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Championship teams
1997 SEC Champions Seniors Brandi Decker, La’Keshia Frett, Tracy Henderson, Kedra HollandCorn, Rachel Powell and Tiffany Walker – the most celebrated recruiting class in the history of women’s basketball – capped their collegiate careers in fine fashion. They led Georgia to its second straight SEC title with an impressive 11-1 record in league play. Georgia won a thrilling 94-93 OT decision over Tennessee in Knoxville in December in a rematch of the previous season’s national title game and then won its last nine SEC games en route to edging Alabama for the league title. The Lady Bulldogs’ quest for a national title ended with a loss to topseeded and No. 3-ranked Stanford in the “Elite Eight”. 1996-97 Lady Bulldogs seated (L-R): Tocshia Campfield, Pam Irwin, Latrese Bush, Rachel Powell, Kedra Holland-Corn and Kiesha Brown. Standing: Dianna Lott, Tiffany Walker, Tracy Henderson, Angie Ball, Signe Antvorskov, La’Keshia Frett and Brandi Decker.
1999 NCAA Final Four The accomplishments of the 1999 Lady Bulldogs – with just one senior among their ranks – would have to rank as the most startling in Georgia’s storied annals. Georgia was enjoying a very solid season in late January when they inexplicably lost four of five games and fell from No. 4 to No. 14 in the national polls. The Lady Dogs quickly reemerged and reached the SEC Tourney final, where they led Tennessee by nine late in the first half. After upsetting second-seeded Clemson in the Midwest Regional semifinals, Kelly Miller exploded in the “Elite Eight” matchup with Iowa State, scoring 18 in the first 12:40 of the game as Georgia built a 31-20 lead and would never be challenged. 1998-99 Lady Bulldogs seated (L-R): Camille Murphy, Pam Irwin-Osbolt, Kiesha Brown and Deana “Tweety” Nolan. Standing: Coco Miller, Shavonda Willis, Elena Vishniakova, Tawana McDonald, Angie Ball and Kelly Miller.
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