National Basketball Association
Georgia Tech 69, Wake Forest 62
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 3, 2012
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials:
# Bernard Clinton, # Jerry Heater, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
6157
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Georgia Tech 69, Wake Forest 62: Guard Jason Morris nailed five 3-pointers, scoring a career-high 22 points, as the Yellow Jackets earned a split of the regular-season series with the Demon Deacons.
Georgia Tech (11-19, 4-12 ACC) beat Wake Forest (13-17, 4-12 ACC) at home for the eighth straight time.
Trailing 48-44, the Jackets went on a 17-3 run sparked by Morris and center Daniel Miller, who hit 5 of 6 shots for 11 points. Morris added five rebounds, three assists, and a traditional 3-point play in which he soared for an offensive rebound and putback. Point guard Mfon Udofia had 15 points and five assists.
The Jackets improved to 3-7 at Philips Arena, their temporary home this season and site of next week’s ACC tournament.
After making 4 of 18 3-pointers in their loss at B.C. on Wednesday, the Jackets buried 11 of 26 on Saturday.
Guard C.J. Harris led Wake Forest with 17 points.
Game Notebook: Tech leading scorer Glen Rice Jr. (13.0 ppg), who is suspended indefinitely, missed his fifth straight game. … Wake Forest played without 7-foot center Ty Walker, who was suspended Thursday for the rest of the season. … Tech backup C Nate Hicks returned and played briefly after missing six games with mono.
Top Game Performances
| Wake Forest |
|
Georgia Tech |
|
C.J. Harris 17 |
Scoring |
Jason Morris 22 |
|
Nikita Mescheriakov 7 |
Assists |
Mfon Udofia 5 |
|
Tony Chennault 5 |
Rebounds |
Kammeon Holsey 7 |
|
C.J. Harris 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Mfon Udofia 4 |
|
Nikita Mescheriakov 1 |
Steals |
Derek Craig 1 |
|
Carson Desrosiers 4 |
Blocks |
Brandon Reed 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Wake Forest
|
62 |
46.5 |
7-18 |
15-18 |
13 |
23 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
| Georgia Tech
|
69 |
43.9 |
11-26 |
8-15 |
18 |
28 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
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