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Men's Basketball Closes Regular Season at Boston College – Georgia Tech
• 2 career highs in points (Miles and Kyle)
• 2 career highs in assists (Frank and Deebo)
• Fifth triple-double in school history (Frank)
• School-record 18 3-pointers
• Highest offensive rating in an ACC game since at least 2002
• Most assists in an ACC game since 1993 pic.twitter.com/5befBhXEYL
— Georgia Tech Men’s Basketball (@GTMBB) March 3, 2023
THE FLATS – Carrying the momentum of its first Atlantic Coast Conference road win of the season, Georgia Tech finishes out its regular season schedule at 2:30 p.m. Saturday with another road opportunity against Boston College at the Silvio O. Conte Forum.
Georgia Tech (13-17, 5-14 ACC) went 5-4 in the month of February, 4-4 in the ACC. and finished out its home schedule with four straight wins over Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Florida Tech and Louisville. On the heels of that, the Yellow Jackets hammered Syracuse Tuesday night, 96-76, at the JMA Wireless Dome, and its three ACC road losses prior to that were decided by a total of 17 points.
Boston College (15-15, 9-10 ACC), one of the surprise teams in the ACC this season after being picked to finish 13th. enters Saturday’s game playing for the ninth seed in the ACC Tournament and a bye out of the Tuesday opening round. The Eagles, currently tied with Syracuse at 9-10, are 9-6 at home this season and are riding a three-game winning streak.
Saturday’s game will be televised live on ESPNU with a live stream of the broadcast available the ESPN app. Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports, carried locally on Xtra 106.3 FM and 1230 AM, and nationally on satellite radio (SiriusXM channel 388, SXM app 978).
THE TIP-OFF
SERIES NOTES VS. BOSTON COLLEGE
TEAM TRENDS
PLAYER UPDATES
Ja’von Franklin’s triple-double is the 5th in school history and first since Iman Shumpert in 2011! Also the first ever triple-double by a Georgia Tech big @javonhooping
14 PTS | 15 REB | 10 AST | 3 STL | 2 BLK
Stat sheet STUFFER 📈 pic.twitter.com/UySeClXQBI
— Georgia Tech Men’s Basketball (@GTMBB) March 2, 2023
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