Georgia Tech and Marquette will collide in the third-place sport of the Fort Myers (Fla.) Tip-Off on Wednesday night as they purpose to rebound from shut losses.
A chilly capturing spell in the sport’s last minutes led to the Yellow Jackets (3-1) shedding their first sport of the season on Monday. They made only one area objective through the sport’s last seven-plus minutes en route to falling 68-64 to Utah.
Tristan Maxwell’s 3-pointer gave Georgia Tech a 57-54 lead with 7:22 to play earlier than the staff was restricted to 4 made free throws throughout a pivotal 9-4 run by the Utes. Deivon Smith transformed a layup with 39 seconds left to trim the Yellow Jackets’ deficit to two factors earlier than Utah pulled away.
Georgia Tech stumbled out of the blocks by lacking its first eight photographs from the ground and 15 of 17 to discover itself trailing 23-4 in the early going.
“I promise you we’re a better shooting team than what we’ve shown this year,” Yellow Jackets coach Josh Pastner mentioned. “I felt sometimes there was a lid on the rim.”
Smith scored 15 factors, and Javon Franklin and Dallan Coleman every added 11 for Georgia Tech, which shot a season-low 34.8 % from the ground (24 of 69) and 21.7 % from 3-point vary (5 of 23).
The Yellow Jackets, nevertheless, held the turnover benefit (19-5) and recorded 13 steals in a shedding effort.
Like Georgia Tech, Marquette (3-2) fell quick in the late going of a 58-55 setback to Mississippi State on Monday.
Tyler Kolek made his fourth 3-pointer to pull the Golden Eagles inside one level with three seconds to play. The Bulldogs answered with a pair of free throws on the different finish.
Although Kolek completed with a season-high 16 factors, he additionally had simply two assists and 5 turnovers.
“He can really shoot,” Marquette coach Shaka Smart mentioned in a post-game radio interview, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Tonight was sort of the flip facet of what it’s been. Most of his video games he’s been tremendous excessive (with) assist-to-turnover ratio and hadn’t shot the ball as effectively up to this level.
“But we knew he could. We knew he would. So it’s a great sign to see him go 4 for 6 from (3-point range). But we need him better than 2-to-5 assists to turnovers. And he knows that.”
–Field Level Media