ATHENS, Ga. -- Colgate competed, but Georgia showed its top-25 credentials in a 66-35 outcome here Wednesday.
 
The No. 22-ranked Lady Bulldogs forced 28 Raider turnovers and compiled a 35-3 edge in points-off-turnovers. But Colgate never backed down and no doubt will showcase tonight's effort as a preview of better days ahead.
 
The Raiders even impressed Georgia head coach Andy Landers.
 
"We weren't hitting shots and executing hardly as well as you would like," said Landers, who Saturday night vies for his 850th Georgia coaching victory. "But before we go any deeper, this was maybe the grittiest teams that we have played. I think they are grittier than (Georgia) Tech was. I think they're grittier than Ohio State.
 
"They never backed down even when we had our frenzies with the pressing. After a quick timeout, they came right back down to business. I'm impressed with Colgate's mentality."
 

Carole Harris scored 14 points and was leading all scorers until the closing minutes, and Josie Stockill pulled down a game-high eight rebounds to highlight the Raider numbers. Stockill's rebound total also was a personal season high.
 
Randyll Butler added seven points and seven rebounds for the visitors. Georgia was led by Shacobia Barbee's 16 points.
 
Colgate plays Friday at No. 21-ranked Rutgers in a 2 p.m. start.
 
Bottom Line
• Georgia 66, Colgate 35
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 0-4 this season.
• Georgia jumps to 6-0 in the early going.
 
Facts & Figures

• Colgate shot 31 percent from the floor (13-of-42) and held Georgia to 38.5 percent (25-of-65).
• Rebounding favored Georgia, but just barely. The Lady Bulldogs prevailed 38-36, and that was a season-low rebounding figure for Georgia. Colgate's total was a season high (previous 33 at Drexel).
• The Raiders didn't get many chances, but they continued their fine shooting at the free-throw line. Colgate was 6-of-8 after entering the game second in the Patriot League at 71.4 percent. Georgia was 14-of-18 at the stripe.
• Georgia forced Colgate into 28 turnovers and finished the game with a 35-3 edge in points-off-turnovers. That's a 32-point edge and the margin of victory was 31.
• Three-point shooting wasn't a factor. Colgate finished 3-of-15 to Georgia's 2-of-11.
• At the start, Carole Harris popped a jumper and Randyll Butler nailed a 3-pointer to hand Colgate an early 5-2 lead. But the Lady Bulldogs ended the half on a 13-2 run to lead 32-19 at the break.
• Missy Repoli (34), Kateri Stone (13), Tori Pozsonyi (10), Katie Curtis (8), Steph Poland (5) and Ariel Etheridge (1) all played season-high minutes tonight. For Etheridge, it was her collegiate debut.
• Josie Stockill posted a season-high eight rebounds that led both teams.
• Carole Harris scored her fourth straight game in double-figures with 14. She was leading all scorers until the closing minutes.

• Stone swished a 3-pointer for her first collegiate basket with 3:41 remaining.
 
Turning Point
• Colgate was hanging with the Lady Bulldogs nearing the final stages of the first half. A Harris jumper drew the Raiders within 19-17 with 6:54 showing.
• But that's when Georgia turned up the pressure and turned the Raiders over.
• Colgate threw the ball away on four straight possessions and five out of six as the hosts scored 10 straight points. The Raiders trailed 32-19 by the halftime buzzer and never looked back.
 
From the Source
• Colgate head coach Nicci Hays Fort: (On playing Georgia) "I want to thank Coach Landers for having us here and inviting us down. We always want to take our players to great women's basketball environments, and this is one of the best. We want our players to feel like they're in a great environment for women's basketball, with fans who really care and love women's basketball, and Coach Landers, again, is one of the best.
"We knew it was going to be tough. We knew Georgia's going to be really good this year and we were going to have to handle their physicality and their athleticism. There's nothing we could do to match their athleticism in practice – even with our guys practice team.
"So we wanted to focus on keeping them in front of us, we wanted to mix the defenses up a lot – and we had some success with that. Our defense was really good in the first half. Unfortunately in the second half, we turned the ball over a little too much. Our defense was still pretty good, but we just turned the ball over too much and couldn't catch up."
(On Carole Harris) "Carole is a special kid. She came here as a freshman and didn't play at all; she was behind two seniors. I challenged her to make a decision on what she wanted to be, and she wanted to be an all-conference player. And she's really taken her game to another level.

"Carole's important to everything we do, offensively, defensively, rebounding-wise. Georgia got at her a little bit on the rebounding; she didn't rebound quite like we need her to. But she's just a special kid"
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Stegeman Coliseum was 2,240 – not bad for Thanksgiving eve.
• In the house tonight supporting the Raiders was former Colgate baskeballer Lulu Brase '13. Brase is teaching in the Pinehurst, North Carolina, area.
• Providing color analysis for tonight's SEC Network+ telecast was Joe Ciampi, former Auburn and Army head coach. Ciampi coached the Tigers to three straight NCAA championship game appearances (1988-90) after leading the first two varsity women's teams at Army to a 39-10 record from 1977-79. Ciampi retired in 2004 and is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
 
Up Next
• Colgate continues its two-game Thanksgiving road swing Friday at No. 21-ranked Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights (4-0) won Tuesday at Wagner, 81-53. Tipoff Friday is 2 p.m.