No. 15 GymDogs Defeat Boise State at Sold-Out Stegeman Friday

Friday, January 17

Athens, Ga.

7:00 p.m. ET

University of Georgia

196.825

193.600

Boise State

No. 15 GymDogs Defeat Boise State at Sold-Out Stegeman Friday

January 17, 2025 | Gymnastics

Georgia vs Boise State Gymnastics Jan. 17, 2025

TEAM SCORES
     #15 Georgia: 196.825
     Boise State: 193.600
Georgia's Season Record: 2-2

GymDogs Event Scores:
     Vault: 48.975 | Bars: 49.375 | Beam: 49.100 | Floor: 49.375

ATHENS, Ga. – The Georgia GymDogs defeated Boise State 196.825-193.600 on Friday in front of 10,224 fans at Stegeman Coliseum.

FAST FACTS

Georgia fans sold out Stegeman Coliseum on Friday (attendance: 10,224), the first home gymnastics sell-out since Feb. 17, 2023, when Georgia hosted Alabama.
After putting up a 49.350 on bars in the season opener at the Denver Quad Meet, Georgia topped that mark this week with a 49.375. Junior Ja' Free Scott paced the Bulldogs with a season-high 9.925 to win the bars title.
Sophomore Lily Smith won the beam title with a 9.900. Scott (9.850) and sophomore Anya Turner (9.825) joined Smith in going 1-2-3 on the event.
The GymDogs recorded a 49.375 on floor with Smith capturing her second event title of the night with a 9.925. Sophomore Ady Wahl contributed a 9.900 on the event with freshman Emma Mason finishing third with a 9.875.
Mason recorded a 9.850 on bars. Coupled with her 9.875 on floor, Mason improved both scores from last week's season opener. She exhibitioned on bars in Denver and earned a spot in the lineup against Boise State.

KEY QUOTES
Georgia Co-Head Coach Cécile Canqueteau-Landi
Opening Statement
"Second meet of the season, and I'm super pleased with the girls, the attitude and the work. We're almost a point higher than last week, and I think it's good for the confidence. And I just can't wait to keep going, really proud of them."

On the gold jacket…
"Actually, it was during a dinner with Suzanne and some of her friends and Marissa, and we were trying to think about something that we could do that no one else was doing, and it came up with a leather jacket. Then put some spikes and some gold in. So we didn't do such a great job tonight using it, because it's still new, but we're going to practice a little bit better, and next time, you'll see it more."

On her first meet in Stegeman…
"The meet went by fast. It was loud, but it was awesome. It carried us throughout the meet and really helped the whole team. It was really fun night. I can't wait for the next one."

Lily Smith | Sophomore
On her two 9.9 scores tonight...
"Both the routines felt really good, but I'm still such a perfectionist so I can find everything that's wrong with it so I do see where the deductions can come from. But I'm happy with those scores so I'll take them."

On having Simone Biles at the meet...
"It's an honor having her in here and our coaches were like, 'She's just a normal human. Don't put pressure on yourself because she's in the building. You guys know what to do. Stay in your bubble.' So I really focused on that and I did it."

Ja' Free Scott | Junior
On the moonwalk in her beam routine...
"I started doing that last year, so my sophomore year, Soraya Hawthorne passed it down to me. We have a lot of traditions, so, once you graduate you pass it down to someone you want, and so she passed it to me, and I love it so much. So yes, I do it every meet."

On having Simone Biles at today's meet..
"She talked to us a little bit before we went out to warm up. It wasn't much, she's just a person, you know what I mean. It just felt good to have her in there, tell us we got it."

UP NEXT
Georgia is back on the road next week in Gainesville, Florida to take on the Florida Gators. The meet will begin at 6:30 p.m. live on SEC Network from the O'Connell Center.

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