No. 17 Georgia Tech continued to serve notice that it has one of the best teams in the nation by handily beating No. 23 Nebraska 72-61 at McCamish Pavilion on Saturday.
Tech led for more than 36 of the 40 minutes played and held one of the nation’s top 3-point shooting team to just 26% from beyond the arc. The Yellow Jackets are now 13-0.
“I always had it in my mind that we’ll be one of the best teams in the nation, just off of the work we did,” Tech guard Dani Carnegie said. “We come into every game like we’re the underdog because people still don’t have the most respect for us. Every game is a new game, every game we come in as underdogs, play our hardest. Even though we have a number beside our name, we’re still the underdogs for everything.”
Tech coach Nell Fortner was asked if she agreed with Carnegie’s assessment that this Tech team is one of the best around.
“Sure. Yeah. I mean why not?” the veteran coach said. “We play defense, we can shoot the 3-ball, we can spread the floor, we can take it inside if we need to, we can play off the bounce or we can just pass the ball and shoot it. I think we’re a very versatile team. We’ll step up against anybody.”