The Flat – Georgia Tech’s women’s basketball win over Central Michigan 71-45 on Sunday afternoon, with four Yellow Jackets totaling double-digit scoring. Kayla Blacksheer He added a game-high 10 rebounds and helped lift Tech to an 8-2 record for the entire season.
Georgia Tech shot 46.9% from the field in the first half. Cameron Swartz They hold a 38-23 halftime lead. The Jackets shrugged off a slow start after he led 15-12 at the end of the first quarter by three, and edged Chippewas 23-11 in the second frame.Swartz closed out his 4-point play, followed by his old-fashioned 3-point his play. Bianca Jackson Giving Tech a 29-18 lead at media timeouts.
A 13–0 run early in the third quarter forced Central Michigan into two timeouts.Contiguous buckets from Ines Nogelo, including a triple, started the biggest lead of the game for Tech at 64-32 in the fourth quarter, with 7:05 to play. The Yellow Jackets maintained a 25-plus point advantage for the remainder of the game, with Nogelo scoring 10 points in the final 10:30 of play.
Kara Dunn had 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal against Central Michigan.Photo by Danny Kurnik
Jackson finished with a team-high 14 points, followed by Swartz with 11. Kara Dan They added 10 points each to the scoreboard and aggressively closed out Tech’s quartet in double digits. Tech finished the game with 42.6% from the field and 92.9% from the Charity Stripe (13-14). Jackets outscored the Chippewas 32-18 in the paint and his 10 rebounds for Black Sheer set the pace as he won the battle on the grass 38-32.
Georgia Tech forced 22 turnovers in Central Michigan, converting miscues to 21 points. Sidney Harris led CMU with a game-high 21 points, while the Chippewas stayed in the shooting clip for 33.3 percent (18-54) overall.
Georgia Tech will play their Atlantic Coast Conference games next weekend before heading to Boston College on Sunday, December 18th. The hint is scheduled for 1pm on the Conte forum and the match he will be broadcast on RSN.
Associate head coach Tasha Butts meets with the media after the game.
Initiatives to strengthen competitiveness
Georgia Tech, the Georgia Tech Foundation, the Georgia Tech Track and Field Department, and the Alexander Tharp Foundation have joined forces to launch a competitiveness initiative to accelerate funding for student-athlete scholarships. The initiative reached his initial fundraising goal of $2.5 million in less than six weeks and extended the goal to his $3.5 million, which he raised by December 31st. That means that if the $3.5 million fundraising goal is met, the matching gift will bring his $7 million impact to Georgia Tech track and field. To learn more and contribute online, please visit: atfund.org/accelerate.
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