Bulldogs Top Longhorns, 91-80

Saturday, February 21

Athens, Ga.

3:30

University of Georgia

19-8,7-7SEC

Texas

17-10,8-6SEC

Texas

Georgia

February 21, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

GEORGIA MEN'S BASKETBALL VIDEOS

Highlights

Coach White

Abson/Wilkinson

ATHENS, Ga. – The Georgia Bulldogs (19-8, 7-7) defeated the Texas Longhorns (17-10, 8-6) 91-80 on Saturday afternoon in Stegeman Coliseum, evening the season series. Sophomore Jeremiah Wilkinson led the Bulldogs with 19 points.

Fast Facts:

Georgia has a 10-6 lead in all games against Texas, including a 5-0 run in Athens.
The Bulldogs maintained control for the majority of the game, building a lead that grew to as much as 18 points.
Marcus "Smurf" Millender followed Wilkinson with 15 points, reaching double figures for the third straight game. Kanon Catchings and Somto Cyril added 13 points apiece, while Blue Cain chipped in 12.
Wilkinson made a 3-point jumper off a Texas turnover at 12:30. Millender's driving layup ended that 10-0 run, giving Georgia a 26-9 lead in the first half.
Texas cut the deficit to 67-64 in the second half. Justin Abson pushed the lead back out with a dunk and a layup after checking in at the 9:26 mark.
Georgia outscored Texas in bench points (34-16), rebounds (24-22), assists (17-12), blocks (6-3), and steals (5-3).

Key Quotes:
Georgia Head Coach Mike White
Opening Statement
"Big win, Texas is really good, played really well in Austin. In the first 20, and they just dominated us in the second half, and we put together a pretty good 40 today. They're really talented. They're resilient, really physical. They've got really good length defensively. They've got good speed. Got off to a really good start, with our intensity level, and we talked a lot with our guys these last couple days about the fact that, we're coming off a game; we played with a lot of edge in Lexington. We were really, really competitive. We haven't always seen that, and that's most teams, you know other than the championship level teams and the top 10 teams in the country. As part of our process, at home, can we replicate some of that? Our guys did a really good job. I just thought we played really hard early, and we were able to sustain it offensively. They made plays, tied the game. We responded in a big big way, just did enough defensively, but that said, they're really tough to defend. They draw fouls; they scored from mid-range as well as most teams in the country, along with Ole Miss and a couple other teams in our league. Then defending Matas is just a handful, but they've got older senior guards that are tough to keep out of the paint, draw fouls. They were really good in transition offense. Justin Abson gave us a huge boost, helped us get a couple stops with his ball screen defense, which was a big deficiency of ours today. Then he scored it a couple times too, but our offense down the stretch just moved it, made simple decisions. We've grown in that area, shot selection's gotten better and better and it was probably as good as it's been all year today."

Jeremiah Wilkinson | G | So.

On how the loss at Texas played into the team's mentality coming out of the half...
"That's come up every day in practice, every single day, multiple times. We knew we had to come out, we had a lead going into the second half, and we couldn't let up like last game. We got three stops in the second half, and that just wasn't good enough. We knew we had to play harder than them to win this game, and that's what we did."

Justin Abson | F | Sr.

On what it meant to help the team tonight after not playing against Kentucky...
"Honestly, it wasn't that difficult because just being the development team, other guys were in similar situations, not playing, playing one minute. I always told them, be ready. As long as you get one minute, you can earn more minutes. So, I told the guys, I can't preach it and not practice it."

Up Next:
Georgia goes back on the road to face the Vanderbilt Commodores on Wednesday, February 25 at 7:00 p.m. ET on SEC Network. The Bulldogs' next home contest is Saturday, February 28 against South Carolina. For more information on tickets, visit https://gado.gs/dvq