, Mississippi State 86
Junior Rhyne Howard scored 33 points, including 25 in the fourth quarter and overtime, as the 13th-ranked Kentucky women's team topped No. 12 Mississippi State 92-86 on Sunday inside Humphrey Coliseum. She also added 10 rebounds and six assists in the game. She was 10 of 19 from the floor in the game, including four of six from behind the arc, and nine of 10 at the free throw line.

Georgia 76, Auburn 44
Georgia women’s basketball earned its first conference win of the season after defeating Auburn on the road Sunday afternoon.

All 13 Bulldogs received playing time against the Tigers. Redshirt senior center Jenna Staiti led Georgia in scoring with 13 points followed by Que Morrison, Gabby Connally and Javyn Nicholson all with nine points.

Georgia’s largest lead of the night came towards the end of the third quarter, leading by 37 points.

Missouri 88, Arkansas 91
The win is the third straight victory for Head Coach Mike Neighbors’ Hogs over the Tigers, the longest streak of wins against Missouri since they beat them three straight times over the 2014-15 seasons.

Arkansas Dungee ended one-point shy of her season-high point total, scoring 25 Sunday night.

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