National Basketball Association
Georgia Tech 63, Miami-Florida 57
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 29, 2020
Where: McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials:
# Mark Schnur, # Nathan Farrell, # Roger Ayers
Attendance:
6681
By Field Level Media
Jose Alvarado scored 16 points and Michael Devoe added 14 to help Georgia Tech overcome squandering a 20-point second-half lead and earn a 63-57 victory against Miami in an Atlantic Coast Conference game Saturday night at Atlanta.
James Banks III had 13 points and 14 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets (15-14, 9-9 ACC), who won for the fourth time in five games and a sixth consecutive time at home.
Chris Lykes scored 14 points to lead the Hurricanes (14-14, 6-12), who dropped a second straight game.
The Yellow Jackets scored the game's final eight points in the last 3:41. Miami missed its final seven shots and failed to score during the last 4:07.
Three free throws by Banks and Moses Wright's layup gave the Yellow Jackets a 60-57 edge with 2:24 showing. Devoe's layup with 25 seconds left made it 62-57.
The teams were a combined 4 of 30 from 3-point range, with Miami going 2 of 17 and Georgia Tech 2 of 13.
Trailing by 20, Miami used a 24-2 run to go ahead 53-51 with 7:37 remaining. Lykes, who had 10 points in the spurt, sank a 3-pointer to give UM the lead.
Georgia Tech went nearly 6 1/2 minutes without a field goal before Alvarado's layup gave the Yellow Jackets a 55-53 edge with 5:32 to go.
Georgia Tech scored 16 points off 11 Miami turnovers to help build a 40-24 halftime lead.
Neither team shot well from 3-point territory -- Miami missed all eight attempts and Tech was 1 of 6.
Devoe led the Yellow Jackets' balanced attack with eight first-half points.
Evan Cole scored six points as Georgia Tech scored 13 straight to take a 38-20 lead with 1:56 left in the half.
The game marked the third of three straight road games for Miami, which won 102-95 in triple overtime at Virginia Tech on Feb. 19 before losing 87-71 at Notre Dame last Sunday.
Georgia Tech won the second of three straight home games. The Yellow Jackets, who defeated Clemson 68-59 on Tuesday, will play host to Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Miami-Florida |
|
Georgia Tech |
Chris Lykes 14 |
Scoring |
Jose Alvarado 16 |
Rodney Miller Jr. 2 |
Assists |
Jose Alvarado 2 |
Isaiah Wong 6 |
Rebounds |
James Banks III 14 |
Dejan Vasiljevic 3 |
Free Throws Made |
James Banks III 5 |
Rodney Miller Jr. 4 |
Steals |
Jose Alvarado 7 |
Harlond Beverly 1 |
Blocks |
James Banks III 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Miami-Florida
|
57 |
36.7 |
2-17 |
11-16 |
4 |
30 |
5 |
11 |
17 |
Georgia Tech
|
63 |
40.0 |
2-13 |
13-22 |
11 |
44 |
3 |
12 |
18 |