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Georgia advances to SEC women’s quarterfinals; Kentucky will face Lady Vols

AP photo by Mic Smith / Georgia's Diamond Battles, left, goes in for a layup against Auburn's Sydney Shaw during a second-round game at the SEC tournament Thursday in Greenville, S.C.
AP photo by Mic Smith / Georgia's Diamond Battles, left, goes in for a layup against Auburn's Sydney Shaw during a second-round game at the SEC tournament Thursday in Greenville, S.C. AP photo by Mic Smith / Georgia's Diamond Battles, left, goes in for a layup against Auburn's Sydney Shaw during a second-round game at the SEC tournament Thursday in Greenville, S.C.

By The Associated Press 4 min read

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Diamond Battles scored 14 of her 18 points in the second quarter, Alisha Lewis had a career-high 12 assists with eight points and five steals, and No. 7 seed Georgia eased past No. 10 seed Auburn 63-47 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball tournament Thursday.

Georgia (21-10) moves on to Friday’s quarterfinals to face fourth-ranked, second-seeded LSU (27-1), which won the teams’ lone regular-season meeting on Feb. 2, when Angel Reese had 23 points and 14 rebounds in an 82-77 overtime victory in Baton Rouge. The Lady Bulldogs have won eight of their past 10 games, with the losses in that stretch to LSU and top-ranked South Carolina.

Battles missed her first four shots against Auburn (15-14) before settling down to help Georgia take a 38-27 lead. Lewis set her career high in the first half with nine assists.

Georgia shot 1-for-13 from the field in the third quarter with seven turnovers but led 47-35 entering the fourth as Auburn went scoreless in the final four minutes of the third.

Aicha Coulibaly scored 13 points and Sydney Shaw added 12 for the Tigers, who shot just 32% with 18 turnovers.