Women’s Basketball Moves to No. 17 in AP Poll

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s basketball climbed three spots in the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll released on Monday, moving to No. 17. The Yellow Jackets stand at 18-4 overall and 6-4 in Atlantic Coast Conference play with eight games remaining in the regular season.

Georgia Tech is coming off a road win at Miami in its lone game last week, defeating the Hurricanes, 77-66. The win marked Tech’s 16th by a double-figure margin and fifth with at least five players scoring in double-digits. Kara Dunn and Zoesha Smith led the way offensively, each contributing 16 points in the victory. Tech hit seven three-pointers in the outing, paced by three from freshman Chit-Chat Wright, and finished 12-of-18 at the free throw line, guided by a 7-of-8 showing by Dani Carnegie.

Dunn continues to pace Georgia Tech on the year, averaging 15.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. She is joined in double figures by Carnegie at 14.9 points and Morgan with 12.9 points per game.

Georgia Tech is one of seven ACC teams in the latest poll, joining No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 10 Duke, No. 13 North Carolina, No. 14 NC State, No. 21 California and No. 22 Florida State. Tech’s climb in the poll tied for the largest of the week.

The highest AP ranking in Georgia Tech program history is No. 11, reached on Feb. 7, 2022. Tech was tabbed No. 10 in the WBCA Coaches Poll during the 2011-12 campaign.

The Yellow Jackets are back in action this Thursday, Feb. 6, welcoming SMU to McCamish Pavilion. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

PURCHASE TICKETS FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Single-game tickets for the season remain 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 50^th 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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