THE FLATS – Five Yellow Jackets finished in double-figures as Georgia Tech upended West Georgia, 88-53, in a Thursday night matchup inside McCamish Pavilion. For the third-straight game, freshman Dani Carnegie led Tech with a team-high 15 points.
A pair of free throws from Tonie Morgan to close the first quarter opened a permanent double-digit lead for Georgia Tech, capping the frame with a 19-8 edge. A Kara Dunn bucket midway through the second expanded Tech’s lead to 20-plus as the Yellow Jackets led by as many as 21 points in the first half multiple times. Zoesha Smith paced the Jackets in the opening 20 minutes with 10 points and six rebounds before Tech continued to push the pace in the second half. Inés Noguero connected on a triple with three minutes left in the game to hand the Jackets their largest lead of the evening, setting up an 86-47 tally.
Carnegie chipped in 15 points in the win to lead the way offensively, while Smith finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. Kayla Blackshear just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds as Dunn and Morgan completed Tech’s players in double-figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. The Jackets won the battle on the glass, 44-32, paced by Blackshear’s nine.
For the game, Tech shot 46.6 percent (34-73) from the floor and converted 13-of-16 free throw attempts for an 81.3 percent efficiency. The Jackets dominated in the paint, outscoring the Wolves, 42-24, and converted 24 UWG miscues into 27 points.
Grace O’Gara led UWG with 15 points as the Wolves were held to a 34.6 percent shooting clip. Destiny Jones added 12 points, while K’Nari Holliday pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.
Georgia Tech returns to action for the 47th edition of ‘Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate’ on the hardwood, welcoming Georgia on Sunday, Nov. 17. Tip is slated for 2 p.m. and will be televised on the ACC Network.
Kayla Blackshear finished with 13 points and a team-high nine rebounds in the win. Photo by Danny Karnik
Senior Kayla Blackshear postgame press conference
Nell Fortner postgame press conference
SINGLE GAME TICKETS FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Single game tickets for the season are also on sale. Single game tickets begin at just $10 for general admission seating and are $12 for reserved seating. Youth pricing begins at $8 per game and are available day of game, while group ticket packages are on sale for 10 or more tickets at $5 per ticket. Please contact the Georgia Tech Athletic Association ticket office for more information on group tickets at tickets@athletics.gatech.edu. Fans can purchase tickets by visiting RamblinWreck.com or by calling the Georgia Tech ticket office at 1-888-TECH-TIX.
GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
Georgia Tech is celebrating the 50th anniversary of women’s basketball on The Flats this season. Under the direction of coach Jim Culpepper, Georgia Tech competed its first year in the Georgia Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (GAIAW) in 1974-75 before joining the ACC in 1979-80. Tech has seen many highlights over 50 years, including playing in the NCAA Tournament 11 times, with two Sweet 16 appearances (2012, 2021), and producing nine WNBA draft picks, featuring first round draft picks Alex Montgomery and Sasha Goodlett. In its first postseason berth in school history, Georgia Tech captured the 1992 National Women’s Invitational Tournament. Currently in its sixth season under head coach Nell Fortner, the Yellow Jackets have reach postseason play three times in the last five years.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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