Georgia Tech’s record might not necessarily reflect it, but they have been a competitive team in nearly every game they have played this year. Even against some of the better teams on their schedule, the Yellow Jackets have played well and just needed to learn how to put together complete games.
Today was not one of those days though. Georgia Tech went on the road as a 9.5-point underdog and got dominated for most of the game. The offense struggled mightily in the first half and after a run in the second half to cut into the lead, Virginia Tech responded and put Georgia Tech away.
Nait George, Miles Kelly, Kowacie Reeves, Baye Ndongo, and Ibrahima Sacko were the first five on the floor for the Yellow Jackets. Damon Stoumdaire has been rotating Sacko and Ebenezer Dowuona this season at the last starting spot and opted to roll with Sacko today.
From the start of this game, Georgia Tech was having a hard time scoring the basketball. The defense was not much better, but the offense could not find any sort of rhythm. Virginia Tech raced out to a 20-10 lead halfway through the first half and then another three from the Hokies capped off an 8-0 run to push the lead to 23-10. Georgia Tech was in the midst of a scoring drought and had not scored in more than three minutes.