Men’s Basketball vs. Wake Forest – Men’s Basketball – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Georgia Tech (10-12, 3-8 ACC) vs. Wake Forest (14-7, 6-4 ACC)

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | 7:00 PM ET | Atlanta, Georgia | McCamish Pavilion

The Flats – Ready to take on the highest-scoring team in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Georgia Tech returns home to take on Wake Forest in a 7 p.m. contest Tuesday night at McCamish Pavilion. The second half of the ACC regular season schedule continues.

Tech (10-12, 3-8 ACC) looks to bounce back from Saturday's narrow 82-76 loss to North Carolina State, as the Yellow Jackets beat No. 3 North Carolina (74-2 They are looking for consistency after a season in which they defeated the Reds (defeated). This season, Clemson (93-90 overtime), ranked 73rd in the ACC, and Duke (72-68), ranked seventh, will play.

Wake Forest (14-7, 6-4 ACC) is averaging more than 80 points per game in conference play and comes to Atlanta off the back of a 99-70 win over Syracuse on Saturday. The Demon Deacons have had him score 80 or more points in five of his six wins in the ACC, and his last two he has scored 90 or more points.

Tuesday's game will be broadcast live on ESPNU, and the livestream can be viewed on the ESPN app. Radio broadcasts will be on the Georgia Tech Sports Network with Legends Sports and flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). Tech broadcasts are also available on SiriusXM channel 388 and the SiriusXM app.

Secret information

• Georgia Tech's three ACC wins have come against the top three teams in the ACC in the NCAA's NET rankings: North Carolina (No. 9), Duke University (No. 18) and Clemson University (No. 34). Wake Forest is fourth-highest at No. 41.
• Nine of Georgia Tech's 11 ACC games have been decided by single digits. Sixteen of Tech's 22 games overall this season have been decided by less than 10 points (Technology has won 8-8 in those games), and nine of those games have been decided by five points or less.
• Tech's two biggest losses (by point differential) were followed by wins against top 25 teams (Mississippi State, No. 21 behind Cincinnati, and North Carolina State, No. 3 behind Virginia Tech).
• Tech is 6-9 against teams in Quad 1 and Quad 2 this season, with wins over Duke, Clemson and North Carolina in Quad 1, and wins over Mississippi State, Penn State and Massachusetts in Quad 2. won. The Jackets have three Quad 1 opponents left for him and two Quad 2 opponents for him (Wake Forest is a Quad 2 chance). Tech went 3-14 against Quad 1/2 opponents last season.
• Tech is averaging 74.3 points per game and making 44.6 percent of its field goal attempts in ACC play, both of which rank eighth in the conference. Tech ranks first in conference play in 3-point field goals made per game (9.64) and fifth in percentage (.375).
• Tech has the sixth-most efficient offense in the ACC in conference games (107.4 points per 100 possessions, according to KenPom.com) and ranks fourth in effective field goal percentage (52.8) in conference games.
• Four Tech players are averaging double digits in ACC play – Miles Kelly (14.3), Baye Ndongo (13.4), Coissy Reeves Jr. (11.4) and nathan george (11.2). These four players combine to make his 46.8 percent of his shots from the floor (204 of 436) and his 38.2 percent of his 3-point shots (73 of 191). .
• Tech starts two freshmen – Baye Ndongo and point guard nathan george – in the last 18 games. The Jackets haven't had two freshmen (Michael DeVoe, Khalid Moore) in the regular starting lineup since the 2018-19 season, and the first to regularly start at point guard since Jose Alvarado in 2017-18. There were no new students.
• which one Ndongo or george He has led Tech in scoring in eight of Tech's past 12 games and seven of 11 ACC games. He has accounted for 33.3 percent of ACC games.
• Miles Kelly, Tech's leading scorer with 14.4 points per game in the 2022-23 season, and Tech's leading scorer again this season with 14.5 points per game.The junior guard joins the freshman forward to lead the four Jackets in averaging double digits. Baye Ndongo (12.3 ppg), junior guard Coissy Reeves Jr. (11.3 ppg) and freshman guard. nathan george (10.1). The other five Jackets are averaging between 4.4 and 8.7 points per game.
• 1st year forward Baye Ndongo He has won the ACC Rookie of the Week award three times this season (Dec. 2, Dec. 18, and Dec. 26), but current NBA star Josh Okogie won the Yellow Jacket in 2016. -This is the highest number since he was acquired in the 17th season.
• Tech point guard tandem nathan george and Kyle Sturdivant He is averaging 7.3 assists per game total and 9.3 assists in ACC games. His assist/turnover ratio is 2.48:1 overall and 3.29:1 in conference games. According to KenPom.com, both players rank among the top 52 players in the nation in assist percentage (a measure of assists divided by field goals made by teammates while on the court).
• nathan george He needs four assists to become the first Tech freshman to reach 100 assists in a season since Iman Shumpert in 2008-09.

Series VS. Wake Forest

• Georgia Tech leads the all-time series 46-42 and has a 45-40 lead in games played since becoming a member of the ACC. This is the highest winning percentage the Yellow Jackets have against the conference's pre-2005 expansion members.
• Tech has won 11 of the last 16 games between the two teams, but the Demon Deacons have won the last two games, 80-64 against Atlanta in 2021-22 and 71-70 against Winston-Salem in 2022-23. is winning.
• Tech has won the last 14 games at home against Wake Forest since Feb. 22, 2004, when the Demon Deacons won 80-76, and since then, Wake has won the last 14 games against Wake Forest on their last visit (2022). (January 19) at McAmish Pavilion. The Jackets won their last seven games at Alexander Memorial Coliseum, a 69-62 decision at Phillips Arena in 2011-12, and their first six games at McAmish Pavilion.
• Tech was 24-9 against Wake Forest at Alexander Memorial Coliseum and 31-10 against the Demon Deacons in Atlanta.
• Tech is 43-31 against Wake Forest since 1985, including a 12-game winning streak from 1985 to 1991.
• Demon Deacons coach Steve Forbes led his East Tennessee team to a 69-68 victory over the Jackets in Atlanta in his first season with the Buccaneers on November 15, 2015, giving them a 3-2 record against the Jackets. He has a losing record.

Nathan George needs four assists to reach 100 assists for the season, becoming the 11th Tech freshman to have 100 or more assists. (Photo by Jaylin Nash)

team trends

• Tech has exceeded points per possession in seven straight games and in nine of 11 ACC games this season (KenPom.com).
• Since 1997, only six Tech teams have finished a season with a KenPom.com offensive efficiency rating higher than the Yellow Jackets' current rating of 110.6. All but one of those teams played in the postseason.
• Tech's offensive efficiency is also the highest among coach Damon Stoudemire's teams, as is its adjusted temp rate of 67.5 possessions.
• Tech has made 74.7 percent (80 of 107) of its free throws over the past four games.
• Tech made 10 or more 3-point field goals for the fifth time in the past nine games against North Carolina State, making 11 of 27 from the field. Through these nine games, the Jackets are shooting 92-of-236 (38.9 percent) from 3-point range.

Player highlights

• Miles Kelly has scored 20 or more points in six games this season, including three in ACC games (20 points vs. Florida State, 25 points vs. Notre Dame, 20 points vs. North Carolina State).
• kelly had three double-doubles this season, adding 10 rebounds to his 20 points at North Carolina State. Kelly recorded 22 points and 12 boards against No. 21 Mississippi State in November, and 16 points and 11 rebounds against No. 11 Duke in January.
• rookie point guard nathan george He scored 18 points against North Carolina State, reaching double digits in scoring six times in Tech's past seven games. The 6-3 guard averaged 14.7 points during that span, shooting 44.6 percent from the floor and 41.2 percent from 3-point range. He also has 38 assists against 11 turnovers in those seven games.
• george In conference games, they rank second in the ACC in average assists (6.2 per game) and first in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.58 to 1).
• George's At North Carolina State, he recorded 96 points (5.1 points per game) in 19 games with five assists. He is on track to become the 11th Tech freshman to record 100 assists in a season since Iman Shumpert in 2008-09. That list is star-studded, including Dennis Scott, Kenny Anderson, Travis Best, Drew Barry, Stephon Marbury, Tony Akins and Jarrett Jack.
• Kyle Sturdivant He has made 14 of 15 from the free throw line in Tech's past six games. He leads the Jackets this season with an 87.2 percent success rate and 88.9 percent (24 of 27) in ACC play.
• In Tech's last six games, sturdy He averaged 12.7 points, made 25 of 57 from the floor, 12 of 28 from 3-point range, 14 of 15 from the free throw line, and had 14 assists/7 turnovers.
• Tizuan Claude He averaged 6.3 points and 6.0 rebounds over Tech's past six games, making 11-of-16 shots from the floor and 16-of-21 from the foul line. He spent a total of 25 minutes on average.
• Claude He has made 18 of 23 from the free throw line in Tech's past seven games.
• Tafala Ngapare He played a total of 46 minutes in Tech's final two games, recording 13 points (4-11 FG, 5-8 FT) and 13 rebounds, his best streak since early December.
• kelly (929 career points) is the closest player to 1,000 points in a Tech career. sturdy They need 50 more points to reach that milestone and five three-point field goals to reach 100.
• Ndongo He is converting 59.2 percent in ACC games and 59 percent on the season. His field goal percentage ranks second in the nation among freshmen.
• Mr. Ndongo His current 12.3 points per game average is the highest by a Tech freshman since Josh Okogie (16.1 points) in 2016-17, and his 8.1 rebound average is the highest by a Tech freshman since Derrick Favors (8.2 points) in 2009-10. This is the highest score since Chris Bosh (9.0 points). From 2002 to 2023) he has the highest average rebound percentage ever for a Tech freshman.
• Coissy Reeves Jr. In ACC games, he is shooting 45.4 percent from the floor and a team-best 46.7 percent from 3-point range. In last year's SEC game at Florida, he shot just 19 percent from three-point range.

Myles Kelly (13) has achieved three double-doubles this season. (Photo by Jaylin Nash)

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