2017-18 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES @GTMBB • @GTJOSHPASTNER GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL 2017-18 ACC Champions 1985, 1990, 1993 • Final Four 1990, 2004 • 16 NCAA Tournament appearances GEORGIA TECH (4-2, 0-0 ACC) vs. TENNESSEE (5-1, 0-0 SEC) 2017-18 Schedule/Results GAME 7 • December 3, 2017 • 6 p.m. • McCamish Pavilion O28 GEORGIA STATE (exhibition) L, 58-65 Tech Homestand Concludes with Tennessee GAME INFORMATION N2 FAULKNER (exhibition) W, 78-60 Georgia Tech finishes off a stretch of six straight games N10 vs. UCLA (21/18) L, 60-63 at home Sunday evening with a nationally-televised non- Site Atlanta, Ga. N19 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W, 65-62 conference game against Tennessee, which tips off at 6 p.m. at Venue McCamish Pavilion (8,600) N22 TEXAS-RIO GRANDE VALLEY W, 78-68 McCamish Pavilion. Series vs. Tennessee Tennessee leads, 43-28 N24 NORTH TEXAS W, 63-49 The Yellow Jackets are in their second season under At home Tech leads, 19-14 N28 NORTHWESTERN (rv) W, 52-51 head coach Josh Pastner, the 2017 ACC Coach of the Year, Last meeting 12/3/2016, Tennessee won, 81-58, in Knoxville D1 GRAMBLING STATE L, 63-64 after going 21-16 overall, finishing 8-10 (11th) in the ACC D3 TENNESSEE (rv) 6 p.m. and reaching the championship game of the NIT last season. GEORGIA TECH D6 at Wofford 7 p.m. After opening the season with a 63-60 loss to No. 21 UCLA in 2017-18 Rankings (AP/coaches/RPI) nr / nr / 154 D17 FLORIDA A&M 4 p.m. China, Tech had won four straight games until dropping a 64-63 2017-18 Record 4-2 (4-1 home, 0-0 away, 0-1 neutral) decision to Grambling State Friday night. D19 at Georgia (rv) 9 p.m. Head coach Josh Pastner (Arizona, 1997) Tennessee (5-1), in its third season under head coach D22 WRIGHT STATE 9 p.m. Rick Barnes, last played Wednesday, defeating Mercer, 84-60, Career record/at Georgia Tech 192-91 (9th yr) / 25-18 (2nd yr) D27 COPPIN STATE 7:30 p.m. at home. This is Tennessee’s first game on an opponent’s home Record vs. Tennessee 3-3 D30 at Notre Dame (5/5) tba court this season. Tech also is the second of four Atlantic Coast Next game Dec. 6 at Wofford J3 MIAMI (10/13) 9 p.m. Conference opponents the Volunteers will face this season. J6 YALE 7 p.m. Tennessee defeated NC State (67-58) in the third-place game TENNESSEE J10 NOTRE DAME (5/5) 7 p.m. of the Battle4Atlantis tournament, will host North Carolina on 2017-18 Rankings (AP/coaches/RPI) rv / nr / 17 J13 at Pittsburgh 2 p.m. Dec. 17, and visit Wake Forest on Dec. 23. 2017-18 Record 5-1 (3-0 home, 0-0 away, 2-1 neutral) J18 VIRGINIA 8 p.m. Sunday’s game will be carried live to a national audience Head coach Rick Barnes (Lenoir-Rhyne, 1977) J20 at North Carolina (13/11) 2 p.m. on ESPNU, and streamed live through the ESPN app. Radio Career record/at Tennessee 640-350 (31st yr) / 36-36 3rd yr) J24 at Florida State (rv) 7 p.m. coverage is provided by the Georgia Tech IMG Sports Network Record vs. Georgia Tech 6-4 J28 CLEMSON 6 p.m. and can be heard in Atlanta on flagship station 680 the Fan (680 J31 SYRACUSE 8 p.m. AM/93.7 FM), with national coverage on Sirius/XM radio (Sirius Next game Dec. 9 vs. Lipscomb F4 at Boston College 12 p.m. ch. 108, XM ch. 108). F8 at Louisville (17/17) 7 p.m. F11 DUKE (1/1) 6 p.m. F14 at Wake Forest 9 p.m. ROSTER AT-A-GLANCE (#indicates last game starters) F17 VIRGINIA TECH 12 p.m. F21 at Virginia 7 p.m. Brandon Alston .................. G ........ 6-5 ........200 .....Jr. ..........Vienna, Va. ....................9.0 ppg .....3.3 rpg F24 at Clemson 3 p.m. 4 > Graduate transfer from Lehigh, has 2 yrs eligibility at Tech; double figures in 3 of 6 games, 80% FT M1 NC STATE 8 p.m. Jose Alvarado# ................. G ........ 6-0 ........174 .....Fr. ..........Brooklyn, N.Y. .....................14.7 ...........4.5 M3 WAKE FOREST 12 p.m. 10 > 3-star point guard prospect; 51.8% FG, 80.8% FT; 26 assists/10 turnovers in 6 games (8th in ACC) M6-10 ACC Tournament (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Jon Brown ........................ G ........ 6-5 ........172 .....Fr. ..........Miami, Fla. ...........................0.0 ...........0.0 * ACC Tournament, Brooklyn, N.Y.; #National Invitation Tournament 23 > non-scholarship player from Sports Leadership and Management Academy GAME NOTES All times Eastern; home games in ALL CAPS Evan Cole .......................... F ......... 6-9 ........211 .....Fr. ..........Cumming, Ga.. .....................3.0 ...........1.0 (AP/USA) - rankings in AP/coaches polls at time of game, COACHES current rankings for upcoming games (rv=receiving votes) 3 > Versatile big forward who originally signed with UNC Wilmington, 3-time all-region and Forsyth Co. POY Abdoulaye Gueye# ............ F ......... 6-9 ........213 .....r-Jr. .......Dakar, Senegal .....................4.3 ...........4.2 TELEVISION: ESPNU 34 > Missed last 14 games of 2016-17 with fractured wrist; started all 6 games, career-high 13 pts vs. UTRGV Play-by-play Mike Morgan Curtis Haywood II# ............ G ........ 6-5 ........198 .....Fr. ..........Oklahoma City, Okla.. ...........8.5 ...........3.5 Analyst Daymeon Fishback 13 > 11.5 ppg, 34.5 mpg last 4 games (14-26 FG, 11-18 3FG); 19 assists/6 turnovers in 6 games Tadric Jackson# ................ G ........ 6-2 ........203 .....Sr. .........Tifton, Ga. ...........................14.3 ...........6.0 RADIO: Georgia Tech IMG Sports Network 1 > Game-winning layup vs. Northwestern, double figures all three games after return from suspension Play-by-play Andy Demetra Evan Jester ....................... F ......... 6-6 ........180 .....Fr. ..........Riverdale, Ga. .......................0.0 ...........0.0 Analyst Randy Waters 11 > non-scholarship player from Sandy Creek HS Engineer Miller Pope Ben Lammers# ................. C ........ 6-10 ......234 .....Sr. .........San Antonio, Texas .............14.2 ...........8.2 In Atlanta 680 AM, 93.7 FM 44 > 1st-team pre-season All-ACC, on 2 national POY watch lists; 9th in ACC in FG% (56.9), 1st in blocks (3.8 pg) Satellite Sirius ch. 108/XM ch. 108 Justin Moore ..................... G ........ 6-4 ........162 .....So. ........San Diego, Calif. ...................0.8 ...........1.0 Online GT Gameday App, Ramblinwreck.com 0 > Started 18 of Tech’s first 19 games last season; 7 assists, no turnovers vs. Grambling State TuneIn buzz.gt/LiveTuneIn Sylvester Ogbonda ............ C ........ 6-10 ......239 .....r-So. ......Port Harcourt, Nigeria. ..........0.0 ...........1.0 24 > Played in 8 ACC games and 4 NIT games off the bench last season; played in 2 games this season COMMUNICATIONS Josh Okogie ...................... G ........ 6-4 ........213 .....So. ........Snellville, Ga. ..........................-- .............-- GTMBB contact Mike Stamus 5 > ACC All-Freshman team, ranked 15th in ACC in scoring avg.; has not played this season (dislocated finger) Phone 404-894-5446 (ofc), 404-218-9723 (cell) Shembari Phillips .............. G ........ 6-3 ........202 .....Jr. ..........Atlanta, Ga..............................-- .............-- E-mail [email protected] 2 > Transfer from Tennessee, must sit out the 2017-18 season, played in 64 games, 24 starts, over two seasons Malachi Rice ..................... G ........ 6-0 ........180 .....Fr. ..........Indianapolis, Ind. ..................0.0 ...........0.0 SOCIAL MEDIA: #TogetherWeSwarm 55 > non-scholarship player from Brebeuf Jesuit Prep School Avu Schafer ...................... C ........ 6-8 ........231 .....Fr. ..........Osaka, Japan .......................0.0 ...........0.0 Official Twitter/in-game updates @GTMBB > non-scholarship player who prepped at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire Coach Josh Pastner @GTJoshPastner 32 Moses Wright .................... F ......... 6-9 ........210 .....Fr. ..........Raleigh, N.C. ........................2.7 ...........3.2 Facebook gtmensbasketball Instagram gtmensbasketball 12 > Developing frontcourt prospect, grown four inches, 40 pounds since sophomore year, 7-foot-2 wingpsan 1 2017-18 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES www.RAMBLINWRECK.com TECH NOTEBOOK The Starting Lineup Tech Team Statistics • Georgia Tech is concluding a six-game homestand, Series vs. Tennessee having played three times last week and three times this week Category 2017-18 #ACC *NCAA before the Yellow Jackets’ next road game Wednesday at Overall: Georgia Tech trails, 28-43 Scoring offense 63.5 15 333 Wofford, which will complete a three-game contract with the Home: 19-14, Away: 9-25, Neutral: 0-4 Scoring defense 59.5 3 12 Terriers. The Yellow Jackets play away from home only three Series meetings since Tech’s exit from the Southeastern Scoring margin +4.0 13 166 times before Atlantic Coast Conference play begins - the season Conference Field goal pct. .410 15 304 opener against UCLA in China, the Wofford game, and the Dec. 12-7-64 ............................................ h L 52- 66 Field goal pct. def. .392 6 52 19 intra-state rivalry contest at Georgia. 1-23-65 ........................ nr/13 ........... a L 48- 55 1-22-66 ........................ nr/20 ........... a L 48- 83 3-pt FG pct. .320 12 266 • Tennessee is the highest-ranked team in the RPI (No. 2-28-66 ............................................ h L 47- 58 3-pt FG made 5.2 14 330 17) that Georgia Tech has faced to date. Only Duke, Virginia and 2-1-67 .......................... nr/13 ........... a L 48- 59 3-pt FG pct. def. .339 11 173 North Carolina are higher among teams on the Yellow Jackets’ 2-20-68 (2ot) ................ nr/11 ........... h L 69- 71 3-pt FG allowed 6.3 -- -- schedule. 12-17-68 .......................................... a L 59- 72 12-15-02 .....................................*h12 L 69- 70 Free throw pct. .705 9 177 • Beginning with UCLA, ranked No. 21 in the preseason Associated Press poll and No.