National Basketball Association
Georgia Tech 80, Georgia 71
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 15, 2013
Where: Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
Officials:
# Doug Sirmons, # Patrick Adams, # Tony Greene
Attendance:
10523
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Georgia Tech 80, Georgia 71: Trae Golden scored 19 points and the visiting Yellow Jackets used a 12-0 second-half run to down the Bulldogs for the third consecutive season.
Daniel Miller added 14 points and 13 rebounds and Kammeon Holsey scored 10 points with a career-high 12 rebounds for Georgia Tech (3-0), which has beaten Georgia three years in a row for the first time since 1992-94. Marcus Georges-Hunt contributed 10 points.
Charles Mann hit four 3-pointers and led the Bulldogs (1-1) with a career-high 24 points. Kenny Gaines added 13 points for Georgia, which struggled at the free-throw line, going 19-for-29.
The Yellow Jackets led 43-40 early in the second half before scoring 12 unanswered points. Solomon Poole scored five points during the surge, and Golden’s 3-pointer with 16:46 remaining pushed the Georgia Tech lead to 55-40.
Juwan Parker’s jumper with 4:11 left in the first half gave the Bulldogs their biggest lead at 33-30. The Yellow Jackets closed the half with a 13-5 spurt, taking a 43-38 advantage at halftime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Georgia Tech’s Robert Carter Jr., who came in averaging 12 points, did not score until the 8:33 mark of the second half. … Golden, a transfer from Tennessee, led Georgia Tech in scoring for the second time in three games. … Georgia hit six 3-pointers, after making just two in a season-opening victory over Wofford.
Top Game Performances
| Georgia Tech |
|
Georgia |
|
Trae Golden 18 |
Scoring |
Charles Mann 24 |
|
Robert Carter 2 |
Assists |
Charles Mann 3 |
|
Daniel Miller 13 |
Rebounds |
Kenny Gaines 6 |
|
Trae Golden 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Kenny Gaines 6 |
|
Robert Carter 2 |
Steals |
Nemanja Djurisic 2 |
|
Robert Carter 3 |
Blocks |
John Cannon 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Georgia Tech
|
80 |
38.8 |
4-14 |
24-31 |
9 |
47 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
| Georgia
|
71 |
38.3 |
6-20 |
19-29 |
10 |
38 |
7 |
4 |
13 |