ATHENS, Ga. — Marcus Thornton scored 30 points, Tasmin Mitchell added 27 and LSU won its sixth straight Southeastern Conference game, routing Georgia 80-62 on Wednesday night.
Thornton, the SEC’s fourth-leading scorer coming into the contest, has reached at least 30 points in three of his last five games. Mitchell made a run at his career high of 30 points in a win over South Carolina last month.
LSU (18-4, 6-1) hasn’t lost in the conference since a 65-59 setback at Alabama on Jan. 11. Then there’s Georgia (9-13, 0-7), which hasn’t won a game in 2009; the Bulldogs’ last victory came on New Year’s Eve against Kennesaw State.
Terrance Woodbury led Georgia with 22 points.
Georgia vs. LSU
Post-Game Coaches’ Quotes
February 4, 2009 ? Athens, Ga.
LSU Head Coach Trent Johnson
“Well, we did what we needed to do tonight. I told the guys that it was important that we needed to find ways to win. We got some big contributions off the bench from Chris Bass and Delwan Graham, and we made good decisions.”
“I thought that we were mentally tough tonight, and that showed our teams’ maturity. It feels really good and I liked the feel in our teams’ locker room. We are getting there. We’ve taken steps to improve this year and we took some more steps tonight.”
Georgia Interim Head Coach Pete Herrmann
“Tonight a good veteran team beat us. Coach Johnson has done a good job of making sure the players know their scorers and they run a good offense.”
On the second half
“We only shot 26% in the second half and we got frustrated. We need to learn to play together better on offense.”
“We’re going to keep working hard and being enthusiastic because we are committed to the integrity of the program”