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MBB: Dawgs Fall to Aggies in Athens

The Georgia Bulldogs (16-6, 4-5) fell to the Texas A&M Aggies (17-4, 7-1) on Saturday afternoon in Stegeman Coliseum, 92-77. 
 
Fast Facts:

• The Bulldogs had five players score in double figures, led by Jeremiah Wilkinson with 17 points. Blue Cain and Kanon Catchings added 14 apiece, while Dylan James scored 13 and Marcus “Smurf” Millender finished with 12.
• James grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds, while Wilkinson posted a career-best seven boards and added a career-high two blocks.
• After trailing by 20 points in the first half, the Bulldogs cut the deficit to three behind a pair of three-pointers from Millender with 2:48 remaining before halftime. In the second half, the Bulldogs made it a one-point game on a fast-break layup and free throw by James.
• Georgia’s bench outscored Texas A&M’s 44-34.

Georgia Head Coach Mike White
Opening statement
“We got off to an awful start, the worst start we’ve gotten off to in a long, long time. I don’t remember being down that much that early in a game, and our fans helped us. Had our chance to cut into it further both late first half, mid second half. Texas A&M was better; that’s why they’re winning the league. They’re really, really connected, they’re tough. They spread you out with a bunch of shooters. I thought we did a good job against a high-level pressure team. It’s impressive how they jam the basketball one through five and can turn you and get to your legs. Our guys did a good job with some of those things, but overall, again, our attention to detail with defensive rebounding, with shot selection; it wasn’t that good. We go 7 of 28 from three, and I’d like maybe half of those back, honestly. Our guys’ defense, when you’re playing from a large deficit, sometimes emotions can get the best of you with shot selection, with offensive decisions, and some of those possessions. Just shot a poor percentage and trying to come back.”

On the team’s mental state…
“Our guys are resilient. We’ve got to clean up details, but our guys, they’ll be ready to work. This team really works, and we’ll accept messages tomorrow, we’ll learn from film, we’ll have a good practice.”
 
Texas A&M Head Coach Bucky McMillan
On the game…
“We thought if we could get this game to the last five, six minutes, we would play really well. It took a total team effort to do that, and you saw us run away with it at the end of the game. That’s kind of what we thought would happen with our group if we could just hang around and play hard, lean on those guys. They’re a good team. Well-coached, got good players, but our guys late were really dang good. You could go talk about a lot of things, and we will. But the conditioning because you knew at the pace neither team’s probably played this fast in a game, and then they did.”
 

UP NEXT:
The Georgia Bulldogs travel to Baton Rouge to take on the LSU Tigers next Saturday, February 7, at 6:00 p.m on the SEC Network. The Bulldogs’ next home contest is Wednesday, February 11 against Florida. For more information on tickets, visit https://gado.gs/dvq

S/D: Georgia Sweeps Emory on Senior Day

 On a snowy Saturday, the University of Georgia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams closed out the regular season with a sweep of DIII rival Emory at Bauerle Pool at Gabrieslen Natatorium.

Fast Facts

• The Georgia women finished first in all 17 events, while the Bulldog men touched first in 15 races. In individual events, 22 Bulldogs earned wins during the meet, including six with multiple victories.
• Graduate Luca Urlando notched four wins on the afternoon, including both the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays. In the 200y freestyle, Urlando placed first with an NCAA cut time of 1:33.29, followed by a first-place 200y backstroke time of 1:40.40, also an NCAA cut. Urlando now holds NCAA cuts in eight different events heading into the SEC Championships.
• Freshman Kennedi Dobson swept both backstrokes, winning the 100y with an NCAA cut of 52.57 and the 200y with an NCAA time of 1:54.08. Fellow freshman Izzy Beu earned a butterfly sweep, beginning with a top time of 1:53.39 in the 200y followed by a 53.27 in the 100y.
• Sophomore Marie Landreneau also turned in two victories, first winning the 100y breaststroke with a time of 1:00.95. She then placed first in the 200y IM with a time of 1:59.69.
• Four Bulldogs earned their first collegiate victories Saturday, starting with freshman Kylie McMurray in the 1,000y freestyle (10:01.27) and fellow freshman Finn Hammer in the 1,650y freestyle (15:07.39). First year Maeve Eckerman took first in the 200y freestyle at 1:48.31, while newcomer Kris Mihaylov won his debut race with a winning time of 1:46.40 in the 200y butterfly.
• On Senior Day, numerous members of the Bulldogs’ Class of 2026 earned wins. Roman Valdez picked up his first win of the season in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 19.95, while Emma Norton placed first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.59. Longtime teammates Ieva Maluka (500y freestyle – 4:44.00) and Cale Martter (100y butterfly – 47.76) also won with personal-best times.
• In diving, juniors Matthew Bray and Michelle Cummo swept the springboards. Bray took first on 3-meter with a new PB of 428.33, following a winning 349.80 on 1-meter. Cummo qualified for Zones with wins on the 1-meter (272.78) and 3-meter (285.83) boards.

Up Next
Select members of the Georgia men’s team will compete in the Auburn First Chance Invitational next Friday and Saturday in Auburn, Alabama. Following Auburn, the SEC Swimming & Diving Championships run Monday, Feb. 16 through Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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