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I think the difference today was that we picked it up on defense in the second half. We got our transition game going and we got some open looks.

Second half, I thought Andre (Miller) picked apart the zone more thoroughly. Our defense picked up. We made them miss a lot of shots and got our transition game going.

We really picked it up in the second half. They were boxing (box-and-one defense) me, so we knew if we worked it to the other side then we'd get more open looks. Plus, we did a better job of getting back on defense. I guess we just needed that good holler to get us back in the game.

I don't think we played fantastic. Our transition defense was suspect. We made some bad decisions early in the second half, but then we picked it up. We questioned ourselves, but we have the answers now.

Our offense is a little better when our defense is better. We got a chance to push it in transition and get some open shots. That was the difference late.

That's our key, our defense. We may give up some easy ones to taller teams, but we'll also create a lot of opportunities with our speed. Today was no different. Our defense was OK in the first half but we really picked it up after halftime.

Georgia is a very aggressive team, and we had to be careful not to get out of our rhythm. At halftime I encouraged our guys to have more patience if the transition (opportunity) wasn't there. But our defense really picked up in the second half and created some offense for us.

South had its transition game going in the first half and we were slow to react to what they were doing. We changed our defense in the second half and we played better.

Our problem in the first half was our transition defense, which has been a problem for us all year. They had 11 of their 24 baskets in transition, and many of those were right at the basket. That's unacceptable, [and] we need to do a better job of that in Game 2.

I think it started with our defense and getting open shots. We shared the ball well and when you start off well in transition the half-court becomes easier.

Donald Copeland

That was the difference in the game, we picked up the defensive intensity in the second half.

What they're going to try to do is do what they did during the season, try to get more off open-floor, transition-type opportunities, and try to attack that way and not have to go against our half-court defense as much. That will probably be their biggest adjustment.

We knew going into the game that they loved the transition game. I was disappointed in our defense. For the most part we were unable to take away enough of the transition offense. We'd make a mistake and they scored in transition.

We were two points away from making it an even game. But in the second half we didn't get those stops and convert those points in transition like we did in the first half. That was the difference.

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