National Basketball Association
Virginia 70, Georgia Tech 38
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 19, 2012
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials:
# Karl Hess, # Les Jones, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
5885
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 17 Virginia used its trademark suffocating defense to embarrass host Georgia Tech 70-38 Thursday.
Virginia, which came in allowing an ACC-low 51.1 points per game, won its fifth straight over Georgia Tech by holding the Yellow Jackets to 29 percent shooting.
The Cavaliers (15-2, 2-1 ACC) matched their best start to a season in 29 years behind Mike Scott’s 18 points and seven rebounds.
Virginia sank 13 of its first 19 shots en route to a 35-17 halftime lead. It was the Jackets’ lowest-scoring half all season. Tech’s 38 total points also marked a season low.
Georgia Tech has lost four straight home games for the first time in 31 years.
The Jackets (8-10, 1-3 ACC) got outrebounded 40-22 and fell to 0-6 when losing the rebounding battle. Kammeon Holsey led Tech with 12 points, the only Jacket to reach double figures.
Top Game Performances
| Virginia |
|
Georgia Tech |
|
Mike Scott 18 |
Scoring |
Kammeon Holsey 12 |
|
Jontel Evans 5 |
Assists |
Kammeon Holsey 1 |
|
Akil Mitchell 7 |
Rebounds |
Mfon Udofia 5 |
|
Mike Scott 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Kammeon Holsey 4 |
|
Jontel Evans 2 |
Steals |
Kammeon Holsey 1 |
|
Darion Atkins 2 |
Blocks |
Nate Hicks 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Virginia
|
70 |
48.3 |
5-16 |
9-13 |
14 |
41 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
| Georgia Tech
|
38 |
29.2 |
1-15 |
9-19 |
4 |
22 |
4 |
5 |
6 |