FIRST ROUND
Thursday, February 28
Game 1 - #8 Alabama 60, #9 Georgia 64
Game 2 - #7 Arkansas 78, #10 Ole Miss 60
Game 3 - #5 Mississippi State 72, #12 Kentucky 75
Game 4 - #6 Florida 57, #11 Auburn 70

SECOND ROUND
Friday, March 1
Game 5 - #1 Tennessee 81, #9 Georgia 67 - Game Stats
Game 6 - #2 South Carolina 61, #7 Arkansas 79 - Game Stats
Game 7 - #4 LSU 74, #12 Kentucky 62 - Game Stats
Game 8 - #3 Vanderbilt 55, #11 Auburn 39 - Game Stats

#1 Tennessee 81, #9 Georgia 67

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Freshman Shrya Ely came off the bench and scored a career-high 31 points as No. 3 Tennessee overcame poor shooting to beat No. 24 Georgia 81-67 Friday in Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.

Top-seeded Tennesee (25-3) will play either fourth-seeded LSU or No. 12 seed Kentucky in the semifinals Saturday as the Lady Vols try to add an 11th tournament title to their 11th regular season trophy, which was awarded before tipoff.

Georgia (19-10) hurt itself by turning the ball over 23 times, 11 times on steals by Tennessee. The Lady Vols turned those mistakes into 20 points to offset a day when they hit only 27-of-71 from the floor (38 percent).

Ely, who also had a career-high 11 rebounds, provided the offense.

Georgia led by as much as 10 in the first half when Ely's pair of free throws with 11.5 seconds remaining before halftime gave Tennessee its first lead at 35-34.

Kara Lawson helped pad that lead for Tennessee by scoring 16 of her 18 points in the second half as the Lady Vols led by as much as 16 twice. Michelle Snow finished with 10 points.

Georgia struggled with several Lady Bulldogs in early foul trouble. Starting center Kim Braxton picked up her fourth foul two minutes into second half, while Tawana McDonald played for most of the half with three. When she picked up her fourth at 8:21, Tennessee was ahead 62-50.

By then, it was too late for Georgia, the defending tournament champion.

When Lawson missed a shot with just over 10 minutes remaining, Ely beat McDonald to the rebound for the putback and a 61-50 lead for the Lady Vols.

McDonald finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds for Georgia. Ebony Felder added 12.

#2 South Carolina 61, #7 Arkansas 79

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- India Lewis scored 23 points on five 3-pointers as Arkansas upset No. 12 South Carolina 79-61 on Friday in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.

Seventh-seeded Arkansas (19-10) reached the semifinals for the second straight season with its ninth victory in its last 11 games. The Lady Razorbacks will play No. 6 Vanderbilt or 11th-seeded Auburn in the semifinals Saturday night.

The Gamecocks (22-6) came into the tournament off their best season since joining the SEC for the 1991-92 season. They had a first-round bye as the No. 2 seed and needed only one victory to reach the semifinals for the first time.

They became the fourth upset victim in six tournament games because the Gamecocks couldn't hang onto the ball, turning it over 16 times in the first half alone and finishing with 24.

Arkansas turned those mistakes into 29 points. The Lady Razorbacks led 39-31 at halftime and improved to 17-0 when leading at the half. They led by as much as 14 before padding the margin in the final minute.

South Carolina managed to get within four three times in the second half, the last at 57-53 on a basket by Teresa Geter with 9:43 to go. That was as close as they could get as Dana Cherry scored the next five points in a 10-0 spurt that stretched the lead back to 14, and the Gamecocks didn't threaten again.

Shameka Christon and Cherry each added 18 for Arkansas.

The Gamecocks couldn't get leading scorer Jocelyn Penn into the game. She had 10 points in the first half and finished with 14, below her average of 17 per game. Shaunzinski Gortman led the Gamecocks with 19, and Geter added 10.

Penn gave South Carolina its biggest lead at 16-12 off a three-point play with 11:21 to go. That was the best the Gamecocks could do while the Lady Razorbacks went through a nearly six-minute drought without a field goal.

When Joy Oakley finally scored for Arkansas, it pulled the Razorbacks to 16-14 and started an 18-4 run that Cherry capped with a basket for a 30-20 lead with 5:53 to go. Arkansas led 39-31 at halftime.

#4 LSU 74, #12 Kentucky 62

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Aiysha Smith scored 18 points to lead five Lady Tigers in double figures as LSU defeated Kentucky 74-62 Friday night in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.

The fourth-seeded Lady Tigers (16-10) will play No. 3 Tennessee, the tournament's top seed, in Saturday's semifinals. It will be LSU's first appearance since 1996.

``It was just a win, a win we needed very badly,'' LSU coach Sue Gunter said.

No. 12 seed Kentucky (9-20) had ended a 13-game losing streak to reach to the quarterfinals, but couldn't hold onto the magic against LSU. The Lady Tigers outrebounded Kentucky 41-27.

``Obviously, nobody thought we'd be here, and that just shows you again the heart of this ballteam,'' Kentucky coach Bernadette Mattox said. ``LSU was very patient in their offense, they took care of the basketball. We gave up too many offensive rebounds, too many fast-break opportunities and they capitalized on them down the stretch.''

Smith scored six of the first nine points as the teams traded baskets early. The Lady Tigers took the lead for good at 15-14 when Temeka Johnson drove the lane for a layup at 9:43.

LSU ended the half with six unanswered points and led 34-25. Kentucky's cold streak extended more than three minutes into the second period until a jumper by Rita Adams with 16:37 remaining finally ended the drought, 39-27. By then it was too late for Kentucky.

The Lady Tigers led by as many as 41-27 on a bucket by Doneeka Hodges with 16:27 remaining.

A late rally twice pulled Kentucky within five points, but the Wildcats could get no closer than 66-61 on a driving layup by Doneeka Hodges.

She finished with 15 points, Johnson had 13, Scholanda Dorrell had 11 and Ke-Ke Tardy 10.

Sese Helm and Adams topped scoring for Kentucky with 14 points each, Sara Potts followed with 11, while Shambrica Jones had 10.

#3 Vanderbilt 55, #11 Auburn 39

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Chantelle Anderson scored 16 points as sixth-ranked Vanderbilt defeated Auburn 55-39 Friday night in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.

The Commodores (25-6) reached the semifinals for the fourth time in the past five years. They will play seventh-seeded Arkansas, a 79-61 upset winner over No. 2 seed South Carolina, on Saturday night.

Auburn (16-13) had hoped to revive some of the magic from 1997 when the Tigers became the only SEC team to play on all four days and win the tournament. But this team had won only three league games this season and came in as the No. 11 seed.

Auburn coach Joe Ciampi had his hand over part of his face at the end as Vanderbilt beat his team for the second time in six days. It was the lowest output of the season for the Tigers, whose previous worst was 49 points in a loss to Georgia on Jan. 17.

The Commodores scored eight of the first 10 points and led 15-4 midway through the half. Vandy led 32-17 at the break and by as many as 23 points in the second half.

Jenni Benningfield added 11 points for Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt dominated all around, outshooting the Tigers 54 percent to 25 percent in the first half and outrebounding Auburn 47-24.

Auburn hit just two of its first 13 shots and just 5-of-20 in the first half. The Tigers reach double figures until Carol Smith hit a pair of free throws to make it 24-10 with 5:01 left.

Le'Coe Willingham led Auburn with 13 points.

Vanderbilt, now 2-0 against Auburn in this tournament, struggled at times. The Commodores scored just six points over nine of the last 10 minutes of the game and finished with 17 turnovers. The Tigers had only nine.