Where: Hank McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials: # Karl Hess, # Gary Maxwell, # Raymond Styons
Attendance: 8600
Georgia Tech 79, Tulane 61: Kammeon Holsey scored 18 points off the bench as the host Yellow Jackets won in their first game in new McCamish Pavilion.
The Yellow Jackets (1-0) played their first game in their new campus arena after two seasons of playing off-campus. Leading by six with 16:27 to go, Georgia Tech used a 20-9 run to take a 64-47 advantage on Marcus Georges-Hunt’s layup with 7:17 remaining.
Georgia Tech busted out to a 20-10 first-half lead on Chris Bolden’s jumper with 11:06 left. Georgia Tech led by as many as 13 in the first half and held a 39-30 advantage at the break behind 14 points from Georges-Hunt.
Daniel Miller finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds while Bolden added 12 points for Georgia Tech.Josh Davis led the Green Wave (0-1) with a career-high 27 points, hitting 12 of 15 shots from the field. Ricky Tarrant added 18 points for Tulane.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Davis scored 15 points in the first half, hitting six of his eight shots from the field. … The Yellow Jackets outrebounded Tulane 47-23. … The Green Wave hosts Bethune-Cookman on Tuesday.
| Tulane | Georgia Tech | |
| Josh Davis 27 | Scoring | Kammeon Holsey 18 |
| Jordan Callahan 3 | Assists | Daniel Miller 6 |
| Kendall Timmons 5 | Rebounds | Daniel Miller 10 |
| Ricky Tarrant 5 | Free Throws Made | Kammeon Holsey 4 |
| Kendall Timmons 3 | Steals | Marcus Georges-Hunt 1 |
| Kendall Timmons 1 | Blocks | Daniel Miller 3 |
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Tulane | 61 | 42.4 | 3-12 | 8-16 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Georgia Tech | 79 | 56.1 | 3-14 | 12-19 | 18 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 10 |