March 2, 2013
Georgia Tech will travel to the Northeast for its only meeting with Boston College this year when the Yellow Jackets and Eagles square off at noon on Sunday at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Sunday’s game will be the regular season finale for both teams as the ACC Tournament begins March 7 at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum.
The Jackets have won four straight and six of their last eight heading into Sunday’s game with the Eagles. A win would assure Tech of either the No. 6 or 7 seed in next week’s ACC Tournament. Entering Sunday, Tech is tied with Virginia for sixth in the standings.
Freshman Brittany Jackson led Tech in the Jackets’ last game with 22 points in 15 minutes. Rookie Aaliyah Whiteside tossed in 15 points and classmate Roddreka Rogers pulled in 11 rebounds. Junior Tyaunna Marshall added 10 points, five rebounds and five assists as the Yellow Jackets cruised past Clemson.
Tech will be trying for its fourth straight win over Boston College. Last season, Tech claimed its first win at BC, 68-58, led by 26 points and 16 rebounds from Sasha Goodlett. Marshall added a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
EFFICIENT WORK
Freshman Brittany Jackson was efficient in her 15 minutes against Clemson on Feb. 28. Jackson came off the bench and scored nine points in the final three minutes of the first half. Jackson finished the game with 22 points in only 15 total minutes.
For the season, Jackson has 221 points in 380 minutes or 10.5 points in 18.1 minutes per game.
1,000 CAREER POINTS
Junior Tyaunna Marshall scored her 1,000th career point on a putback against Kennesaw State, Nov. 13, at McCamish Pavilion. She became the 26th Yellow Jacket with 1,000 career points and just the 10th to do so before her senior year at Georgia Tech.
Marshall currently has 1,480 points and has scored in double digits in 80 of 98 career games.
GT TOP 10 SCORERS
Marshall broke into the Georgia Tech career scoring top 10 with 15 points against Virginia Tech.
The junior enters the Miami game with 1,480 career points and in 8th all-time at Tech. Joyce Pierce is seventh all-time with 1,557 points all-time. The full list of Georgia Tech career scoring leaders can be found on page 11.
Marshall began the season with 978 points and outside of the top 25 Yellow Jacket scorers.
FROM LONG RANGE
Sophomore Sydney Wallace is already closing in on the Georgia Tech career top 3-point records. Her first half 3-pointer at Wake Forest moved her past Stephanie Higgs for ninth all-time in the Gold and White. Wallace enters the Boston College game with 90 long-range buckets.
Selena Baldwin is eighth with 101. Wallace has 45 triples this year and made 45 last year as a freshman.
HELPING OUT
Junior Dawnn Maye is approaching the Georgia Tech career top 10 for steals and assists. Entering the Boston College game, Maye has 297 career assists. Anita Malone currently ranks 10th on the all-time assists list with 310.
TAKING AWAY
Juniors Tyaunna Marshall and Dawnn Maye are both approaching the Georgia Tech top 10 for career steals. Joyce Pierce is currently 10th on the Tech all-time steals list with 194.
Entering the contest with the Eagles, Marshall has 192 career steals and Maye has 188.
