February 4, 2018

Post-Game Notes (Game 23)

Feb. 4, 2018

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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Georgia Tech starting lineup: Alston, Alvarado, Okogie, Gueye, Lammers
First subs for Georgia Tech: Jackson for Alston, 14:11 – 1^st half
On the floor for Georgia Tech at the end: Alston, Alvarado, Jackson, Gueye, Lammers
Opening tap won by Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech has won the opening tap nine times in 23 games this season
Series record vs. Boston College: Georgia Tech is 14-11 overall, 4-6 on the road, 1-1 under Josh Pastner, 2-3 vs. Jim Christian
Current series streak: Boston College won the last meeting
Georgia Tech is 10-5 at McCamish Pavilion this season, 70-35 in its sixth season in the building, 27-9 under Josh Pastner
Georgia Tech is 1-6 on the road this season, 1-7 away from McCamish Pavilion
Georgia Tech’s next game: Feb. 8, 7 p.m., at Louisville

TEAM NOTES

Georgia Tech has started the same lineup for the past 11 games, with Abdoulaye Gueye playing the “4” position. The Yellow Jackets have used six different starting lineups this season.
Tech has had its full roster to practice only for seven games and played a solid 7-man rotation for the first time in ACC play against Notre Dame Jan. 10. Injuries or other absences have forced Tech players to miss 39 games cumulatively this season. Tech will not have its that full rotation for the rest of the season with freshman Curtis Haywood II sidelined for the remainder of the season with a stress reaction in his right leg.
Jose Alvarado and Ben Lammers have started every game this season. Lammers has started Tech’s last 60 consecutive games.
Tech’s playing rotation this season features four freshmen and a first-year graduate transfer who have combined to start 52 games and log 44.6 percent of the Yellow Jackets’ total minutes.
The Boston College game was Tech’s first overtime game since a 76-73 win at VCU on Dec. 7, 2016. The Yellow Jackets are 63-59 all-time in overtime.
Pastner needs one victory to reach 200 for his head coaching career (199-101).
Six Tech players scored in double figures, the first time that has happened since the Yellow Jackets’ 107-77 victory over Green Bay on Dec. 19, 2015. Tech had placed as many as five in double digits only one other time this season (Pittsburgh).
Tech lost for the third time this season when shooting 50 percent from the floor (Wofford, Wright State, Boston College). The Jackets are 1-3 when shooting 50 percent (defeated Texas-Rio Grande Valley).
Tech fell to 11-3 this season when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (BC shot 44.3 percent to Tech’s 50.9).
Tech is 4-7 this season when committing more turnovers than its opponent. The Jackets committed four turnovers in the first half of its game at Boston College and led 36-28 at the half. They committed eight turnovers in the second half, which led to eight BC points and helped the Eagles forge a tie at the end of regulation. The Jackets’ turnover rate is still down from last season, however, 12.7 per game overall, 12.3 vs. ACC teams.
Tech gave up 13 offensive rebounds and eight second-chance points.
Tech has surrendered double-digits in three-point field goals five times and lost three of those games. Boston College was 11 of 23 from distance.
In the last two seasons (since head coach Josh Pastner arrived), no team has more wins at home over AP Top 15 teams as an unranked opponent than Georgia Tech (Tech and Colorado with four each, Syracuse with three).

PASTNER’S KEY METRICS

Assists to made field goals: Tech assisted on 11 of 29 made field goals (37.9 percent) against Boston College, far below its nightly goal of 60 percent. The Jackets have assisted on 54.2 percent of their made field goals for the season (52.5 percent vs. the ACC), after finishing last season at 62.7 percent (63.2 percent rate in ACC games).
Free throws made to opponents’ attempts: Tech made 9-of-13 free throws to Boston College’s 15-of-21 (goal of making more than opponent tries not accomplished). For the season, Tech has converted 329 free throws, while opponents have attempted 374. Tech is 29-8 under Josh Pastner when attempting more free throws than the opponent.
Turnovers: Tech has committed 12.7 turnovers per game this season, down slightly from last season (13.4), and 12.2 in ACC games, down from 13.3 last season.
Guard rebounding: Tech’s guards combined for 10 of Tech’s 25 defensive rebounds against Clemson. Tadric Jackson, Jose Alvarado and Josh Okogie are all averaging 3.9 rebounds per game or higher this season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Tadric Jackson has scored in double figures off the bench in 37 games during his career, 28 since the beginning of last season. He scored 10 at Boston College for his second straight double-digit effort and his 15^th in 20 games this season. Just a game earlier, Jackson became the 44^th player in Tech history to reach 1,000 career points (now has 1,011). He made a pair of three-point field goals against the Eagles, his first multiple-3 game since going 3-for-3 against Florida A&M on Dec. 17.
Ben Lammers recorded his ninth double-double of the season (14 points 12 rebounds) against Boston College and the 25^th of his career. He hit 6-of-10 shots from the floor.
Lammers has 18 double-digit scoring games this season, including the last five straight. He has averaged 12.0 points per game and hit 26-of-53 from the floor over that stretch.
Lammers surpassed 700 career rebounds against Syracuse and now has 718, moving into 13^th place on Georgia Tech’s all-time list with his 12-board effort at Boston College. He needs 22 to catch Jim Wood (740 from 1974-77) for 12^th place.
Lammers blocked three shots against Syracuse, improving his career total to 239 blocks, good for sole possession of fourth place in Tech history and needing four to catch John Salley (243 from 1982-86) for third place.
Lammers also is drifting ever closer to 1,000 points for his career. With 950 career points, and needs five games at his current 11.7 per game rate to reach 1,000.
Jose Alvarado has hit at least one three-point field goal in nine consecutive games (20-of-47). He is hitting 38.3 percent of his threes in ACC games, 36.5 percent for the season.
Josh Okogie has scored in double figures in his last five games after having a 25-game streak of double-digit games snapped against Virginia (nine points). The sophomore guard has scored in double figures 46 times in 52 career games. He has scored 30 or more three times (two vs. ACC), 20 or more 15 times (eight times in an ACC game).
Okogie has averaged 18.0 points per game after missing the first eight games of the season, including 17.6 in ACC games so far (fourth-best in league rankings). He averaged 16.1 points as a freshman, 17.1 against the ACC. The 6-4 sophomore has hit 38.5 percent of his shots from three-point range and 81.6 percent from the free throw line this season. Okogie has at least one three in 12 of his 15 games this season, including his first seven straight.
Okogie has scored more points in his first two seasons at Tech since Matt Harpring accumulated 1,021 by the end of his sophomore season (1996-98). At his present rate, Okogie will become the fifth Tech player to reach 1,000 career points by the end of his sophomore season.
Okogie is averaging 7.0 rebounds per game in ACC play, third best among league guards, and 6.3 for the season, after grabbing eight against Boston College. He has snared 43 rebounds in his last five games (8.6).
Okogie has 27 assists in his last eight games, a 3.4 average, and has matched his career high of five twice (second meeting vs. Notre Dame and at Florida State) in that stretch.
Despite missing eight games, Okogie leads the Jackets in free throw attempts with 103, an average of 6.8 per game that leads the ACC. He averaged 6.5 as a freshman, which ranked third in the ACC.
Abdoulaye Gueye has averaged 9.4 points (57.1 percent FG) and 6.2 rebounds in 11 games since sitting out the Coppin State game with an ankle injury. He has scored in double figures six times during that stretch, and also has blocked 16 shots.
Gueye has scored 103 points in the 11 games since sitting out Coppin State on Dec. 27. He had scored 70 points in 39 career games prior to Coppin State.
Brandon Alston scored 13 points at Boston College, his highest-scoring effort since the season’s third game, a 20-point night against Texas-Grande Valley. He scored Tech’s first two baskets of the game against the Eagles, had 11 of his 13 in the first half and finished the game 6-for-8 from the floor, matching his season high for field goals made. He has five double-digit games this season.
Alvarado and Lammers each played the full 45 minutes against Boston College, giving them 12 complete games combined this season (seven for Alvarado). They became the first Tech players to log every minute of an overtime game since Alvin Jones played 45 minutes against New Orleans on Nov. 27, 1998.
Alvarado ranks seventh in the ACC averaging 35.7 minutes per game, fifth in the ACC in average minutes per conference game (39.2). After missing nearly the entire second half of the Coppin State game with a head injury, Alvarado has played 430 minutes in Tech’s last 11 games, sitting out just 15 minutes. He ranks fifth among all freshmen nationally in minutes played and percentage of possible minutes played.
Lammers is averaging 36.6 minutes this season, sixth-most in the ACC (38.4 mpg vs. the ACC), and ranks No. 1 among centers nationally in average minutes played and percentage of possible minutes.
Tech, Syracuse and Boston College each have three players ranked among the ACC’s top 12 in average minutes per ACC game. Okogie is Tech’s third player among those 12, averaging 36.1 minutes per ACC game.