No. 3 UNC stunned by Ga. Tech in final seconds
Jan 30, 2024, 09:54 PM ET
ATLANTA– Kyle Sturdivant told his Georgia Tech colleagues a see from No. 3 North Carolina implied it was time to take out the “huge kid drawers.”
Naithan George responded with the biggest play of the game.George scored a consent, left-handed layup with 7.7 seconds remaining, and Georgia Tech beat North Carolina 74-73 on Tuesday night to end the Tar Heels ’10-game winning streak.”They had the ability to make one more play than us
,”North Carolina coach Hubert Davis stated.” It was an actually good shot by George. “Georgia Tech(10-11, 3-7 Atlantic Coast Conference)had actually lost 3 straight and 8 of its past nine to fall close to the bottom of the conference standings. However, there have been highlights for the Yellow Jackets, who declared their 3rd home win over a Leading 25 group after beating No. 21 Mississippi State 67-59 on Nov. 28 and No. 7 Duke 72-68 on Dec. 2 to open the ACC schedule.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated”I told the guys whenever we play a Leading 25 group it feels like we put on our big young boy drawers, so let’s do that,”Sturdivant said.The last time Georgia Tech beat a group ranked as high as No. 3 was a win over third-ranked North Carolina in the 2005 ACC tournament. The Yellow Jackets had not beaten North Carolina and Duke in the same season because 2020-21. RJ Davis, who scored a game-high 28 points for North Carolina (17-4, 9-1), won the race to a loose ball following a missed out on jumper by George and scored on a layup with 34 seconds remaining for a 73-72 lead.Following a Georgia Tech timeout, George drove for the consent layup.”If I could get downhill, I could at least get a shot up and let my colleagues crash the glass,”George said.North Carolina called a timeout with 4.6 seconds staying, but RJ Davis missed a last-second
jumper, triggering Georgia Tech fans to commemorate by hurrying onto the court.There was contact from Georgia Tech’s Ebenezer Dowuona on the swan song by Davis, who pleaded to the authorities– without success– for a foul. Hubert Davis stated he could not see if there was a foul.”We seemed like [Davis]
remained in position where he had an angle on a guy and had a couple actions on him,” Hubert Davis stated. “I could not see any more than that. The last thing I saw, RJ was on the ground.
“North Carolina suffered its first conference loss following its finest ACC start because winning its very first 11 ACC games in the 2000-01 season.Sturdivant led Georgia Tech with 18 points. George had 16 points and Miles Kelly added 15. The Tar Heels led 36-25 following a 3-pointer
by Cormac Ryan. The Yellow Jackets closed the first half with a 12-1 run to pull even at 37 at halftime.There was a strong proving by North Carolina fans in the sellout crowd of
8,600. Georgia Tech required a white-out, however Carolina blue commanded roughly half of the crowd.The Associated Press added to this report.