Winston Salem, North Carolina – New student Baye Ndongo He hit a baseline hook shot off an inbounds play with 0.4 seconds left in the game, giving Georgia Tech a 70-69 victory over Wake Forest on Tuesday night at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Tech (14-16, 7-12 ACC), which lost 80-51 on its home court to the Demon Deacons on Feb. 6, picked up its second ACC road win, third straight win and fourth win in the last five games. I mentioned it. seasonal. In the process, the Yellow Jackets suffered three straight losses to Wake Forest (18-12, 10-9 ACC), their first home loss of the season after winning 15 games.
Ndongo’s winning goal saw the Jackets slip away from a 14-point lead at halftime before Hunter Sallis hit a jumper in the lane with 18 seconds left to give Wake Forest its only lead. was. Miles Kelly He drove the lane but lost his balance and the ball, but the Jackets recovered until they got a ball-holding call and had possession with 3.8 seconds left.
nathan george Instead of inbounding the ball to Ndongo and giving it back to George, he drove to Deacons’ 6-11 center, Efton Reed III, and placed a soft baby hook with his right hand over Reed’s outstretched arm. I put it in the basket. Wake comes in but time is up.
The Yellow Jackets scored the first 12 points of the game on 4-of-5 3-pointers and led 12-0 at the first media timeout, leading by as many as 19 points in the first half before scoring 40 points. Ta. -26 advantage until intermission. Kelly made 4-of-4 3-pointers as Tech shot 57 percent and 8-of-14 from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes.
Wake Forest slowly chipped away at a halftime deficit behind Cameron Hildreth, who scored 13 of his 17 points after intermission, and Sallis, who scored 13 of his game-high 22 points in the second half.
Kelly finished the game with 19 points and George had 16 points. Tafala Ngapare The Yellow Jackets added 11 points. Ndongo had nine points and 11 rebounds.
Tech concludes the regular season with a road game at Virginia on Saturday. Tipp will be held at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville at 8 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on the ACC Network.