GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Georgia Tech 76, Miami 70
(AP Photo/Alex Slitz)
By GEORGE HENRY
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA - Lance Terry scored a season-high 24 points, Miles Kelly added 20 and Georgia Tech snapped No. 12 Miami's nine-game winning streak with a 76-70 win.
The Yellow Jackets (8-6, 1-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) closed the game on a 12-0 run that ended with a pair of free throws by Kelly with 16.5 seconds remaining. That ended the scoring.
Miami (13-2, 4-1) didn't score over the last four-plus minutes. Jordan Miller and Norchad Omier each led the Hurricanes with 17 points, and Nijel Pack had 13.
Deivon Smith's putback gave the Jackets a 72-70 lead with 1:17 remaining, and Kelly's runner made it 74-70 with 37 seconds left in the game.
Isaiah Wong, Miami's leading scorer this season, had just six points on 1 for 11 shooting, including 0 for 8 on 3-point attempts. He didn't score after sinking a pair of free throws to give the Hurricanes a 64-59 lead with 7:26 remaining.
Wooga Poplar stole the ball from Ja'von Franklin and scored the ensuing layup and drew a foul for a three-point play that put the Hurricanes up 58-55 with 9:52 left in the game, and it appeared they wouldn't relinquish the lead the rest of the way.
Poplar's running hook shot in the lane made it 62-59, but Miami couldn't put Georgia Tech away.
Miami's biggest lead was six with 4:50 remaining. Georgia Tech tied it at the 2:15 mark on Deebo Coleman's two free throws.
Georgia Tech was 17 for 19 on free throws. Miami went 17 for 25.
BIG PICTURE
Georgia Tech: The Jackets have struggled so much in ACC play that this game marked the first time they have led in the second half of a league game this season.
January 4, 2023
| Miami (FL) | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| N. Omier | F | 21 | 6-12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 3-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| J. Miller | G | 37 | 7-12 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| I. Wong | G | 36 | 1-11 | 4-5 | 0-8 | 3-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| N. Pack | G | 34 | 4-15 | 2-2 | 3-12 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| W. Poplar | G | 21 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| B. Joseph | 26 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| A. Walker | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| H. Beverly | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Casey | 5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| F. Aire | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 24-68 (.353) |
17-25 (.680) |
5-32 (.156) |
16-36 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 70 | |
| Georgia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Moore | F | 20 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| R. Howard | C | 26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| L. Terry | G | 40 | 8-13 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| D. Coleman | G | 36 | 4-13 | 4-4 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| M. Kelly | G | 35 | 5-17 | 7-7 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| D. Smith | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| J. Franklin | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| K. Sturdivant | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 25-61 (.410) |
17-19 (.895) |
9-24 (.375) |
14-46 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 76 | |
