Yellow Jackets and Fighting Irish tip off at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday at Purcell Pavilion
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GEORGIA TECH (9-11, 3-6 ACC) vs. NOTRE DAME (9-10, 3-5 ACC)
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | 9 p.m. EST | South Bend, Ind. | Purcell PavilionTelevision: ACC Network (Announcers: Doug Sherman, Eric Devendorf)
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. 382 | SiriusXM app | Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn
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THE FLATS – Looking to build momentum following a home win over Virginia Tech last Wednesday, Georgia Tech hits the road to face Notre Dame in a 9 p.m. Atlantic Coast Conference game Tuesday at Purcell Pavilion.
Georgia Tech (9-11, 3-6 ACC) stopped a four-game skid with a 71-64 homecourt win over the Hokies six days ago, then enjoyed the first of its two byes over the weekend. The Yellow Jackets, 2-4 since they defeated the Fighting Irish on Dec. 31, are looking for their first road win this season, having lost at North Carolina, Syracuse, SMU and Florida State.
Notre Dame (9-10, 3-5 ACC) has won two of its last three games, including a 74-59 win at Virginia Saturday, reversing a four-game losing streak that began with the Dec. 31 loss to Tech, The Fighting Irish are 7-2 at home this season, including ACC wins over Syracuse and Boston College.
Tuesday’s game will be televised live on the ACC Network, with a live online 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 Sirius XM channel 382 and the SiriusXM app.
THE TIP-OFF
• A win Tuesday would be Georgia Tech’s first on the road this season. The Yellow Jackets’ road losses have come at Oklahoma, North Carolina, Syracuse, SMU and Florida State.
• A win Tuesday would be Tech’s first at Purcell Pavilion since Notre Dame became a member of the ACC. Notre Dame has won all 10 meetings at South Bend since the Fighting Irish joined the ACC. Tech’s last win at Notre Dame occurred Feb. 24, 1990.
• A win Tuesday night would give Tech its first season sweep of the Irish since they joined the ACC. The Jackets have split the season series with Notre Dame six times, and have been swept four times.
• A win Tuesday night would give the Jackets their first season sweep of an ACC team since sweeping Boston College in the 2021-22 season. The Yellow Jackets have swept a season series from an ACC team just three times since the conference’s most recent expansion ahead of the 2014-15 season.
• Unlike last season, when 14 of Georgia Tech’s 20 ACC games were decided by less than 10 points, only three of the Yellow Jackets’ first nine conference games this season have been decided by single digits (68-65 loss at North Carolina on Dec. 7, 62-55 loss at Syracuse Jan. 7, 71-64 win over Virginia Tech Jan. 22).
• Tech rotation players have missed a total of 33 games this season because of injury or illness. Kowacie Reeves, Jr., has missed the last 14 games (foot injury), Luke O’Brien missed the last 9 games (toe injury), Jaeden Mustaf has missed the last 2 (foot) and Lance Terry has missed 2 of the last 3 (hand/illness). Javian McCollum missed 4 games earlier in December with a concussion. Reeves, Jr., has not played in an ACC game this season, while O’Brien has played in only one.
• Five Yellow Jackets have averages in double-digits for ACC games – Lance Terry (16.3), Javian McCollum (15.0), Duncan Powell (12.8), Baye Ndongo (11.1), Naithan George (10.6).
SERIES NOTES VS. NOTRE DAME
• Notre Dame has won 10 of the last 13 meetings and lead the all-time series, 18-14. Tech snapped a three-game losing streak in the series with an 86-75 victory in Atlanta on Dec. 31.
• Tech’s only other wins in this stretch came by an 82-80 score on Feb. 6, 2021 and a 70-68 decision on Feb. 8, 2023, both at McCamish Pavilion.
• The Fighting Irish swept the regular-season series for the second time in three years in 2023-24, taking a 75-68 decision in overtime in Atlanta, and a 58-55 nail-biter in South Bend, and also defeated Tech, 84-80, in the ACC Tournament.
• Since Notre Dame joined the ACC, the teams have split their regular season series six times, and the Fighting Irish have swept the Yellow Jackets four times. Tech has yet to sweep the Irish.
• The Yellow Jackets are 8-16 against Notre Dame since the Fighting Irish joined the ACC. Only three of those games have been decided by double-digits.
• The teams have played to overtime five times, three of those coming in the last eight meetings.
• Notre Dame has won all 10 meetings at South Bend since the Fighting Irish became a member of the ACC. Tech’s last win at Notre Dame occurred Feb. 24, 1990, a Yellow Jacket team that won the ACC Championship and reached the Final Four behind the Lethal Weapon 3 combination of Kenny Anderson, Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver, who combined for 64 of the Jackets’ points in that 88-80 overtime victory.
• Tech is 2-12 in games played in South Bend, and 1-11 in Purcell Pavilion.
