National Basketball Association
Dayton 82, Georgia Tech 72
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Where: McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials:
# Karl Hess, # Bryan Kersey, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
6283
By SportsDirect Inc.
Dayton 82, Georgia Tech 72: Jordan Sibert and Devin Oliver each scored 20 points as the visiting Flyers handed former coach Brian Gregory’s Yellow Jackets their first defeat of the season.
Sibert, a transfer from Ohio State, hit 8-of-17 shots and made four 3-pointers for Dayton (4-0), which was playing its first road contest of the year. Oliver established a career high in points and Vee Sanford added 15 points, hitting three 3-pointers.
Daniel Miller led Georgia Tech (3-1) with a career-high 20 points and Marcus Georges-Hunt scored 16 points, 11 coming in the first half. Gregory, in his third season at Georgia Tech, coached at Dayton from 2003-11.
Dayton led by 13 points eight minutes into the second half, but the Yellow Jackets closed within 60-54 on Miller’s layup with 7:28 remaining. The Flyers answered with back-to-back 3-pointers from Sanford and Sibert, and Oliver’s steal and layup pushed Dayton’s lead to 68-54 with 6:23 left.
Georgia Tech scored the game’s first seven points and held a 26-19 advantage on Miller’s basket with 8:17 left in the first half. The Flyers closed the half on a 20-6 spurt, Sanford’s jumper with three seconds left sending Dayton into intermission with a 39-32 lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Dayton G Scoochie Smith had four steals as Georgia Tech committed a season-high 19 turnovers. … Georgia Tech G Travis Jorgenson left the game after injuring his right knee with 6:31 remaining. … The Flyers finished 20-for-25 from the free-throw line.
Top Game Performances
| Dayton |
|
Georgia Tech |
|
Devin Oliver 20 |
Scoring |
Daniel Miller 20 |
|
Scoochie Smith 5 |
Assists |
Marcus Georges-Hunt 3 |
|
Jordan Sibert 6 |
Rebounds |
Robert Carter 7 |
|
Devin Oliver 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Trae Golden 9 |
|
Scoochie Smith 4 |
Steals |
Daniel Miller 3 |
|
Dyshawn Pierre 1 |
Blocks |
Daniel Miller 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Dayton
|
82 |
47.4 |
8-26 |
20-25 |
17 |
27 |
3 |
17 |
11 |
| Georgia Tech
|
72 |
45.3 |
3-14 |
21-27 |
14 |
28 |
4 |
7 |
19 |
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