2019-20 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES @GTMBB • @GTJOSHPASTNER GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL 2019-20 ACC Champions 1985, 1990, 1993 • Final Four 1990, 2004 • 16 NCAA Tournament appearances GEORGIA TECH (12-13, 6-8 ACC) vs. WAKE FOREST (11-14, 4-11 ACC) 2019-20 Schedule/Results GAME 26 • February 19, 2020 • 7 p.m. • Joel Coliseum • Winston-Salem, N.C. O20 GEORGIA COLLEGE (exh) ACCNX W, 98-76 About Wednesday’s Game O27 at Alabama (exh) -- L, 65-93 GAME INFORMATION Georgia Tech continues Atlantic Coast Conference play N5 at NC State [rv] ACCN W, 82-81 (ot) Event/Site Winston-Salem, N.C. with a pair of road games this week, first with a visit to Wake N11 ELON ACCNX W, 64-41 Forest for a 7 p.m. tip Wednesday night at the Lawrence Joel Venue Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,665) N20 at Georgia SECN+ L, 78-82 Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Series vs. Wake Forest Tech leads, 43-40 N25 ARKANSAS ACCN L, 61-62 (ot) Georgia Tech update (12-13, 6-8 ACC) - Tech sits in On the road Tech trails, 12-27 D1 BETHUNE-COOKMAN RSN W, 68-65 a three-way tie for ninth place in the ACC standings with Notre Last meeting Tech won 92-79 on 1/5/2019 in Atlanta D4 NEBRASKA+ ESPNU W, 73-56 Dame and Virginia Tech, one game out of fifth place. The Yellow GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS D7 SYRACUSE ACCN L, 63-97 Jackets, who had a bye last weekend following their 64-58 D14 at Kentucky [8/9] ESPN L, 53-67 home win over No. 5 Louisville Wednesday, have won three of Rankings (AP/coaches/KenPom/NET) nr | nr | 82 | 87 D18 BALL STATE RSN L, 47-65 their last five ACC games, including home wins over NC State Record breakdown 6-6 home | 4-6 away | 1-1 neutral D22 vs. Boise State# ESPNU W, 74-60 and Virginia Tech. Tech is 3-4 on the road in ACC games this Head coach Josh Pastner (Arizona, 1997) D23 vs. Houston# ESPN2 L, 59-70 season, 4-6 overall. Career record/at GT ! 226-139 (11th yr) | 59-66 (4th yr) Wake Forest update (11-14, 4-11 ACC) - The Demon D25 at Hawai’i# ESPN2 W, 70-53 Pastner vs. Wake Forest 2-2 D31 at Florida State [18/20] ESPNU L, 58-70 Deacons have lost three of their last four games, including a 74-51 defeat at Miami on Saturday. The lone win in that stretch Next game Feb. 22 at Syracuse J4 at North Carolina ACCN W, 96-83 came over North Carolina on Feb. 11 at home, where Wake ! On-court record - 22 wins and 1 loss vacated by NCAA Committee on Infractions J8 DUKE [2/2] ACCN L, 64-73 has won three of their last four. The Deacons, who have a bye WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS J11 at Boston College ACCN W, 71-52 following Wednesday night’s game, are in 14th place in the ACC, Rankings (AP/coaches/KenPom/NET) nr | nr | 97 | 104 J15 NOTRE DAME ACCN L, 74-78 a half-game ahead of North Carolina. Record breakdown 7-4 home | 2-9 away | 2-1 neutral J18 VIRGINIA [rv/rv] ACCN L, 58-63 Broadcast information - Live television on the ACC J22 at Louisville [6/5] RSN L, 64-68 Network. Online streaming available through the ESPN app. Head coach Danny Manning (Kansas, 1991) J25 NC STATE RSN W, 64-58 Radio coverage by Learfield IMG College (680 AM and 93.7 Career record/at WF 114-136 (8th yr) | 76-107 (6th yr) J28 MOREHOUSE ACCNX W, 82-54 FM the Fan in Atlanta, TuneIn app). Tech broadcast available on Manning vs. Georgia Tech 3-4 F1 at Notre Dame RSN L, 72-80 satellite radio (XM ch. 385, internet ch. 975). Next game Feb. 25 at Duke F4 VIRGINIA TECH ACCN W, 76-57 F8 at Pittsburgh RSN L, 64-73 F12 LOUISVILLE [5/5] ACCN W, 64-58 F19 at Wake Forest RSN 7 p.m. ROSTER AT-A-GLANCE (#indicates last game starters) F22 at Syracuse RSN 4 p.m. Jose Alvarado# ................. G ........ 6-0 ........179 .....Jr. ..........Brooklyn, N.Y. .....................13.6 ...........3.4 F25 CLEMSON ACCN 9 p.m. 10 > Missed 7 games with ankle inj; 15.7 ppg, 4.9 apg, 46.8% FG, 36.5% 3pt, in ACC games F29 MIAMI ACCN 6/8 p.m. James Banks III# ............... F ......... 6-10 ......250 .....Sr. .........Decatur, Ga.........................10.1 ...........7.6 M4 PITTSBURGH RSN 9 p.m. > ACC games: 10.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 57.5% FG; 12 career double-doubles, 5 this season M6 at Clemson ESPN2 7 p.m. 1 Niko Broadway .................. G ........ 6-3 ........180 .....Fr. ..........Atlanta, Ga............................0.7 ...........1.3 M10 ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) > Non-scholarship player in his first year with the program, scored first collegiate points vs, Morehouse +Big Ten-ACC Challenge; #Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii) 34 All times Eastern; home games in ALL CAPS Coleman Boyd ................... G ........ 6-1 ........173 .....Fr. ..........Smyrna, Ga. .........................1.3 ...........0.5 GAME NOTES (AP/USA) - rankings in AP/coaches polls at time of game, current rankings for 13 > Non-scholarship player in his first year with the program, scored first collegiate points vs. Hawai’i COACHES upcoming games (rv=receiving votes) Evan Cole .......................... F ......... 6-10 ......226 .....Jr. ..........Cumming, Ga. ......................4.4 ...........3.4 TELEVISION: RSN (Fox Sports South) 3 > 4.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 46.3% FG in ACC games; season high 11 points vs. NC State Play-by-play Eric Collins Michael Devoe# ................ G ........ 6-5 ........193 .....So. ........Orlando, Fla. .......................16.0 ...........3.8 Analyst Cory Alexander 0 > No. 7 in ACC in scoring, No. 6 in FG% (46.4), No. 4 in minutes (35.2); missed 3 games with foot injury David Didenko................... F ......... 6-9 ........232 .....So. ........Yakutsk, Russia ....................0.5 ...........1.0 RADIO: Learfield IMG College/WCNN-Radio 14 > Signed with Tech out of Palm Beach State Community College, played in 6 games Play-by-play Andy Demetra Shaheed Medlock ............. G ........ 6-5 ........196 .....Sr. .........Waycross, Ga........................0.0 ...........0.0 Analyst Randy Waters 45 > Non-scholarship player in his third year with the program, played in 3 games this season Engineer Miller Pope Khalid Moore ..................... F ......... 6-7 ........203 .....So. ........Briarwood, N.Y. .....................3.6 ...........2.5 In Atlanta 680 AM, 93.7 FM 12 > Started 12 games this season; played in 11 ACC games (12.1 mpg), started 3 games for inj Devoe Satellite XM 385, Internet 975 Bubba Parham .................. G ........ 5-10 ......160 .....Jr. ..........Snellville, Ga. ........................5.6 ...........2.6 Online GT Gameday App, Ramblinwreck.com > Transfer from VMI, led SoCon 21.4 ppg in 2019; six double-digit games this season, 3 in ACC games TuneIn buzz.gt/LiveTuneIn 11 Shembari Phillips .............. G ........ 6-4 ........210 .....r-Sr. .......Atlanta, Ga............................1.5 ...........0.5 > Played in 13 games this season, limited minutes; season highs of 7 pts, 5 ast vs. Morehouse COMMUNICATIONS 2 Asanti Price ....................... G ........ 6-5 ........177 .....Fr. ..........Columbia, S.C. ......................2.7 ...........2.0 GTMBB contact Mike Stamus 23 > Played in 7 ACC games (9.6 mpg), 14.7 mpg for the season; high game 6 points vs. Nebraska Phone 404-894-5445 (ofc), 404-218-9723 (cell) Malachi Rice ..................... G ........ 6-0 ........186 .....Jr. ..........Indianapolis, Ind. ..................0.0 ...........0.0 E-mail [email protected] 55 > Non-scholarship player in his third year with the program, played in 1 game Kristian Sjolund ................. G ........ 6-8 ........213 .....So. ........Kongsberg, Norway ................-- .............-- SOCIAL MEDIA: #TogetherWeSwarm 35 > Has not played in 2019-20 (redshirting); last 8 games (started 4) of 2018-19 (54 pts, 11-of-34 3pt FG) Official Twitter @GTMBB / @GTJoshPastner Jordan Usher# .................. G/F ..... 6-7 ........220 .....Jr. ..........Canton, Ga. ..........................8.4 ...........3.7 Facebook gtmensbasketball 4 > Transfer from Southern California; double figures in 5 games, 77.8% from FT line Instagram gtmensbasketball Moses Wright# .................. F ......... 6-9 ........230 .....Jr. ..........Raleigh, N.C. ......................12.9 ...........7.2 5 > Averaging 13.4 ppg, 49.7% FG, 7.1 rpg in ACC games; 20 double-figure scoring games this season 1 2019-20 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES www.RAMBLINWRECK.com TECH NOTEBOOK The Tipoff Tech Team Statistics • Back-to-back - A win at Wake Forest would Series vs. Wake Forest (43-40) give Georgia Tech back-to-back wins for just the third time Category 2019-20 #ACC *NCAA this season. It would also give the Yellow Jackets their first Home: 30-9, Away: 12-27, Neutral: 1-4 Scoring offense 68.0 11 272 consecutive ACC wins since the end of the 2018-19 regular Scoring defense 66.6 8 101 All Home Games: 30-9 season (Boston College, NC State). At AMC: 24-9 Scoring margin +1.3 11 198 • More snacks - Tech is 3-4 on the road this season in At McCamish Pavilion: 5-0 Field goal pct. .450 4 114 the ACC, having defeated NC State, North Carolina and Boston At Philips Arena: 1-0 Field goal pct. def. .401 3 145 College. A win Wednesday would give the Jackets four ACC road All Road Games: 12-27 3-pt FG pct. .299 13 323 wins for the first time since the 2007-08 season, when they At Joel Coliseum: 8-20 3-pt FG made 5.1 15 335 finished 4-4. At Winston-Salem: 9-23 3-pt FG pct. def. .294 3 53 • Winning in Winston - Tech has lost its last three At Greensboro (regular season): 2-3 3-pt FG allowed 5.7 -- -- games to Wake Forest at the Joel Coliseum by an average of 12 At Greensboro (all games): 2-4 As ACC members: 42-38 Free throw pct.