WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –
Michael Devoe scored a game-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field and Georgia Tech men’s basketball closed the regular season with its sixth-straight win, a 75-63 triumph over Wake Forest at Joel Coliseum on Friday night.
With the win, Georgia Tech (15-8, 11-6 ACC) clinched no worse than a fifth-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings for the second-straight year. If No. 21 Virginia defeats Louisville on Saturday, Tech will finish fourth in the ACC and earn a double-bye to the quarterfinals of next week’s ACC Tournament. If they are the No. 5 seed, the Yellow Jackets will open postseason play on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. against the winner of Tuesday’s matchup between the tournament’s No. 12 and 13 seeds. If Tech earns the No. 4 seed, it will not play until Thursday at 2:30 p.m. versus the winner of Wednesday’s 2:30 p.m. game.
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball (8-15) trounced Pitt 11-4 on Sunday, evening the series by catching fire at the plate to score 10 runs in the final two at-bats. Senior utility player
Breanna Roper put an exclamation point on her weekend by leading the Jacket bats going 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored thanks in large part to a three-run jack in the fifth.
Pitt got going with another hot start in the top of the first, jumping ahead 2-0 by way of an RBI groundout and an RBI double. Georgia Tech took one back in the bottom half on an RBI triple courtesy of sophomore utility player
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For the first time in 27 years, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are ACC tournament champions after their 80-75 win over the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday night.
Georgia Tech secured a spot in Saturday s game after Virginia had to withdraw from the tournament because of a positive COVID-19 test within the program. This marked the Yellow Jackets first appearance in the ACC title game since 2010.
Florida State advanced to the title game by holding off North Carolina in the semifinal. Head coach Leonard Hamilton s squad finished the regular season with a 16-6 overall record and will likely secure an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament.
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s cross country is prepped and ready for the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country National Championships. Decided upon by this year’s selection committee, the 31 best male and female teams in the country will compete at nationals. This year’s championships are being held at the OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Okla., on March 15.
In accordance with COVID-19 protocols, spectators will not be permitted to attend the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Championships Monday is slotted to kick off at 11:50 a.m. (CST), when the gun sounds for the women’s championship 6K race. Here’s the full list of teams and participants selected.