ATHENS — After scoring a career-high 23 points to lead No. 21 Georgia to a 76-63 Southeastern Conference victory over Vanderbilt on Sunday, junior forward Anne Marie Armstrong looked at the stat sheet.

What she saw was the five turnovers. The old Armstrong would have looked right past the negative statistic and just been happy with the points.

"I said when we signed her," said Georgia coach Andy Landers, "that if she had the ability to focus, to lock in on one thing, then she had the ability to be as good as anybody in this league, and you are seeing it now."

At Wesleyan High in Norcross, Armstrong was a three-sport all-star, starring on the volleyball team as a hitter and high jumping in the spring.

"She was a person who never had to invest in anything," Landers said. "She could go from being the MVP in volleyball to being the MVP in basketball. How fun is that?

"She is in another world now," he said. "She did not look like that as a freshman."

Armstrong had plenty of help Sunday as Jasmine Hassell scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Jasmine James scored 17 points for Georgia (19-6, 8-4).

Vanderbilt (19-6, 7-5) saw two five-game winning streaks end. The loss was its first since a 65-60 overtime loss to South Carolina on Jan. 22 and its first against Georgia since Jan. 22, 2009.

Before fouling out, Christina Foggie scored 22 for the Commodores. She had a career-high 34 when Vanderbilt defeated the Lady Bulldogs 68-48 in Nashville on Jan. 26.

Hassell, who shot 4 of 15 in that game, hit 7 of 13 Sunday.

"I think she felt bad about missing shots at Vanderbilt," Landers said. "We got a lot of good shots up there. She missed the shots at Vanderbilt that she hit today."

Georgia led the whole game, most of the time by a comfortable margin. Every Vanderbilt rally was met by a Georgia response.

"It was a fight back all the time," said Vanderbilt coach Melanie Balcomb. "Every time we fought back with them and made a run, they fought right back. They were much more aggressive. They took things away from us. They were really ready to execute against our defense this time."

When Hassell backed in for a power layup with 15:36 to go, it gave Georgia a 51-33 lead. But Vanderbilt went on a 14-1 run over the next five minutes, cutting the gap to 52-47 with 10:27 to go on a 3-pointer by Foggie.

"We had a chance to pour some salt on them," said Landers. "But three out of five times we turned the ball over."

But the Lady Dogs rediscovered Hassell inside for a turnaround jumper to end the field goal drought with 10:06 to go and ignite an 11-3 Georgia run that made it 63-50 with 6:18 to go.

"It feels good to have played the way we played, and to win," Landers said.

"We were playing with a purpose," said Armstrong. "We knew what we had to do. I thought we did a great job of recognizing their defenses."

"Anne Marie is a good teammate," Landers praised. "I would enjoy playing with her. She is instinctual."

"She was great out there," said James. "She was huge for us."

Landers also praised the defensive effort of sophomore guard Khaalidah Miller, who scored 10 points and had four steals.

Georgia surged to a 10-2 lead at the outset of the game and still led by the same margin at 28-20 after a putback by Armstrong, giving her 12 points with 5:37 remaining in the half. But consecutive baskets by Foggie and Kady Schrann cut the gap to 28-25 with 3:44 left before intermission.

James answered with back-to-back 3-pointers, igniting a 12-3 run to end the half, giving the Lady Dogs a 40-28 lead at intermission.

Vanderbilt got 12 points from Stephanie Holzer and 11 from Tiffany Clarke.