Sitting alongside Tyrin Lawrence in Sunday’s post-game press conference, Silas Demary Jr. laughed that it’s a lot of fun playing with a team of bigs that play the way they did in Georgia’s 92-64 win over Texas Southern.
“Today we kind of primarily went through the bigs, so, you know, everybody’s sharing the love. They put up good screens to get us to the rim. They plug for us,” Demary Jr. said. “So, when we can hit them on a pocket pass and they can shoot that touch shot, or we come off the ball screen and throw them a lob, it’s just a lot of fun. I think it brings the crowd in more, and it hypes everybody up.”
It was impressive.
The Bulldogs (2-0) outrebounded the Tigers 53-23 while blocking 12 shots, four each by Somto Cyril and Asa Newell.
Georgia’s 12 blocks tied for the most in a game by the Bulldogs since 2019.
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