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Women's Basketball

In-State Showdown Closes Homestand Wednesday

Georgia Tech (2-2, 0-0 ACC) vs. West Georgia (2-1, 0-0 Atlantic Sun)

 

THE FLATS – The final outing of a five-game homestand pits Georgia Tech women’s basketball against in-state foe West Georgia Wednesday night inside McCamish Pavilion.

First-year head coach Karen Blair’s squad is staring down the third game in less than a week after routing Charleston Southern Thursday, 87-40, and dropping a tough game to Jacksonville, 69-64, Sunday.

Talayah Walker recorded her third game this season with a double-digit scoring total (15) Sunday. She was joined by Brianna Turnage who brought in 10 points and finished one board shy of her second-career double-double.  Inés Noguero led the team with 10 rebounds Sunday, just the third time in her career seeing double figures in that category.

West Georgia enters Wednesday on five days of rest after winning its second-straight game Thursday against Alabama State, 64-61. The Wolves defeated Gardner-Webb, 91-68, earlier in the month after losing on the road to Oregon, 100-59.

 

SERIES HISTORY

Wednesday is the seventh all-time meeting between the Yellow Jackets and Wolves, and the second in as many seasons. Tech won last season’s meeting, 88-53, which was the first in the series since January 1985. Georgia Tech has won each of the last three games against UWG.

 

NUMBERS TO KNOW

3 – Georgia Tech is one of just three teams to be top 14 nationally in both defensive rebounds per game (35.5 – 2nd) and field goal defense (30.0 – 14th), joining Iowa and South Carolina.

7 – Wednesday marks the seventh all-time meeting between Georgia Tech and West Georgia, and just the second since 1985.

10.8 – Brianna Turnage’s 10.8 rebounds per game leads the squad. She has collected at least 10 rebounds in all but one game this season, where she finished with nine.

14.8 – Talayah Walker leads the Jackets with 14.8 points per game this season.

64 – Georgia Tech has a +64 total rebounding margin this season, tallying 194 boards in four games.

70 – Georgia Tech is outscoring teams 70-38 in the first quarter this season.

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INSIDE THE ROSTER 

The 2025-26 campaign features a 13-person squad led by a pair of senior guards: a returner from Gijón, Spain, Inés Noguero and a Charleston Southern transfer from Snellville, Ga., Catherine Alben. The duo represented Tech at ACC Media Day with head coach Karen Blair in the preseason. Rounding out the returners are junior center Adriadna Termis and junior guard/forward D’Asia Thomas-Harris. 

Noguero played in 27 games with 21 starts a season ago, finishing second on the team with 39 steals. She has earned three-consecutive All-ACC Academic Team and Honor Roll awards. Termis made 21 starts for Tech last season while averaging 42.6% from the floor. She was named a 2024-25 Hawaii North Shore Showcase All-Star after leading Tech with 13 points in a 74-58 win over No. 21 Oregon. Thomas-Harris has played in 33 career games at Tech as she enters her junior season. 

Tech brings 10 newcomers to the hardwood this season including fifth year guard and Boston College transfer Savannah Samuel. She led the Eagles’ bench last season with 6.3 points per game and posted a career-best 16 points in the WBIT opening round against Villanova. 

Coach Blair’s incoming production includes two senior guards: Brianna Turnage from Florida State and Alben. A 5-7 Grayson High School product, Turnage played in 90 games for the Seminoles in three seasons, averaging 30.8% from the floor. Alben is a two-time All-Big South Conference honoree with over 1,000 career points, having earned a first team nod last season and an All-Freshman team selection in 2022-23. 

The junior class of newcomers features guard La’Nya Foster and forward Jada Crawshaw. Foster, a transfer from Austin Peay, was named Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year in 2023-24 and made 47 starts in 64 games played for the Governors. Crawshaw, a native of Darwin, Australia, arrives to The Flats from Long Beach State where she earned Big West All-Freshman Team honors in 2023-24. She saw action in 62 games in two seasons. 

Three sophomores have earned their spot on the Tech roster including guards Talayah Walker and Erica Moon (redshirt) and center Déborah Mukeba. Walker played 29 games at Penn State a year ago averaging 5.6 points on 44.6% shooting and 3.3 rebounds per game. Moon spent two seasons at Texas A&M and also played in 29 games last season, getting starts in seven of the Aggies’ last eight games. Mukeba saw action in just three games at Boston College last season. 

Rounding out the 2025-26 squad are two freshmen: McKayla Taylor, a 6-1 center from Langston Hughes High School and Leyre Urdiain, a 5-11 guard from Zaragoza, Spain. 

 

PURCHASE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TICKETS 

Season tickets for the 2025-26 Georgia Tech women’s basketball season remain on sale. Season tickets begin at just $50 for general admission and $65 for reserved seats. Fans won’t want to miss any of the action in McCamish Pavilion this upcoming season, which features a challenging nine-game Atlantic Coast Conference schedule in addition to a competitive non-conference slate. To purchase tickets, or for more information, please visit RamblinWreck.com. 

Single-game tickets also remain on sale, as well as a Mini Plan for patrons wishing to attend multiple games this season. A Mini Plan includes tickets to four games, anchored by Tech’s marquee matchup against Notre Dame on Jan. 1 plus the choice of three additional Atlantic Coast Conference games. 

Group tickets are also on sale now. For groups interested in purchasing tickets to a Georgia Tech athletics event, please fill out this form linked. 

 

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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