THE FLATS – No. 10 Georgia Tech scored in 14 of the final 19 innings of the series to clinch its 12
th-straight ACC series after a 13-9 win over No. 1 Louisville on Sunday afternoon at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium.
Five multi-hit batters powered the Yellow Jackets (8-3, 5-1 ACC), led by
Tres Gonzalez, who finished 3-for-5 with two RBI, including a crucial squeeze bunt that scored a key insurance run in the eighth.
Drew Compton had another strong day, going 2-for-2 with another home run and double for three RBI, while
Andrew Jenkins (2-for-4, 3 RBI),
Stephen Reid (2 hits, HR, RBI),
The 2021 ACC Men’s Basketball tournament gets underway Tuesday from Greensboro Coliseum. Virginia earned the No. 1 seed by winning the league s regular season race on the strength of a 13-4 record within the conference. Tony Bennett quietly guided the Cavaliers to their fifth ACC regular season crown in the past eight seasons and thus earned a double-bye.
Although it has been a down year for Duke in the ACC, the conference still offers three teams that are ranked inside the AP Top 25. This year, the oddsmakers at
DraftKings Sportsbook have top-seeded Virginia as the overall betting favorite. Florida State, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech also earned double-byes and will start tournament play on Thursday. The Yellow Jackets, who are the hottest team in the conference on a six-game winning streak, offer tremendous longshot value at odds of +1000 are originally being listed at +2500 on DK Sportsbook.
Greensboro, N.C. – For the second consecutive week, Georgia Tech’s
Moses Wright was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week Monday in voting by a panel of 15 members of the media. It is the third time Wright has received the honor this season, having done so last week and also in December. It is the fourth time a Tech player has been so honored this season; Jose Alvarado was named in early January.
The 6-9 senior forward, who earlier Monday was named the ACC’s Player of the Year, cemented that honor last week when he scored 29 points with 14 rebounds in the Tech’s 81-77 overtime win against Duke, and followed that performance with 17 points and four rebounds as the Yellow Jackets closed out their regular season with a 75-63 win at Wake Forest. Tech (15-8 overall, 11-6 in the ACC) has won six straight games and secured the No. 4 seed in this week’s New York Life ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
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Greensboro, N.C. – Georgia Tech’s
Moses Wright was named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-ACC first team, and
Jose Alvarado was voted the ACC’s Defensive Player of the Year and a second-team All-ACC honoree Monday by a vote of the ACC panel of media and coaches, highlighting the list of honors awarded to Yellow Jacket players following the team’s run to a fourth-place finish in the ACC.
Wright becomes the third Yellow Jacket to be named the conference’s top player.
Mark Price was named by the Associated Press in 1985, and