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GEORGIA TECH (2-1, 0-0 ACC) vs. GEORGIA (3-0, 0-0 SEC)​

Friday, November 15, 2024 | 8 p.m. EST | Atlanta, Ga. | McCamish Pavilion

Live Stream: ACC Network Extra | ESPN+ (Announcers: Wiley Ballard, Jon Babul)

Radio: Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports (In Atlanta: 680 AM/93.7 The Fan)

Announcers: Andy Demetra, Randy Waters

Other ways to listen: SiriusXM Ch. 371 | SiriusXM app | Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn



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THE FLATS – Georgia Tech continues its season-opening homestand Friday evening, when the Yellow Jackets host Georgia in the 200th renewal of the in-state men’s basketball rivalry at 8 p.m. at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta.

Tech, trying to improve upon a 14-18 mark in Damon Stoudamire’s first season as head coach on The Flats, comes into the contest with a 2-1 record, having defeated West Georgia (85-62) and Texas Southern (81-62), sandwiched around a 105-93 loss to North Florida.

The Bulldogs, in their third season under Mike White and coming off an NIT appearance in 2023-24, have won all three of their games to date, downing Tennessee Tech (83-78), Texas Southern (92-64) and North Florida (90-77).

Friday’s game will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, available on the ESPN app. Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports and flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). The Tech broadcast is also available on SiriusXM channel 371 and the SiriusXM app.

TECH TO RETIRE DENNIS SCOTT’S NO. 4

Georgia Tech’s Dennis Scott, the 1990 Atlantic Coast Conference and Sporting News National Men’s Basketball Player of the Year and a first-team All-American by six organizations, will have his jersey No. 4 officially retired by the Institute during a halftime ceremony Friday night.

Joined by several of his teammates and his head coach, Bobby Cremins, as well as his family, Scott will see his number hung from the rafters at McCamish Pavilion next to those of six other Yellow Jacket greats, joining Roger Kaiser (No. 21), Rich Yunkus (No. 40), Mark Price (No. 25), John Salley (No. 22), Tom Hammonds (No. 20) and Matt Harpring (No. 15). Tech will offer the first 2,000 fans through the gates a commemorative rally towel featuring a likeness of Scott’s jersey.

The 6-foot-8 Scott is one of five Georgia Tech players ever to be named a first-team All-American by an NCAA-recognized organization, named in 1990 by Basketball Times, The Sporting News, the Wooden Award, the United States Basketball Writers of America, the Naismith Award and The National. He also earned second-team honors by three other organizations, and was a finalist for the Naismith and Wooden Awards in 1990.

Scott, part of the Yellow Jackets’ legendary Lethal Weapon 3 trio with Brian Oliver and Kenny Anderson, led Tech to its second all-time ACC title that year, and to the first NCAA Final Four in program history, winning 28 games before falling to UNLV in the national semifinal in Denver, Colo.

THE TIP-OFF

• Tech and Georgia are meeting for the 200th time on the hardwood in a series that dates back to 1906, and for the 91st time on the Yellow Jackets’ home court. In terms of longest series history, Clemson comes the closest with 146 all-time meetings.

• Friday is game 4 in Georgia Tech’s seven-game homestand to open the 2024-25 season. The Yellow Jackets do not leave Atlanta until they visit Oklahoma on Dec. 3 in the SEC/ACC Challenge.

• Tech has scored 80-plus points in each of its first three games. The Yellow Jackets haven’t scored 80 or more in three straight games since last in the 2007-08 season (80 vs. Clemson, 86 vs. Boston College, 94 vs. Virginia). Georgia has exceeded 80 points in each of its games as well.

• Tech has averaged 10.3 three-point field goals made and 30.6 three-pointers attempted through three games. The Jackets averaged 7.9 made threes and 24.8 attempts last season, attempting a school-record 780 threes.

• Tech has connected on 10 or more threes in a game 10 times under Damon Stoudamire, including each of the Jackets’ last two games.

• Tech has a 56-to-36 assist/turnover ratio through three games, averaging 18.6 assists per game on 30.6 field goals made (60.8 percent).

• Five Tech players scored in double digits in each of Tech’s last two games. Five Yellow Jackets are averaging in double figures for the season, while six Georgia players have done so.

• Javian McCollum, Baye Ndongo and Kowacie Reeves, Jr., each have scored in double digits in all three of Tech’s games.

LAST TIME OUT

A well-balanced offense and strong team defense provided Georgia Tech with its second victory of the season as the Yellow Jackets took down Texas Southern (1-3), 81-62, on Tuesday evening inside McCamish Pavilion. Tech led by as many as 30 points in the second half.

For the second straight game, five different Yellow Jackets finished in double-figures, led by 19 from Baye Ndongo, who recorded his eighth-career double-double and second in as many games (19 points and 11 rebounds). Naithan George was up to his usual tricks, finishing with a season high 16 points to go along with six assists, three boards and a steal. Kowacie Reeves, Jr., filled the stat sheet, making 15 points, seven rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a steal, while Javian McCollum (14) and Lance Terry (13) rounded out the Jackets in double-figures.

NOTABLE

• Baye Ndongo has notched a double-double in each of his last two games (20/10 vs. North Florida, 19/11 vs. Texas Southern) and has eight for his career. He has reached double-digits in points 22 times as a Yellow Jacket and double digits in rebounds 10 times. Ndongo is Tech’s top scorer (16.5 ppg) and rebounder (9.3 rpg).

• Naithan George has reached double-figure points 13 times at Tech (16 vs. Texas Southern). He matched his career free throw highs, hitting 8-of-10 from the stripe (also hit 8-of-10 vs. North Carolina 1/30/2024)

• George has 20 assists against four turnovers in three games, at least six assists in each game. He has dealt six assists or more 13 times in his career. His career high in assists is 11 vs. Notre Dame, Jan. 9, 2024.

• Lance Terry added 13 off the bench against TSU and has 15 double-figure games as a Yellow Jacket, 48 in his career. He is Tech’s No. 4 scorer at 12.0 ppg.

• Javian McCollum has scored in double figures 48 times in his career. He had 14 points and five rebounds against Texas Southern, and is the Jackets’ No. 3 scorer at 15.3 ppg.

• McCollum has hit at least one three-pointer in 50 of 60 games dating back to the beginning of his sophomore year.

• Kowacie Reeves, Jr., has posted 16 double-digit scoring games as a Yellow Jacket (including all three this season), 35 for his career, after scoring 15 points with seven rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots against Texas Southern. He is Tech’s No. 2 scorer at 15.7 ppg.

• Reeves, Jr., has started all 35 games Tech has played with him on the team.

• Freshman center Doryan Onwuchekwa made his first collegiate start against TSU, didn’t score but had nine rebounds and two blocked shots.

• Freshmen Jaeden Mustaf and Darrion Sutton have missed the last two games with injury, while Colorado transfer Luke O’Brien (11.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg) was sidelined for Tuesday’s contest against Texas Southern.

Taking schedule and injuries out of the picture and looking just at talent, depth, and cohesiveness - how much better is this year’s team compared to last year? It seems as if we’re destined for a similar record as last year.

KQ- It is significantly better and you've seen that week-to-week. In the previous four games before Miami, they got decimated with key injuries and were competitive in each game and won several. They beat Miami with a QB who couldn't throw downfield playing 2/3s of the snaps and two RBs who were not in the rotation most of the season forced into action for the entire second half in Trey Cooley and Anthony Carrie plus you were down your best CB and your nickel against the best passing offense in the country.

They had a hard schedule, GT also screwed up early as the defense was struggling and they had some very bad mistakes in the Louisville game and the Cuse games. They could easily have two more wins but could also have more losses too. That shows how the team has grown IMO year over year.

Who did the Georgia tech rival site before you started and was it a difficult decision being a UGA graduate to start covering Georgia Tech?

KQ- I've answered this question a lot of times on here. First off, our UCF pub Brandon Helwig owned the site before I eventually got ownership of it, long story that isn't that interesting. I ended up owning the site a few months after taking over as the primary reporter. We had a handful of posts a day and very little content. Brandon was based in Orlando and did the best he could but even Rivals leadership at the time thought the site was a waste of resources.

I disagreed and thought there was a big enough fan base that I could come in and shake up the market especially seeing the players in the market and what was going on. History proved me correct on that.

As far as the UGA thing, yeah I went to UGA because it was free. My parents didn't have much money. I grew up in a very small house and later an apartment with a single mom after I was 8. I wanted to go to Boston University. It was at the time $25k for tuition and room and board. We couldn't afford that and I didn't want to be in student loan debt forever. I also had a chance to go to Penn, but it was a similar deal. I wanted to go to a J-school and I had two options, UGA which was in my hometown (my mom worked for UGA and was in charge of the reference dept at the library) or Georgia State. That was a pretty easy call because UGA had one of the top journalism programs in the country.

My mom disliked the UGA football program as she thought it was a waste of resources and took away from academia (funny given some of the discussions on here about that and GT). So we never went to a football game growing up. I went to one UGA spring game when I was a kid because Vince Dooley let the local YMCA pee-wee football teams come play at halftime of the spring game and I went to a UGA-Auburn game with my older brother when I was in high school. That was it until I started college.

When I was in school I started covering UGA football for radio and then online stuff, but once I got to know the people and worked in the sausage factory I didn't have much of a taste for sausage if that makes sense.

Covering GT my relationships run a lot deeper both with people on here and the people who work at the school and I sought out a different vibe and experience. I wanted to live in Atlanta and get out of going to a media avail with 14 beat writers and like 30 cameras and that is what UGA was turning into. I didn't like that and I like the more laid back thing we have going here. It suits me.

What made it difficult was the financial component of it and being a solo shop for many years and really leaning on some amazing GT people who helped me bridge the gap for the first three years financially to make it get off the ground and become viable as a full-time endeavor and I'll be forever in their debt for that along with everyone who has helped build this up and continues to support the site in various ways.

Whatever happened with Tobi Haastrup? From what I remember, the kid really values academics and he has done visits to BC and Vandy (among others). Seems like a good kid and is a WDE, which I think we need. Surprised I haven't heard more about him and GT. He's a 5.9 so I can't imagine we wouldn't want him.

KQ- He just OV'd to FSU and Vandy and is likely going to Oregon next. I think they are focused on other guys and that would be someone like Chase Linton.

Basketball had about as bad of a disappointing performance against North Florida than I’ve seen in quite some time. Not going to overreact, but did this loss bring up any red flags for you that weren’t there before?

KQ- Not really, I watch a good bit of CBB and see stuff like that all the time. North Florida beat South Carolina and got their sealegs going and will win their league if they stay healthy and be a pesky 13 seed. You lost to a NCAAT team. Forget that it is North Florida, that shit doesn't matter in CBB the way that people think it does. They played like shit and still had some chances to get back in the game, but missed a couple of key buckets when they got it down to single-digits or around 10 points and couldn't get it lower. This is a team that is still learning how to play together. It takes a few games. They had no clue at the time that contract was signed that North Florida would be that good either.

Do you expect King to be able to throw the ball further down the field this season or do you anticipate his injury hampering him the rest of the year?

KQ- I've explained this a few different ways, but the easiest way that most people who played any sport could understand is how you feel when you sprain your ankle. It takes time to heal and it feels bad when you try to run on it (aka throwing the ball). The more rest he gets the better it will feel and eventually it will feel much better, but that takes time. It could feel much better for NC State or worse. That is something we won't know much about going into the game in two weeks IMO.

Biggest learning opportunity the basketball team can take from the loss? Also thought Damon was working on improving defense with multiple defensive looks…what happened to that? Conditioning didn’t look great

KQ- I thought they looked tired and disinterested on defense. Luke O'Brien called out the guys for it after the game. Losing Jaeden Mustaf hurt because he is one of their stoppers and Damon could've used him to help some of the issues on D IMO. So that hurt as well.

KSU has one of the top punters in the country. He just went into the portal. I expect he will be a hot commodity. Has some relationships at GT.

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Updated Standings:

Bronston 53-44 (5-2 last week)
Kelly 49-48 (3-4)
Sed 45-51 (5-2)
Alex 34-57 (4-3)

This week's games:

-Clemson (-10) at Pitt
Clemson: Kelly, Sed, Alex
Pitt: Bronston

-Syracuse at Cal (-8.5)
Cuse: Bronston, Kelly
Cal: Sed, Alex

-Virginia (+23) at Notre Dame
UVA: Bronston
ND: Kelly, Sed, Alex

-Boston College at SMU (-19.5)
BC: Bronston
SMU: Kelly, Sed, Alex

-Louisville (-20.5) at Stanford
Louisville: Bronston, Kelly, Sed, Alex
Stanford:

-Wake Forest at UNC (-11.5)
Wake: Kelly, Alex
UNC: Bronston, Sed

I know this often brought up as a point of contention, how to watch the Braves and which provider is best. It looks like you will finally be able to buy stand alone subscription to watch them regardless of who you use for cable/streaming.

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That we did not see any commitments happen this week? If we beat NC state and UGA, would that turn the tide?
I think I expected a lot of hype around this program after last week.

THE FLATS – Five Yellow Jackets finished in double-figures as Georgia Tech upended West Georgia, 88-53, in a Thursday night matchup inside McCamish Pavilion. For the third-straight game, freshman Dani Carnegie led Tech with a team-high 15 points.

A pair of free throws from Tonie Morgan to close the first quarter opened a permanent double-digit lead for Georgia Tech, capping the frame with a 19-8 edge. A Kara Dunn bucket midway through the second expanded Tech’s lead to 20-plus as the Yellow Jackets led by as many as 21 points in the first half multiple times. Zoesha Smith paced the Jackets in the opening 20 minutes with 10 points and six rebounds before Tech continued to push the pace in the second half. Inés Noguero connected on a triple with three minutes left in the game to hand the Jackets their largest lead of the evening, setting up an 86-47 tally.

Carnegie chipped in 15 points in the win to lead the way offensively, while Smith finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. Kayla Blackshear just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds as Dunn and Morgan completed Tech’s players in double-figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. The Jackets won the battle on the glass, 44-32, paced by Blackshear’s nine.

For the game, Tech shot 46.6 percent (34-73) from the floor and converted 13-of-16 free throw attempts for an 81.3 percent efficiency. The Jackets dominated in the paint, outscoring the Wolves, 42-24, and converted 24 UWG miscues into 27 points.

Grace O’Gara led UWG with 15 points as the Wolves were held to a 34.6 percent shooting clip. Destiny Jones added 12 points, while K’Nari Holliday pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.

Georgia Tech returns to action for the 47th edition of ‘Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate’ on the hardwood, welcoming Georgia on Sunday, Nov. 17. Tip is slated for 2 p.m. and will be televised on the ACC Network.

SINGLE GAME TICKETS FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Single game tickets for the season are also on sale. Single game tickets begin at just $10 for general admission seating and are $12 for reserved seating. Youth pricing begins at $8 per game and are available day of game, while group ticket packages are on sale for 10 or more tickets at $5 per ticket. Please contact the Georgia Tech Athletic Association ticket office for more information on group tickets at tickets@athletics.gatech.edu. Fans can purchase tickets by visiting RamblinWreck.com or by calling the Georgia Tech ticket office at 1-888-TECH-TIX.



GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
Georgia Tech is celebrating the 50th anniversary of women’s basketball on The Flats this season. Under the direction of coach Jim Culpepper, Georgia Tech competed its first year in the Georgia Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (GAIAW) in 1974-75 before joining the ACC in 1979-80. Tech has seen many highlights over 50 years, including playing in the NCAA Tournament 11 times, with two Sweet 16 appearances (2012, 2021), and producing nine WNBA draft picks, featuring first round draft picks Alex Montgomery and Sasha Goodlett. In its first postseason berth in school history, Georgia Tech captured the 1992 National Women’s Invitational Tournament. Currently in its sixth season under head coach Nell Fortner, the Yellow Jackets have reach postseason play three times in the last five years.

Looks like a big man that can move. Definitely an interior DL instead of a DE in my opinion.

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Sounds like it's just going to be one big tailgate party. No special musical guest.


THE FLATS – Helluva Block Party Driven by Hyundai, Georgia Tech football’s official pregame tailgate party, will move from its traditional location on North Avenue to Tech Green in the heart of Tech’s campus for next Thursday’s home finale versus NC State. HBP’s food, music and fun begins at 3:30 p.m., four hours ahead of the 7:30 p.m. kickoff between the Yellow Jackets and Wolfpack at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field.



ESPN SportsCenter – LIVE

Before Helluva Block Party even gets underway, fans are invited to make their way to the Tech Green area for a live edition of ESPN SportsCenter from 2-3 p.m. The live SportsCenter, hosted by Matt Barrie (who will also serve as play-by-play announcer for the GT-NC State game telecast on ESPN), will feature a distinct Georgia Tech flair, with appearances by special guests and more. Yellow Jackets fans are encouraged to bring signs and flags, a la ESPN’s College Gameday, to create a great atmosphere for SportsCenter on Tech’s campus.



Parking

All Georgia Tech-controlled parking areas will open at 3 p.m. Thursday for gameday parking.



Tailgating

As always, Revel XP is offering full-service tailgates for rent that will provide the ultimate gameday tailgate experience at Helluva Block Party. For more information, click HERE.



There will also be a limited number of free tailgating spots on Tech Green available on a first-come, first-served basis for fans that would like to set up their own personal tailgate parties at HBP. Please note that tailgaters must bring their own tailgating supplies for personal tailgate parties, and breakdown and return their own tailgating items to their vehicle prior to entering the stadium.



For non-tailgating fans, there will be a variety of food truck and concession options available on Tech Green during HBP, including beer and wine for sale, as well as vendors offering free food samples.



Music

Music will be playing throughout HBP, courtesy of iHeart radio.



At 6:45 p.m. (45 minutes prior to kickoff), the Georgia Tech Marching Band will close Helluva Block Party with a pregame performance.



Yellow Jacket Alley

With North Ave. remaining open for weeknight, rush-hour traffic, Yellow Jacket Alley – Georgia Tech football’s pregame arrival to Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field – has been moved to Techwood Drive and Bobby Dodd Way on the north side of Bobby Dodd Stadium (click HERE for map).



The Yellow Jackets’ buses will park on Techwood Drive, just north of the intersection with Bobby Dodd Way. From there, the Jackets will walk west on Bobby Dodd Way, past the Fanning Center construction site and Callaway Plaza and enter the stadium at Gate 6.



Fans are encouraged to line the route and welcome the Jackets to the stadium beginning at 5 p.m.

Hope you guys enjoy!

Looks like UGA fans are good and pissed. They are mad they are 12 behind despite two losses to the two teams in front of them. Which is stupid. We HaVe ThE ToUgHeSt ScHeDuLe iN tHe SeC!!!!! Yet they have 2 losses. Sorry not sorry. Quality losses are not carrying much weight when there are a bunch of 1 loss teams to date.

BUT...man the SEC media blowhards are out in full force today. "The SEC has at least two more teams that would beat any of the top 9 on a neutral field by at least 7 points". Blah, blah, blah. The sports media On3, ESPN, Josh Pate, etc. all suck. I wonder if they zip up Sankey's pants when they are done. This made up "SEC grind" perpetuated by the media is annoying. Some dude from On3 is perpetuating the idea that South Carolina would win the ACC.

Sorry for the rant. Just annoyed.

Heard this on the basketball conference podcast, but did we just ruin Miami’s playoff hopes? Not sure what the tie breakers are, but Clemson has one ACC game left against Pitt this week. SMU has 3 left against BC, Virginia, and Cal, with a loss to play with since they are still undefeated. If Miami gets left out of the ACC championship game, they’d be 11-1 with a pretty weak schedule, competing for an at large bid with a multitude of 2 loss SEC teams. The committee proved last season that an extra SEC loss is more valuable to a resume than an ACC win. Will be interesting to see

My story on the #GaTech 81-62 win over Texas Southern and some updates ahead of the UGA game on Friday.

I almost had a heart attack when I saw Tiller's face on the picture that Chad from the AJC posted a few minutes ago, but I confirmed that Tiller isn't committing or signing today. They (OTE folks) said they will know more about his timeline tomorrow.

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THE FLATS – A 6-3 center from Atlanta, Ga., McKayla Taylor has signed a grant-in-aid to join Georgia Tech women’s basketball in 2025-26, head coach Nell Fortner announced on National Signing Day.

“We are so excited about McKayla joining our Yellow Jacket family,” Fortner said. “She is a great addition to our core of Georgia players. McKayla brings size and athleticism immediately to our team. She has a passion to be great, which will help propel us into the future here at Georgia Tech.”

A 2024 GHSA 6A region 5 player of the year, Taylor has averaged 11.5 points and 11.8 rebounds per game in her three seasons at Langston Hughes High School. The local native is the No. 4-ranked center in the state of Georgia by Sandy’s Spiel and was tabbed a 2023-24 6A all-state honorable mention by the organization. She was tabbed 6A all-state second team by the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2024 and is a two-time Atlanta Public Schools MVP (2019 and 2020).

Taylor helped Langston Hughes reach the 2023 GHSA 6A Final Four after averaging 10.0 points and 10.7 rebounds per game her sophomore season. Following the run, Taylor picked up Peach State Prep 6A preseason first team honors entering the 2023-24 season. She is a two-time team MVP at her high school and led Langston Hughes in double-doubles and rebounding her junior and senior seasons.

Hailing from Atlanta, Taylor played in the same AAU organization as current Yellow Jackets, Dani Carnegie and Chit-Chat Wright. Taylor currently owns over 500 career points and 500 career rebounds at Langston Hughes.

Georgia Tech returns to action on Thursday, welcoming West Georgia to McCamish Pavilion. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

Has the performer been announced? I'm bringing my 12 year old son for his first in person brainwashing. A strong performer for a Gen Alpha could help significantly. We live 30 minutes from the mutts so I need all the help I can get!

The latest from a lot of top prospects here:

Trying to make my way to the arena.