Women’s Basketball Set for Duel at Syracuse

Georgia Tech (9-12, 4-5 ACC) at Syracuse (16-4, 6-3 ACC)

• • Thursday, Jan. 29, 2025 · 6 p.m. · JMA Wireless Dome
  • Television: ACC Network Extra · Play-by-Play: Sam Reis · Analyst: Riley Underwood
  • Radio: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App/SiriusXM 983 · Richard Musterer
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A trip to the Empire State is up next for Georgia Tech women’s basketball as the squad concludes the January slate against the Syracuse Orange Thursday night.

Brianna Turnage and Talayah Walker lead the Jackets back onto the court for this matchup after helping Tech to an 80-69 win at Florida State Sunday. Turnage tied her career-high with 18 rebounds against her former team while Walker posted 24 points and just shy of a double-double with eight rebounds.

Turnage leads the ACC with 10.8 rebounds per game in conference play while Walker is second in the ACC with six 20-point conference games.

The Orange are back inside JMA Wireless Dome for the first time in 11 days after being dealt a tough overtime loss to No. 21 North Carolina Sunday, 77-71. Syracuse is 12-2 at home this season.

Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

 

SERIES HISTORY

Thursday is the 15th matchup, with the Jackets holding a 7-6 series lead.

Tech has won seven of the last nine and two of the last three at Syracuse.

 

NUMBERS TO KNOW

5 – Talayah Walker is second in the ACC with five conference games scoring at least 20 points.

9 – Brianna Turnage’s nine blocks versus UNC Thursday were the most by a Jacket since the record-tying mark by Allison Echols on Nov. 24, 1990.

18.4 – Talayah Walker is averaging 18.4 points per game in the last five including a 38-for-42 clip from the free throw line.

29.8 – Georgia Tech averages 29.8 defensive rebounds per game, the second-most in the ACC and 14th in the country.

59 – Sunday is the 59th all-time meeting between Georgia Tech and Florida State.

SEASON STORYLINES

• Talayah Walker leads the Yellow Jackets in points per game (16.5) and has had eight 20-point games this season. She was named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 5
• Catherine Alben was named to the Cayman Islands All-Tournament Team following Tech’s games versus St. John’s (Nov. 28) and Florida (Nov. 29) in the Caribbean.
• Georgia Tech is ranked near the top of the ACC when it comes to protecting the glass, averaging 42.05 rebounds per game – fifth in the league and 28th nationally.
• Georgia Tech is 7-4 inside the friendly confines of McCamish Pavilion this season. Tech is 21-8 in its last 29 games at home and has won 14 of its last 16 there against non-conference opponents.
• Georgia Tech did not shy away from challenges in the non-conference slate. On top of three SEC opponents and a nationally-ranked West Virginia squad, Georgia Tech has faced the 2025-26 Ivy League preseason favorite Princeton and 2025 MEAC Champion Norfolk State in the non-conference schedule.

2025-26 TEAM GUIDE

• The Yellow Jackets are led by first-year head coach Karen Blair, who arrived on The Flats after 26 season as an assistant coach including spending the last seven seasons at Maryland, helping the Terps to three Big Ten titles and a trip to the NCAA Tournament every year the event was held.
• Georgia Tech is coming off a 2024-25 season that featured a 22-11 record (9-9 ACC) that included a 14-4 record inside McCamish Pavilion and a trip to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
• Georgia Tech returns three from the 2024-25 NCAA Tournament campaign, including Inés Noguero, D’Asia Thomas-Harris and Ariadna Termis.
• 10 newcomers make up the Jackets’ squad this season, including Savannah Samuel, Talayah Walker, Brianna Turnage, Catherine Alben, Erica Moon, La’Nya Foster, Jada Crawshaw, Deborah Mukeba and freshmen Leyre Urdiain and McKayla Taylor.

 

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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