Yellow Jackets and Sooners tip off at 9 p.m. EST Saturday in Norman, Okla.
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GEORGIA TECH (4-3, 0-0 ACC) vs. NO. 21 OKLAHOMA (7-0, 0-0 SEC)
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 | 9 p.m. EST | Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble CenterLive Stream: ESPNU (Announcers: John Schiffrin, Randolph Childress)
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. 390 | SiriusXM app | Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn
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THE FLATS – Looking to build on a two-game winning streak, Georgia Tech leave Atlanta for the first time this season with a visit to undefeated and No. 21-ranked Oklahoma at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday at the Lloyd Noble Center in the second edition of the SEC/ACC Challenge.
Tech (4-3), looking to improve upon a 14-18 mark in Damon Stoudamire’s first season as head coach on The Flats, takes the modest streak on the road after defeating Central Arkansas, 87-68, Saturday, and Charleston Southern, 91-67, last Wednesday to finish off a seven-game homestand to open the season. The Jackets also have defeated West Georgia and Texas Southern during their opening stretch.
The Sooners (7-0) gained national attention Thanksgiving week by sweeping through the Battle 4 Atlantis event in the Bahamas, defeating Providence (79-77), Arizona (82-77) and Louisville (69-64) in succession. OU won four straight home games to open its season before the Atlantis event.
Tuesday’s game will be televised live on ESPNU, with a live stream 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 the SiriusXM app.
THE TIP-OFF
• Tech downed No. 21 Mississippi State, 65-59, in the inaugural SEC/ACC Challenge last season in Atlanta, The Yellow Jackets went 9-13 in the 23-year run (1999-2022) of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and 2-1 in the ACC/Big East Challenge (1989-91).
• Tech will play its second game of the season against a ranked team in No. 21 Oklahoma. The Jackets dropped an 81-58 contest at home to No. 18 Cincinnati on Nov. 23 and are 3-3 vs. Top-25 teams under Damon Stoudamire.
• Tech is playing its first game away from Atlanta after opening the season with seven consecutive home games. It is the first of three straight games away from home for Tech, which opens ACC play Saturday at North Carolina and faces Northwestern in a neutral-site game Dec. 15 in Milwaukee.
• Each team in Tuesday night’s game has a player who transferred from the other. Former Sooner Javian McCollum is Tech’s second-leading scorer at 14.0 points per game, leads the Jackets in three-point percentage (40.9) and is No. 3 in field goal percentage (47.7). Jalon Moore, who began his college career at Tech, leads Oklahoma at 18.4 points per game and in field goal percentage (51.2) and three-point percentage (42.3).
• Similar to the 2023-24 season, Tech is playing its SEC/ACC Challenge game and opening its ACC schedule (at North Carolina) in the same week. Last year, the Jackets knocked off No. 21 Mississippi State and No. 7 Duke, though both games were at home.
• Four Tech players are averaging in double-figure points through five games (Lance Terry 14.7, Javian McCollum 12.8, Baye Ndongo 14.0, Naithan George 11.4).
• Tech has scored 80-plus points five times in seven games and is averaging 80.6 points per game this season.
SERIES NOTES VS. OKLAHOMA
• Georgia Tech and Oklahoma are meeting for the fourth time, all of them during the tenure of head coach Bobby Cremins, and the series is tied, 2-2.
• The teams last met on Nov. 17, 1995, an 83-72 Tech victory at the Georgia Dome in a second-round Pre-Season NIT matchup. The teams also met in the old Rainbow Classic on Dec. 29, 1994, a game won by the Yellow Jackets, 89-85.
• The first two meetings took place in Norman, Okla., in 1982 and 1985, both won by the Sooners. Tuesday’s game is Tech’s first trip to Norman since then.
• Tech has faced OU coach Porter Moser once before in his final season as head coach at Loyola Chicago, which won the opening-round game in the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis.
