OTF Premium Texas 87, (21) Georgia 67: Postgame press conference after a blowout win at Moody Center

[Jeff Howe]

We're waiting for the postgame press conference to start after Texas snapped a two-game losing streak with a blowout win over No. 21 Georgia at Moody Center on Saturday, 87-67.

Sean Miller's Longhorns are now 12-8 overall and 3-4 in SEC play. Each of those three wins has come against AP Top 25 opponents.

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Tramon Mark and Dailyn Swain are both talking about it was all about defense today.

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Swain said Sean Miller motivated the team by showing them a horse race. The point, Swain said, was to just keep running the race. It doesn't matter how you start, just keep running the race and see where you stand when it's over.

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Tramon Mark: "It all started on defense."

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Texas was down by seven at halftime. Swain said Miller challenged the team, telling them, "You can fold now if you want. But we've got a long season. If you've got some dog in you, you'll fight."

[Blackshan]

Thanks Jeff for what you do!

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Miller said halftime was a moment of truth for this team's season. He credited Mark, Swain and Matas (Miller let the cat out of the bag that Matas was the key starter who was under the weather) for leading the second-half charge.

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Coming back from Kentucky, Miller said the team has a had a couple of good days and prepared hard to win this game. That's what led to the disappointment at halftime.

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Miller is pointing out that Matas deserves credit for putting a sub-par second half behind him and delivering in the first half.

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Miller said the guards did a great job handling Georgia's pressure. He noted the guards combining for only five turnovers in 40 minutes.

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Miller: "We're going to be in this all the way to the end. We're going to fight to the end."

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Miller: "We're going to be playing meaningful games in March."

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Miller: "We can be a much better team if we foul less."

Georgia was 17-for-25 from the foul line.

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Miller: "It's not comfortable when you're losing and playing hard... You can lose confidence when you lose the game. When you win a game... Learn from it, grow from it... Our next opportunity is at Auburn... Going into that game with some confidence is really good for our team."