Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Stung by Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets faced a tough challenge against the Duke Blue Devils, culminating in a 46-84 defeat. The Yellow Jackets now stand with an unbalanced record, while the Blue Devils' victory further solidified their strong season performance. Despite a valiant effort, the visitors were unable to match the home team's scoring pace.
From the outset, Georgia Tech struggled to find their rhythm against a formidable Duke defense. The Yellow Jackets managed to score 13 points in the first quarter but fell behind as Duke put up 16 points. The second quarter saw a similar pattern with Georgia Tech adding only 11 points to their tally compared to Duke's 20. After halftime, despite an improved offensive output of 17 points in the third quarter by Georgia Tech, they could not contain Duke's explosive 28-point performance.
Georgia Tech’s offensive efforts were led by their three-point shooting where they made six out of sixteen attempts resulting in a respectable three-point percentage of thirty-eight percent. However, they struggled inside the arc with only eleven two-pointers made from thirty-three attempts which translated into a meager thirty-three percent shooting rate for two-pointers.
Defensively, Georgia Tech managed just one block and four steals throughout the game which paled in comparison to Duke’s six blocks and nine steals. Additionally, personal fouls were nearly even between both teams with ten for Georgia Tech and eleven for Duke.
The fourth quarter proved most challenging for Georgia Tech as they could muster only five additional points while allowing twenty from their opponents. This was indicative of their overall field goal percentage which stood at thirty-five percent on forty-nine attempts compared to fifty percent accuracy from sixty-two attempts by Duke.
Georgia Tech also had difficulty maintaining possession of the ball as evidenced by seventeen total turnovers during play; this was compounded by twelve assists that reflected an assist-to-turnover ratio below one (0.75). In contrast, despite committing fourteen turnovers themselves, Duke demonstrated better ball management with twenty assists leading to an assist-to-turnover ratio above one (1.43).
Rebounding was another area where Georgia Tech fell short; they gathered twenty-one rebounds (fourteen defensive and three offensive) whereas Duke dominated with forty-two rebounds (twenty-eight defensive and eleven offensive). Points off turnovers also favored the home team as they scored eleven off turnovers compared to eight for Georgia Tech.
Looking ahead after this tough outing on enemy territory at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham before an attendance crowd of two thousand three hundred sixty-two spectators during conference play – fans can mark their calendars for when "the" Yellow Jackets will host "the" North Carolina Tar Heels at Hank McCamish Pavilion located in Atlanta on January 18th at 6:00 PM Eastern Time zone broadcasted nationally on ACC Network channel six hundred twelve.