(SRN NEWS/AP) – Clara Strack scored a career-high-tying 33 points, Teonnie Key had a double-double and No. 17 Kentucky pulled away from No. 22 Georgia 76-61 in the second-round opener of the SEC women’s tournament Thursday afternoon in Greenville, S.C.
Carleigh Wenzel scored 15 points and Mackenzie Nelson added 14, helping the sixth-seeded Hokies come back from an early 14-point deficit in the second-round game.
Virginia Tech (23-8), which next faces third-seeded North Carolina in Friday night’s quarterfinals, had six players with at least eight points each. The Hokies shot 36.2% from the field but grabbed 13 offensive rebounds.
Talayah Walker scored 20 points, and La’Nya Foster added 12 for 11th-seeded Georgia Tech (14-18). The team was limited to just six points in the second quarter and only eight in the fourth. Walker contributed seven of the team’s 20 made field goals and half of their four 3-pointers.