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11/18 21:26 CST Ndongo, Sylla posts double-doubles to lead Georgia Tech past
Georgia Southern
Ndongo, Sylla posts double-doubles to lead Georgia Tech past Georgia Southern
ATLANTA (AP) --- Baye Ndongo scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and
Mouhamed Sylla recorded a double-double and Georgia Tech held on to beat
Georgia Southern 68-66 on Tuesday night.
Sylla made all four shot attempts and scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Reserve Akai Fleming scored 12 points for the Yellow Jackets (4-1) who were
rebounding from a 92-87 loss to Georgia on Friday.
Reserve Khayri Dunn scored 13 points, Alden Applewhite 11, Tyren Moore 10 and
Nakavieon White 10 for the Eagles (3-2).
Sylla made 1 of 2 foul shots for a 68-63 Georgia Tech lead with 19 seconds
left. Nine seconds later, the Eagles' White made a 3-pointer. Georgia
Southern's Spudd Webb fouled Kowacie Reeves Jr. to the line who missed the
first free throw of a 1-and-1, but the Eagles failed to get off a shot for a
chance to tie it.
Georgia Southern led 25-14 midway through the first half before Georgia Tech
got back in it and reduced the deficit to 37-36 at halftime.
The Yellow Jackets and Eagles are meeting for the eighth time on the hardwood
with Tech leading the all-time series, 5-2. Tech has taken five straight from
Georgia Southern after dropping the first two matchups in the 1950s.
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