Bulldogs fall on the road at Texas, 87-67

AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 21 Georgia Bulldogs (16-4, 4-3) dropped a road test to Texas (12-8, 3-4) on Saturday afternoon at the Moody Center, 87-67.

FAST FACTS
• Georgia slides to 9-6 all-time against the Longhorns.
• Jeremiah Wilkinson led all Georgia scorers with 17. Somto Cyril and Jordan Ross joined Wilkinson in double-digits points with 12 and 11, respectively.
• Cyril’s 11 points in the first half marks his highest first half total of his career, and the sophomore center has now scored in double-digits four times in SEC play this season.
• Smurf Millender scored his 1000th-point of his collegiate career off a made three-pointer with 15:22 left in the second half.
• The Bulldog benched outscored the Texas bench, 19-4.

KEY QUOTES

Georgia Head Coach Mike White

On Texas pulling away in the second half…
“They played the same way. We were totally different team. It’s on us. Texas was terrific in the second half. I think started the second half on a 10-0 run. We had a couple defensive miscues that led to and-one at the rim and a dunk where we were hogging on the weak side. It came a little disconnected defensively and struggled to defensive rebound the entire second half. Now, we did force some tough twos. They just made them. I thought [Dailyn] Swain and [Tramon] Mark were really good. Again, did enough in the first 20. Just we’ve got to address the defensive issues, the lack of presence in the paint to finish stops with defensive rebounds in the second half.”

On offensive struggles…
“I just thought we got emotional because of the lack of stops. All of a sudden, you’re down at 8-10, it gets loud in the arena, and we just got out of character with executing our system and with shot selection. Took a few hero shots, and you can’t win on the road in the SEC doing that. We’ve been way more connected. Very disappointed. The way that we played offensively, that’s simply both in the second half.”

UP NEXT
The No. 21-ranked Bulldogs return home from a two-game road stand to face the Tennessee Volunteers on Tuesday, January 27at Stegeman Coliseum. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. ET on the SEC Network. The first 750 UGA students at the game will receive a free t-shirt.