No. 13 GEORGIA TECH (15-1, 3-1 ACC) at LOUISVILLE (11-5, 4-1 ACC)
- Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 | 4 p.m. ET | Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center
- Television: ACC Network | Watch Online (Announcers: Angel Gray, Helen Williams)
- Radio: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App (Play-by-Play: Richard Musterer)
- Live Stats: Click Here
Georgia Tech women’s basketball looks to get back to winning ways, making its second road trip of the ACC slate this weekend, traveling to Louisville. The Yellow Jackets are coming off a heartbreaking loss in double-overtime to Virginia Tech, the first loss of the season. Kara Dunn led the way for the Jackets in the tilt, dropping 33 points for a season-high and her 10th consecutive game scoring in double-figures. Fellow classmate, Tonie Morgan also had a productive night against the Hokies, scoring a career-high 28 points and surpassing the 1,000-career points mark.
Louisville enters Sunday’s matchup on a five-game win streak dating back to Dec. 21. Most recently, the Cardinals are coming off a 65-56 victory at Wake Forest and an overtime win at Miami that opened a two-game road swing. The Cardinals are 4-2 when competing at home this season with losses to Oklahoma and NC State. Tajianna Roberts leads the team a trio of Cardinals in double-figures, chipping in 12.8 points per game, while Olivia Cochran adds a team-high 6.4 rebounds and 10.2 points per game.
Georgia Tech also seeks its first win in program history over Louisville. The Yellow Jackets and Cardinals have met 11 times since the first meeting in 2015 – all coming in ACC matchups.
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 50th 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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