THE FLATS – Three Yellow Jackets scored in double-figures to lead Georgia Tech men’s basketball to a 72-67 comeback win over Atlantic Coast Conference-rival North Carolina on Wednesday night at McCamish Pavilion.
Georgia Tech (5-3, 1-1 ACC) trailed UNC (5-4, 0-2 ACC) by as much as 11 in the first half and by eight with less than seven minutes to go before battling back to secure its first conference win of the 2020-21 season. Tech guards
Jose Alvarado and
Michael Devoe led all scorers with a pair of 20 points apiece. Alvarado also grabbed seven rebounds and dished out seven assists (both team highs), while Devoe sank four 3-pointers as well as handing out four assists.
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Tech Dominates Notre Dame, 82-67
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Five Yellow Jackets scored in double-figures as Georgia Tech captured it first-ever win over Notre Dame on Sunday afternoon, defeating the Fighting Irish 82-67 in Purcell Pavilion. Lotta-Maj Lahtinen led the Jackets with 19 points and Lorela Cubaj recorded her 12th double-double in the win.
Tech (4-1, 2-0 ACC) shot 53.3 percent (32-60) from the field and 52.5 percent from three-point range, hitting 10 triples for the second-consecutive game. Lahtinen paced Tech’s offense and finished with eight assists for a career-high. Cubaj led the Jackets on the boards, pulling down 13 to go along with 16 points for her third game with a double-double this season.
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Sunday kicks off another journey into ACC play for the University of Notre Dame women’s basketball team. Up first, the Fighting Irish (2-2, 0-0) look to tackle an upstart Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (3-1, 1-0) squad. That contest is scheduled for 2 p.m. EST, inside Purcell Pavilion, streaming live on ACCNX.
1 AWAY FROM 100
Before last season, Notre Dame had been nothing short of dominant since entering the ACC for the 2013-14 season. A 91-5 record in league play and 58 straight conference wins at home, which dated back to 2012 in the Big East. The Irish had won six straight ACC regular-season titles (eight straight when counting the final two years in the Big East) and had won five ACC Tournament crowns.