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Georgia Tech Cruises Past Vanderbilt, 63-51

Dec. 6, 2008

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ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) – Freshman Iman Shumpert scored a career-high 18 points and Alade Aminu added 16 points, 12 in the second half and Georgia Tech went on to a 63-51 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday.

Georgia Tech (5-1), after winning its first four games, lost 85-83 to Penn State in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday night.

Gani Lawal, who had a career-high 34 points in the loss to Penn State, scored only eight on Saturday to go along with 12 rebounds. He had only three points at the half on 1-of-3 shooting and made only 1-of-5 free throws but had seven rebounds.

Vanderbilt (5-3), which was coming off a 74-55 loss to Illinois-Chicago on Wednesday night, was led by A.J. Ogilvy with 15 points. Jeffery Taylor added 11.

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