Women's Basketball 12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Lady Rebels Downed By No. 13 Georgia

Dec 1, 2001

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Freshman Kara Braxton had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 13 Georgia to a 77-62 win over UNLV on Saturday in the first round of the Oakland Tribune Classic.

UNLV (4-1) had a 47-38 lead with 13:11 remaining, but Georgia (4-0) went on a 15-4 run to take a 53-51 lead on Tina Taylor's jumper with 10:13 left.

Senior forward Linda Fr?hlich (Oldendorf, Germany) scored 16 of her game-high 27 points in the first half for the Lady Rebels.

UNLV will face Central Connecticut State (0-4) in the tournament consolation game tomorrow at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast locally on KENO 1460 AM and via an Internet link on unlvrebels.com.

FR?HLICH vs. THOMAS WATCH: Senior WBCA/Kodak All-American finalist Linda Fr?hlich is on the brink of breaking the UNLV all-time scoring record of 1,892 points held by former All-American standout Misty Thomas (1982-86). With her 27 points tonight, Fr?hlich (1,870 career points) has just 23 more points to go.

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