After dropping a 97-95 overtime decision to Ole Miss at home on Jan. 14, No. 21 Georgia Bulldogs focused its practice sessions toward defense.
That paid off with a 90-76 victory over then No. 17 Arkansas on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (15-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) will chase more progress when they tip off against Missouri Tigers (13-5, 3-2) on Tuesday in Columbia, Mo.
Georgia coach Mike White believed his team needed two days of intense work despite being well into league play.
"It's always risky this time of year to do that but our guys responded really well," White said. "Who knows moving forward, we've got a really tough one on the road here (Tuesday). If we that play that hard and can defend against high-level teams with that effort, we'll win our share because we're hard to guard."
The Bulldogs are the highest scoring Division I team at 96.0 points per game. White trusts his team to continue playing fast even during the final minutes of a tight game.
"We're so much different than the way we played in the last three years," White said. "As opposed to whoa, whoa, whoa let's really call something here, let's think about what we're doing and walk the ball up, this is a...
Source: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/gametracker/preview/NCAAB_20260120_UGA@MIZZOU/
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