ATHENS, Ga. ----- South Carolina held the No. 14 Georgia Lady Bulldogs to their lowest point total of the season as the Gamecocks earned a 52-42 win over UGA on Sunday afternoon at Stegeman Coliseum.

Freshman Jasmine James turned in her third consecutive double-digit game to lead the Lady Bulldogs with 11 points, but she was the only Georgia player to get there. James added nine rebounds, while Porsha Phillips had eight points to go along with her nine boards. Georgia shot just 29 percent from the floor in the contest, as the squad falls to 19-5 (6-5 SEC) and South Carolina jumps to 13-10 (5-5).

Valerie Nainima had 21 points to pace the visitors and was the only USC player in double digits.

“I was disappointed with our defense. I felt like we let them drive and shoot too often,” said head coach Andy Landers. ...READ MORE

ATHENS, Ga.----- The University of Georgia men’s basketball team upset the 18th ranked Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday night, toppling the visiting squad by a score of 72-58 in front of 8,131 raucous Stegeman Coliseum patrons. The crowd was on its feet throughout the duration as it saw Georgia snap a three-game losing streak and raise its record to 10-11, with a 2-6 Southeastern Conference mark. Vanderbilt’s record slips to 17-5, with an inverse 6-2 standing in the conference. The win was the second conference win for head coach Mark Fox, and his third victory over a top 25 in the first season of his Georgia coaching career.

“We really played well all-around tonight”, said Fox. “Some people stepped up off the bench. Even after we didn’t start the second half well, the defense improved and held us together. Here was a lot of unselfish play from our team, and this is the type of game that really makes you feel good about yourself.”

Georgia had a balanced effort on the evening, dually led by sophomores Travis Leslie and Trey Thompkins, who each finished with 17 points. Leslie managed to edge Georgia rebound leader Thompkins as he grabbed eight boards, compared to Thompkins’s seven. ...READ MORE

ATHENS, Ga. ----- The ninth-ranked Georgia gymnastics team put up season-high scores in three events in addition to its highest overall score of the season en route to a 197.200-195.550 win over No. 11 Kentucky on Friday night in front of 9,864 at Stegeman Coliseum.

Georgia was the best it has been all season on bars (49.450), beam (49.400), and floor (49.400) as the Gym Dogs move to 2-3 (1-2 SEC). Kentucky drops to 3-4 (1-3) on the year. The Gym Dogs edged the Wildcats on all events except for vault.

The Gym Dogs’ 197.200 is good for the second-highest score in the nation so far this season behind only Alabama’s 197.450.

“What we did well tonight was maintain momentum going through, and we put our floor rotation together,” said head coach Jay Clark. READ MORE

ATHENS------Warren Belin, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Vanderbilt, has been named a linebackers coach at the University of Georgia according to an announcement Friday by Bulldog head coach Mark Richt.

Belin just completed his eighth season with the Commodores coaching linebackers. The 20-year veteran also just completed his second year as recruiting coordinator after having worked as special teams coordinator in 2006-07. ...READ MORE

ATHENS--- Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Todd Grantham, an 11 year NFL veteran coach with nine years college experience, has been named new defensive coordinator at the University of Georgia according to an announcement Friday by Bulldog head coach Mark Richt.

Grantham is in his second season with the Dallas Cowboys after spending three seasons as defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns (2005-07), and six years as defensive line coach for both the Houston Texans (2002-04) and Indianapolis Colts (1999-01)...READ MORE

ATHENS----University of Connecticut secondary coach Scott Lakatos has been named to coach the defensive backs at the University of Georgia according to an announcement Monday by Bulldog head coach Mark Richt. "We’re very pleased that Scott has accepted the offer to join our defensive staff,” said Richt.

"He has an outstanding resume of success over the course of his career and will bring a great deal of experience and expertise to our coaching staff.” The Huskies defeated South Carolina, 20-7, in the 2010 Papajohns.com bowl in Birmingham which represented the fifth bowl game in Lakatos' career. ...READ MORE