Lance Terry scored a team-high 25 points, helping lead Georgia Tech to an 87-68 win over visiting Central Arkansas on Saturday in Atlanta.
Jaeden Mustaf added 18 points off the bench for the Yellow Jackets (4-3), who won their second straight. Naithan George chipped in 16 points and a game-high 11 assists, while Baye Ndongo tallied 13 points and nine boards.
Layne Taylor led the Bears (2-5) with 20 points, followed by Elias Cato's 17. Brayden Fagbemi scored 15 for Central Arkansas, which has lost three of four.
Georgia Tech jumped out to a 10-0 lead, stamped with Ndongo's back-to-back baskets. The Bears later cut into their deficit with five straight points from Ben Fox, trimming the Yellow Jackets' lead to 25-20 with 8:54 remaining in the first half.
Georgia Tech then took its largest lead to that point with a 13-4 spurt, as Mustaf's layup extended the Yellow Jackets' advantage to 38-24 at the 5:20 mark. Central Arkansas answered with an 8-0 run, punctuated with Cato's 3-pointer.
Leading 46-38, Georgia Tech grew its halftime-lead to 11 on Terry's triple with 4 seconds left. Terry paced the Yellow Jackets with 14 first-half points, while Fagbemi's 10 led the Bears.
Terry's mid-range jumper pushed Georgia Tech's lead 58-45 with 14:16 remaining in the second half. Cato's three-point play followed by his triple trimmed the Bears' deficit to seven.
However, Terry's jumper completed the Yellow Jackets' 6-0 run with 10:23 left for a 64-51 advantage.
After Fagbemi's 3-pointer got Central Arkansas within 12 with 3:55 remaining, four straight Mustaf points began a game-clinching 9-2 run.
--Field Level Media
Central Arkansas | Georgia Tech | |
Layne Taylor 20 | Scoring | Lance Terry 25 |
Layne Taylor 5 | Assists | Naithan George 11 |
Brayden Fagbemi 6 | Rebounds | Baye Ndongo 9 |
Layne Taylor 5 | Free Throws Made | Jaeden Mustaf 7 |
Ubongabasi Etim 1 | Steals | Lance Terry 3 |
Elias Cato 2 | Blocks | Lance Terry 1 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Central Arkansas | 68 | 36.8 | 14-32 | 12-14 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Georgia Tech | 87 | 47.5 | 13-32 | 16-20 | 18 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 5 |