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Here's what was on my mind right at the final buzzer as Missouri came back to beat Georgia 87-74 on Saturday.

I don't usually talk much about opposing players in my initial thoughts, but Asa Newell played absolutely fantastic. He finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks and was another in a run of expected one-and-done players the Tigers have faced recently.

He seemed vastly more impressive to me than Texas' Tre Johnson or Arkansas' Boogie Fland or Auburn's Tahaad Pettiford.

Newell was the first one to really dominate the Tigers and that's largely because of where the strengths in Missouri's defense are (the interior which came out a lot today) but still, he was incredible.

For the first time this year, the Tigers won a game they were trailing at halftime.

It hasn't been a product of Missouri not playing well in the second half like last year, it's been how fantastic the Tigers have been early on.

Well, they weren't today and for the first time, they came back and put up a great second half to claim another Quad 1 road win.

The offense got moving, the defense started forcing a ton of turnovers and making great use of them (nine points scored off of four turnovers after the break is about as good of a rate as you can have).

I was wondering how the Tigers would try to handle another fantastic perimeter defense.

We saw against Oklahoma that Missouri just attacked the interior, but with Newell on the inside, Georgia's interior defense is so, so, so much better than the Sooners' so I was left questioning if they would try to go back to that.

Well, they got back to shooting a ton of 3s and didn't hit their usual percentage, but they didn't have to because of the way the defense played in the second half.

We've talked a lot about Anthony Robinson's struggles recently, but after a solid game against Oklahoma and a great one today, he seems to be back in rhythm.

He ended with 15 points, five rebounds and seven, with 13 points, three boards and two assists in the second half alone.

The way he was defending in the second half, jumping in for steals and turning them into quick points was a major factor in the Tigers extending quickly in the first 10 minutes of the second half.

If he's able to maintain that level of play, the Tigers will be well set for the rest of the season.

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