National Basketball Association
Georgia Tech 62, Virginia Tech 51
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 8, 2014
Where: McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials:
# Roger Ayers, # William Humes, # Bryan Kersey
Attendance:
8155
By SportsDirect Inc.
Georgia Tech 62, Virginia Tech 51: Daniel Miller scored 14 points with nine rebounds and Trae Golden finished with 14 points and eight assists, lifting the host Yellow Jackets in their regular-season finale.
Miller, a senior playing his final home game, finished 6-for-7 from the field for Georgia Tech (15-16, 6-12 ACC), which shot 49 percent from the field four days after upsetting No. 7 Syracuse on Tuesday. Robert Carter Jr. came off the bench to score 16 points on 7-for-9 shooting.
Joey Van Zegeren led Virginia Tech (9-21, 2-16) with a career-high 21 points on 9-for-17 shooting. Leading scorer Jarell Eddie finished with five points, going 1-for-7 from 3-point range.
Golden scored the first five points of a 12-2 run early in the second half with Georgia Tech going ahead 44-28 on Carter’s layup with a little more than 14 minutes to play. The Hokies whittled the gap to 58-50 on Ben Emelogu’s 3-pointer with 4:26 to play, but Golden’s 3-pointer on the next possession re-established a double-digit advantage for the Yellow Jackets.
Golden’s only basket of the first half – a 3-pointer with 4:09 left – sparked a 13-4 closing run for Georgia Tech. Chris Bolden added a 3-pointer during the surge, and Miller ended the half with back-to-back baskets as the Yellow Jackets carried a 29-22 lead into intermission.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Georgia Tech finished 11th in the ACC and will face Boston College in the opening round of the conference tournament; Virginia Tech plays Miami. … Van Zegeren scored 16 consecutive points for the Hokies, accounting for Virginia Tech's final eight points of the first half and the first eight points of the second half. … Miller hit all five of his shots in the opening half and pulled down seven rebounds before intermission.
Top Game Performances
Virginia Tech |
|
Georgia Tech |
Joey van Zegeren 21 |
Scoring |
Robert Carter 16 |
Devin Wilson 5 |
Assists |
Trae Golden 8 |
Jarell Eddie 8 |
Rebounds |
Daniel Miller 9 |
Joey van Zegeren 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Trae Golden 3 |
Joey van Zegeren 1 |
Steals |
Daniel Miller 3 |
Joey van Zegeren 1 |
Blocks |
Daniel Miller 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Virginia Tech
|
51 |
37.7 |
6-23 |
5-9 |
10 |
24 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
Georgia Tech
|
62 |
49.0 |
6-19 |
8-11 |
18 |
26 |
1 |
8 |
8 |