Marquette 72, Georgia Tech 70: Matt Carlino scored a tournament-record and career-high 38 points to lead the Golden Eagles past the Yellow Jackets in the opening round of the Orlando Classic.

Carlino matched a personal best with eight 3-pointers while Juan Anderson added 12 points and joined Carlino with a team-high six rebounds for Marquette (3-2), which will square off against Michigan State in Friday’s semifinals. Deonte Burton recorded five of the Golden Eagles’ 10 steals and Marquette went 23-of-32 from the foul line.

Marcus Georges-Hunt scored all 14 of his points in the second half for Georgia Tech (3-1), which will face Rider in Friday's consolation round. Tadric Jackson was the only other Yellow Jacket in double figures with 17 points while Demarco Cox and Charles Mitchell added seven points and eight rebounds apiece.

Carlino supplied the early offense as his fifth 3-pointer in the opening 16:08 powered Georgia Tech to a 27-20 lead before Quinton Stephens and Chris Bolden knocked consecutive triples during a half-ending 11-2 surge to give the Yellow Jackets a two-point lead at the break. Carlino continued to fire away, pouring in 12 more points in the first nine-plus minutes of the second half – including two more 3-pointers– as Marquette remained in front.

Bolden connected on his second 3-pointer to push Georgia Tech within 49-47 with 8:47 left, but Anderson and Carlino drained triples on back-to-back possessions as the Eagles stretched their lead to 11 with 3:46 remaining. Georges-Hunt scored eight points over the final 2:46 and the Yellow Jackets rallied within one on two occasions late, but Marquette hit seven free throws in the last 51 seconds – including five from Carlino – to hold on.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Carlino, who entered Thursday with seven 3-pointers through four games, broke the Orlando Classic scoring record held by Butler’s Kellen Dunham (32 versus Washington State in 2013). ... Georgia Tech collected 17 offensive rebounds and has tallied at least 13 in each of its four games. … Until Stephens knocked down his triple with 2:44 to go before halftime, Carlino was 5-of-8 beyond the arc while everybody else was a combined 0-for-12.