National Basketball Association
Georgia Tech 62, Chattanooga 53
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Where: Alexander Memorial Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials:
# Tim Comer, # William Humes, # Raymond Styons
Attendance:
5364
By SportsDirect Inc.
Georgia Tech stepped out of Atlantic Coast Conference play and snapped a five-game losing streak Wednesday, downing Tennessee-Chattanooga at home 62-53.
The Yellow Jackets (11-14) got 27 points from Glen Rice Jr., in their first victory since beating Virginia Tech 72-57 on Jan. 25. The Mocs (14-14) were led by Omar Wattad’s 18 points in losing their fourth straight.
After falling behind by 11 points in the first half, Tennessee-Chattanooga hung around, pulling within 39-37 on Deantre Jefferson’s layup with 9:54 to go. Two Ricky Taylor free throws with 5:23 remaining brought Tennessee-Chattanooga within 52-46.
But Iman Shumpert scored on a dunk for Georgia Tech with 4:40 left, and his free throw with 3:59 to go made it 55-46.The Mocs would get no closer than seven points the rest of the way.
Shumpert added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets.
Top Game Performances
| Chattanooga |
|
Georgia Tech |
|
Omar Wattad 18 |
Scoring |
Glen Rice Jr. 27 |
|
Keegan Bell 2 |
Assists |
Iman Shumpert 3 |
|
DeAntre Jefferson 9 |
Rebounds |
Iman Shumpert 11 |
|
Keegan Bell 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Glen Rice Jr. 8 |
|
Omar Wattad 3 |
Steals |
Glen Rice Jr. 4 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Glen Rice Jr. 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Chattanooga
|
53 |
37.5 |
5-27 |
6-11 |
9 |
35 |
0 |
6 |
|
| Georgia Tech
|
62 |
40.0 |
5-22 |
17-27 |
13 |
31 |
1 |
8 |
|