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Tech Hosts Stanford for Play4Kay Game Sunday

Georgia Tech (10-14, 5-7 ACC) vs. Stanford (16-8, 5-6 ACC)

 

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s basketball hosts its annual Play4Kay game Sunday inside McCamish Pavilion, welcoming the Stanford Cardinal to Atlanta for the first time.

The Yellow Jackets conclude a three-game homestand Sunday after falling 63-56 to California Thursday night.

Jada Crawshaw and Talayah Walker led Tech in scoring with 14 points each while Brianna Turnage recorded her fifth-straight game with double-digit rebounds (13). It also marked Crawshaw’s third-straight game scoring in double figures.

Stanford enters the weekend after defeating Pitt on the road, 86-65. The win snapped a four-game losing skid for the Cardinal. Stanford is 7-4 away from home this season.

Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

 

SERIES HISTORY

Sunday marks just the second game between Tech and Stanford, with the first meeting coming in Palo Alto last season. The Cardinal won 87-82 on March 2, 2025.

 

NUMBERS TO KNOW

2 – Sunday is just the second matchup ever between the Yellow Jackets and Cardinal and the first inside McCamish Pavilion.

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

9 – Brianna Turnage’s nine blocks versus UNC on Jan. 22 were the most by a Jacket since the record-tying mark by Allison Echols on Nov. 24, 1990.

18.7 – Talayah Walker is averaging 18.7 points per game in conference play this season, second-best in the ACC.

29.5 – Georgia Tech averages 29.5 defensive rebounds per game, the second-most in the ACC and 12th in the country.

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SEASON STORYLINES

  • Talayah Walker leads the Yellow Jackets in points per game (16.2) 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 8-5 inside the friendly confines of McCamish Pavilion this season. Tech is 22-9 in its last 31 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.

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PURCHASE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TICKETS 

Single-game tickets are on sale for the remaining games inside McCamish Pavilion, including matchups against California, Stanford, nationally-ranked Louisville and Miami.

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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