February 13, 2017
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Georgia Tech men's basketball recovers from
poor first half to beat Boston College 65-54
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Junior Guard Tadric Jackson
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Every time Georgia Tech went to the rim for a layup in the first half, the ball just wouldn't go through the net.
Coach Josh Pastner told his team to stay calm and keep pushing.
"I've been in basketball for something like 25 years and I've never seen anything like it," Pastner said. "I told our guys that it's got to turn our way. We're due to make a layup here or there."
Tadric Jackson scored a career-high 29 points, Ben Lammers and Josh Okogie each had a double-double and Georgia Tech recovered from a horrible start to beat Boston College 65-54 on Saturday night.
The Yellow Jackets (15-10, 6-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) missed 22 of their first 24 shots and had 10 turnovers before Lammers' turnaround jumper cut the lead to 22-10 late in the first. Lammers and Okogie, the team's two leading scorers, went a combined 1 for 12 before intermission.
Georgia Tech, which snapped a two-game ACC losing streak, never trailed after Justin Moore's straightaway 3-pointer made it 34-32 with 12:28 remaining. The Jackets took their first double-digit lead when Jackson hit a pair of free throws 8 minutes later.
"I know we have great guys and we feed off each other's energy," Okogie said. "I think we did a great job of helping each other and giving each other energy. In the second half we came up with more confidence and focus and were able to execute."
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Mabrey shoots No. 7 Notre Dame
past Georgia Tech in Overtime, 75-67
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Freshman Guard
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Notre Dame guard Marina Mabrey missed her first two shots Sunday, but didn't let it bother her. She knew to keep shooting, and hardly missed the rest of the way.
Mabrey knocked down 11 of her final 12 attempts from the field to finish with 25 points, leading No. 7 Notre Dame to its seventh straight win, 90-69 over Georgia Tech.
"The first two shots didn't go in, but (Irish point guard) Lindsay (Allen) told me to keep shooting," said Mabrey, who finished two points off her career high. "And coach (Muffet McGraw) said to drive."
That attacking philosophy led to a lot of points in the paint for the Irish, who swept the season series with the Yellow Jackets.
Francesca Pan tied her career-high of four 3-pointers and scored 24 points to lead Georgia Tech (14-11, 3-9), which has lost seven of eight.
Imani Tilford chipped in 15 points.
Reigning ACC player of the week Zaire O'Neil came in averaging more than 20 points over Tech's last three games, including a career-high 28 last time out against North Carolina State. But O'Neil found the going much tougher down low against Turner and regular double teams, and finished with just nine points.
"She was a key focus of our defense," McGraw said. "I thought Bri did a really good defensively on her."
O'Neil played almost none of the first quarter after picking up a foul in the first minute, but the Jackets still went up by five early on. That's when the Irish went on a run, just like in their first matchup. It was a 23-2 spurt last month that put the Irish in control, and an 18-3 burst this time around that got their lead into double digits in the second quarter.
"When (O'Neil's) not in the game the whole first (quarter) it really hurts us offensively," said Tech coach McChelle Joseph. "She's the cog in our wheel, everything's centered around her offensively. It's really hard when we have to play people out of position."
The Yellow Jackets have yet to solve Notre Dame in eight tries and haven't beaten a top-10 ranked team since toppling No. 8 North Carolina in 2011.
Tech travels to North Carolina on Thursday.
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Track & Field Crush Career Bests
at Music City Challenge
Georgia Tech track and field torched 22 career bests over the two-day Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt on Friday and Saturday.
"I'm very pleased with what we accomplished in Nashville this weekend," said men's track and field head coach Grover Hinsdale. "Many guys set personal records and I thought we competed really hard event after event. Of the many PRs that were set, I have to mention Andreas Ward's PR in the 60m HH. A one-tenth [of a second] PR in a 60m race is a major improvement. I'm very pleased with our fight across the board."
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Saturday, Feb. 18 when they send individuals to Clemson for the Tiger Tuneup.
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There may be more versatility in this year's football recruiting class at Georgia Tech than in previous years.
The flexibility in the signing class will allow coaches to move defensive backs to linebacker or vice versa. There are running backs who can play A-back or B-back. There are defensive linemen who can play inside or on the end.
It essentially allows the Yellow Jackets to slide guys around on the field according to their skills and abilities.
"I'm excited about the athleticism of the class," head coach Paul Johnson said. "We got guys who can run and do a lot of things. I'm excited to see where they'll end up playing. We'll know in three years how good they are."
The Yellow Jackets signed 24 players, the largest group since Johnson arrived on The Flats. Part of the size can be attributed to the decision by several players to leave the program or transfer, as well as the need to look long term and ensure there are no gaps.
"We addressed some needs," Johnson said. "We're excited about the length and speed we signed, especially on defense. Overall it's a really good class and addressed a lot of our needs."
Most of the class is from Georgia, but the recruiting staff also reached into Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana and extended its grasp all the way to California and Hawaii to fill the ranks.
Georgia Tech signed 13 defensive players - three linemen, three linebackers, four defensive backs and four "athletes" who will like end up at linebacker or in the secondary. They signed four offensive linemen, two running backs, one wide receiver, one quarterback and two specialists.
Assistant coach Andy McCollum said this year's signees appear to be ready to work.
"We've got guys who love to play football," McCollum said. "A lot of guys love to be recruited, but we signed guys who love to play football."
Perhaps the biggest plum came from New Orleans, where the two sons of former Georgia Tech great Pat Swilling both signed. Bruce Jordan-Swilling, an outside linebacker, and Tre Swilling, a cornerback, both opted to follow in their father's footsteps.
"That says a lot about Pat's experience here at Georgia Tech," Johnson said. "He talked about what the academics meant to him and how it helped him get to where he is now. He and (wife) Robin wanted their two boys to experience that."
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Lynch Homers Twice In 7-3 Win Over Georgia Tech
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tarting pitcher Kendra Lynch slugged a pair of two-run home runs in back-to-back at-bats and brought a 1-hit shutout into the top of the fifth to lead North Carolina to a 7-3 victory over ACC rival Georgia Tech on Sunday morning. After a slow start to the season, the Tar Heels closed the Puerto Rico DI Tournament with consecutive victories to finish the weekend 2-3 while the Yellow Jackets slipped to 0-5.
Lynch (1-1) limited Georgia Tech to one run on four hits and two walks over the 4.0+ innings with three strikeouts.
Brooke Barfield (0-3) started in the circle for Georgia Tech, but left after allowing five runs and seven hits over the first three innings. Barfield did strike out four Tar Heels without surrendering a walk. Jenna Goodrich stepped in to start the fourth inning and allowed the final two runs, one earned, on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Georgia Tech cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth, leading off with three straight singles and chasing Lynch from the circle.
Karissa Arnold got it started with a pinch hit single up the middle, then
Crosby Huckabay singled through the right side.
Draven Sonnon drove in the first GT run of the game with a single to right, forcing Lynch's exit.
GT chipped away further at the lead in the bottom of the sixth. Katie Krzus lead off with a single, then Rebecca Prairie laid down a sacrifice bunt but beat it out for a single. A passed ball put them both in scoring position, then Arnold drove Krzus home with a single to left. Sonnon grounded into a double play, but another Yellow Jacket came in to score before Matzko struck out Kelsey Chisholm to end the inning.
Matzko held the Yellow Jackets without a hit in the bottom of the seventh, securing the 7-3 victory with her first career save.
Up Next:
The Jackets take on Georgia State on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in Panthersville, Ga. at 4 p.m.
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Danny Hall still doing it the right way as he heads into 24th season as Georgia Tech baseball's
head coach
It's difficult to imagine Georgia Tech baseball without No. 17, head coach Danny Hall.
Of course the program existed for 94 years prior to his hiring on Dec. 7, 1993, something he will be the first to tell you.
What the Coolville, Ohio,  native (the son of a high-school baseball and football coach and athletic director) won't tell you is that in a program that has seen Georgia Tech legends like John Heisman and Bobby Dodd serve as head coach, he has surpassed all of them.
He doesn't have to tell you. His record does that for him.
Hall enters the 2017 season, his 24th at Georgia Tech, 30th overall as a head coach and 40th as a coach, with 961 wins with the Jackets (1,169 overall), almost double the amount recorded by Tech's second-winningest head coach, his predecessor, Jim Morris (504 wins). He extends his school-career-wins record with every `W,' something he's done since March 27, 2005, when the Jackets beat Miami, 11-10, at Mark Light Field with Morris in the home dugout, ironically.
With a typical season -- his Georgia Tech teams have averaged 40.5 wins per season -- Hall will pass the 1,000-wins plateau in 2017. So what do all these numbers mean?
"It means I've been here a long time," Hall said, breaking into a big laugh. "I don't get caught up in numbers. I've been blessed to have a lot of great players here, I've been blessed to have a lot of great assistant coaches and I've been blessed to work at a place that values baseball. I think that all goes hand-in-hand.
"Before I got here, Georgia Tech had a really good baseball program," he added. "They had a lot of history. Hopefully, we've added to that deep history here at Georgia Tech. But none of that happens without [Georgia Tech President] "Bud" Peterson and all the presidents that have been here (Dr. Peterson is the fifth president at Georgia Tech in Hall's tenure) and our administration. If they're not committed to baseball, it's not going to happen. So I've been blessed that this place has committed to being good at the highest level."
"I always say, it's good players," said Hall, a three-time ACC Coach of the Year. "I've also been blessed, whether it's been Kent State or here, with great assistant coaches. Then, I think just trying to give our teams positive direction all the time to, if we do these things fundamentally well, we're going to have a chance for success. My first two years at Kent State we were two games over .500 but we were just getting the program started and then, after those first two years, we were a dominant team in the Mid-American Conference. Then coming here, just the challenges, not only of the ACC but our non-conference schedules, to be able to say that we've always had winning seasons here, I take a lot of pride in that. Then, on top of that, 20 out of 23 years, we've been in the NCAA Tournament and I take a lot of pride in that, knowing the academic rigor that these guys have to go through throughout the year. To still compete at the highest level in the NCAA, that just says a lot about our players."
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Jackets Ready for the ACC
Swimming & Diving Championships
It all comes down to this, championship week, as the Georgia Tech women's swimming and diving team welcomes the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to the McAuley Center for the 2017 ACC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships from Feb. 13-16. The men's ACC Diving Championships will also take place this week.
On Monday, Feb. 13, the championships will begin at 10 a.m. with diving preliminaries and will begin the swimming relay events at 4:15 p.m. The finals of the women's 3-meter and men's 1-meter event will start at 4:20 p.m.
For the other three days of competition, Feb. 14-16, the prelims will take place in the morning session beginning at 10 a.m. The finals will be held in the night session beginning at 6 p.m. each night.
"We are excited to be hosting the ACC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships and the ACC Men's Diving Championships this week," stated head coach Courtney Shealy Hart. "This is what we have been training for all season long - a chance to compete our best at the championship level. Now we have to put our focus and determination into performing our best this week to continue to move forward as a program."
Six teams are ranked in the top 25 for the women's Division I CSCAA Poll, with three landing in the top 10 with No. 7 NC State, No. 8 Virginia and No. 10 Louisville. Duke comes in at No. 18, while North Carolina (No. 23) and Notre Dame (tied for No. 24) round out the ACC teams in the top 25 poll.
The Virginia Cavalier women have won nine consecutive ACC Championships and are the defending 2016 champions.
The Yellow Jackets will look to build on its 11th-place finish from last season at the 2016 ACC Championships in which the women's team totaled 356 points.
At the 2016 conference championships, the Jackets registered eight school records - Iris Wang (100 and 200 free), Maddie Paschal (100 back), Florina Ilie (100 breast), Chiara Ruiu (200 IM), 400 free relay and both the 200 and 400 medley relay events - as well as a total of 15 season-best team marks on the year.
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