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2020-21 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES @GTMBB • @GTJOSHPASTNER GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL 2020-21 ACC Champions 1985, 1990, 1993 • Final Four 1990, 2004 • 16 NCAA Tournament appearances GEORGIA TECH (6-3, 2-1 ACC) vs. #20/22 CLEMSON (9-2, 3-2 ACC) 2020-21 Schedule/Results Game 10 • January 20, 2021 • 7 p.m. EST N25 GEORGIA STATE RSN L, 120-123 (4 ot) Tech Hosts No. 20/22 Clemson N27 MERCER RSN L, 73-83 GAME INFORMATION Playing its first game in 17 days due to COVID-19 D6 vs. Kentucky# (20/na) ESPN W, 79-62 Event site McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, Ga. protocols, Georgia Tech returns to the court Wednesday with a 7 D9 at Nebraska+ ESPN2 W, 75-64 p.m. Atlantic Coast Conference contest home against No. 20/21 Series vs. Clemson Clemson leads 73-65 D15 at Florida State (15/15) ACCN L, 61-74 Clemson at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta. In Atlanta Tech leads, 44-26 D18 FLORIDA A&M RSN W, 74-64 The Yellow Jackets (6-3, 2-1 ACC) have won six of their Last meeting 3/6/2020 - Tech won 65-62 at Clemson D20 DELAWARE STATE ACCN W, 97-69 last seven games following an 0-2 start, including homecourt GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS D23 at UAB CBSSN cancelled wins over North Carolina (72-67) and Wake Forest (70-54) in Rankings (AP/coaches/KenPom/NET) nr | nr | 74 | 72 D30 NORTH CAROLINA (rv/rv) RSN W, 72-67 the last two games before their shutdown. Tech downed Florida J3 WAKE FOREST ACCN W, 70-54 A&M (74-64) and Delaware State (97-69) the weekend before Record breakdown 4-2 home | 1-1 road | 1-0 neutral J6 at Notre Dame RSN postponed Christmas, and also knocked off No. 20 Kentucky (79-62) and Head coach Josh Pastner (Arizona, 1997) J9 at Louisville (rv/25) ACCN postponed Nebraska (75-64) away from home before dropping its ACC Career record/at GT 238-143! (12th yr) | 71-70! (5th yr) J13 PITTSBURGH ACCN postponed opener Dec. 15 at No. 15 Florida State (74-61). Pastner vs. Clemson 3-5 J16 at NC State (rv/nr) RSN postponed The Tigers (9-2, 3-2 ACC), in their fourth season under Next game Jan. 23 at Virginia J20 CLEMSON (20/22) RSN 7 p.m. head coach Kevin Keatts, had a four-game winning streak snapped Saturday in an 85-50 home loss to No. 18 Virginia. ! On-court record - 22 wins and 1 loss vacated by NCAA Committee on Infractions J23 at Virginia (13/12) ACCN 8 p.m. Before that, Clemson had defeated No. 18 Florida State (77-67, CLEMSON TIGERS J26 at Duke (rv/rv) ESPN 9 p.m. Miami (66-65) and NC State (74-70 in overtime) in succession. Rankings (AP/coaches/KenPom/NET) 20 | 22 | 36 | 30 J30 FLORIDA STATE (rv/25) ACCN 4 p.m. Clemson has split its two ACC road games, falling at Virginia Tech Record breakdown 5-1 home | 1-1 road | 3-0 neutral F6 NOTRE DAME ACCN 8 p.m. (66-60) on Dec. 15 and beating the Hurricanes on Jan. 2. Head coach Brad Brownell (DePauw, 1991) F10 VIRGINIA (13/12) RSN 7 p.m. Wednesday’s game will be televised regionally on the Career record/at CL 361-229 (19th yr) | 194-144 (11th yr) F13 at Clemson (20/22) ACCN 4 p.m. ACC’s Regional Sports Network (Fox Sports South in Georgia) F16 BOSTON COLLEGE ACCN 8 p.m. and will be streamed live on the ESPN app. Radio coverage is Brownell vs. Tech 16-6 F20 at Miami RSN 12 p.m. provided by the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Learfield IMG Next game Jan. 23 at Florida State F23 at Virginia Tech (16/14) RSN 7 p.m. F27 SYRACUSE ESPN/ESPN2 12 p.m. M2 DUKE (rv/rv) ESPN/ESPN2 7 p.m. ROSTER AT-A-GLANCE (#indicates last game starters) M5 at Wake Forest ACCN 8 p.m. Jose Alvarado# ................. G ........ 6-0 ........179 .....Jr. ..........Brooklyn, N.Y. ..............17.3 ppg ....3.0 apg M9-13 ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) 10 > Preseason 2nd team All-ACC; No. 2 in ACC in scoring, No. 6 FG%, No. 9 assists, No. 2 FT%, No. 2 steals #Holiday Hoopsgiving (State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Ga.); +ACC/Big Ten Challenge Niko Broadway .................. G ........ 6-3 ........180 .....Fr. ..........Atlanta, Ga.....................0.0 ppg .....0.0 rpg All times Eastern; home games in ALL CAPS 34 > Non-scholarship player in his 2nd year with the program, scored first collegiate points vs. Morehouse last 1/28 (AP/coaches) - rankings in AP/coaches polls at time of game, current rankings for upcoming games (rv=receiving votes) Coleman Boyd ................... G ........ 6-1 ........173 .....Fr. ..........Smyrna, Ga. ..................0.0 ppg ....0.0 apg 13 > Non-scholarship player in his 2nd year with the program, scored first collegiate points vs. Hawai’i last 12/25 Michael Devoe# ................ G ........ 6-5 ........193 .....So. ........Orlando, Fla. ................13.9 ppg ....3.5 apg 0 > Double figures in 6 of 8 games this season, No. 14 in ACC in scoring; 14.6 ppg last 5 games (26-of-51 FG) David Didenko................... F ......... 6-9 ........232 .....So. ........Yakutsk, Russia .............0.0 ppg .....1.0 rpg GAME NOTES TV: RSN (Fox Sports South) 14 > Signed with Tech out of Palm Beach State Community College, played in 6 games last season COACHES Play-by-play Tom Werme Saba Gigiberia................... C ........ 7-1 ........250 .....Fr. ..........Tbilisi, Georgia ..............0.7 ppg .....2.0 rpg Analyst Brian Oliver 2 > Four-star prospect played senior year at Prolific Prep Academy in Napa, Calif., played in 4 games Rodney Howard................. F ......... 6-10 ......241 .....So. ........Ypsilanti, Mich. ..............2.6 ppg .....1.2 rpg RADIO: Learfield IMG College/WCNN-Radio 24 > Transfer from Georgia eligible immediately, played in 5 games; 6 pts, 4 reb vs. Mercer; 7 pts vs. Delaware State Play-by-play Andy Demetra Jehloni James ................... F ......... 6-8 ........180 .....So. ........Sugar Hill, Ga. ...............0.0 ppg .....1.0 rpg Analyst Randy Waters 35 > Non-scholarship forward in his 2nd year with the program, played in 1 game last season Engineer Miller Pope Tristan Maxwell ................. G ........ 6-2 ........209 .....Fr. ..........Huntersville, N.C. ...........3.0 ppg .....0.0 rpg In Atlanta 680 AM, 93.7 FM 11 > Consensus N.C. state player of the year; all-time leading scorer and 3-pt shooter at North Mecklenburg HS National/SiriusXM Ch. 381 | Internet 971 Shaheed Medlock ............. G ........ 6-5 ........196 .....Sr. .........Chicago, Ill. ...................2.0 ppg .....0.0 rpg Online GT Gameday App, Ramblinwreck.com 45 > Non-scholarship player in his third year with the program, played in 3 games last season TuneIn buzz.gt/LiveTuneIn Jordan Meka ..................... F ......... 6-8 ........224 .....Fr. ..........Yaoundé, Cameroon.......0.0 ppg .....1.0 rpg 23 > Multi-year all-state performer at Mt. Bethel Christian Acad. (Marietta, Ga.); holds school records in pts, rebs, blks COMMUNICATIONS Khalid Moore ..................... F ......... 6-7 ........203 .....So. ........Briarwood, N.Y. ..............5.1 ppg .....3.8 rpg > Avg. 6.0 ppg (10-20 FG), 5.3 rpg, total 6 ast and 5 steals last 5 games; season-high 11 pts/8 reb at Nebraska GTMBB contact Mike Stamus 12 Bubba Parham# ................ G ........ 5-10 ......160 .....Jr. ..........Snellville, Ga. .................9.9 ppg ....2.3 apg Phone 404-894-5445 (ofc), 404-218-9723 (cell) 3 > Scored in double digits in 4 of 8 games; 2nd on team in 3pt attempts (14-of-43) E-mail [email protected] Malachi Rice ..................... G ........ 6-0 ........186 .....Jr. ..........Indianapolis, Ind. ...........3.0 ppg .....0.0 rpg 55 > Non-scholarship player in his 4th year with the program, played in 1 game last season SOCIAL MEDIA: #TogetherWeSwarm Kyle Sturdivant .................. G ........ 6-2 ........198 .....So. ........Norcross, Ga. .................3.3 ppg ....1.3 apg Official Twitter @GTMBB / @GTJoshPastner 1 > Transfer from Southern California; season-high 15 points (5-6 FG, 4-4 FT) vs. Kentucky Facebook gtmensbasketball Jordan Usher# .................. G/F ..... 6-7 ........220 .....Jr. ..........Canton, Ga. .................10.8 ppg .....4.9 rpg Instagram gtmensbasketball 4 > Double-figure scoring in 6 of 8 games; shooting 49.3% from floor, 2.9 apg Moses Wright# .................. F ......... 6-9 ........230 .....Jr. ..........Raleigh, N.C. ...............18.1 ppg .....7.1 rpg 5 > No. 5 in the ACC in scoring, No. 10 rebounding, No. 4 FG% (54.6); scored 20 or more in 4 games this season 1 2020-21 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES www.RAMBLINWRECK.com TECH NOTEBOOK College, with flagship station WCNN-Radio (680 AM, 93.7 FM) Tech Team Statistics in Atlanta. The Tech broadcast can be heard on SiriusXM Ch. 381 (internet Ch. 971) and the TuneIn app. Series vs. Clemson Category 2020-21 #ACC *NCAA Georgia Tech trails, 65-73! Scoring offense 80.1 1 45 The Tipoff Home: 44-26!, Away: 17-46, Neutral: 4-1 Scoring defense 73.3 13 241 • Longest layoff - Wednesday’s game will be Georgia Scoring margin +6.8 8 108 All Home Games: 44-26! Tech’s first in 17 days (16 days off), ending the longest in-season At McCamish Pavilion: 4-4! Field goal pct. .467 5 76 break in program history. The Yellow Jackets once before went At AMC: 27-15 Field goal pct. def. .448 10 240 16 days between games, during the 1982-83 season, which At Philips Arena: 0-1 3-pt FG pct. .340 8 165 was an extended holiday break. At Georgia Dome: 1-0 3-pt FG made 8.1 8 105 • Changing stripes - A win over Clemson would be In Atlanta: 45-26! 3-pt FG pct.