GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Jordan Usher scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, including a game-clinching dunk created off a sterling play by Jose Alvarado, and Georgia Tech ended Miami s run in the ACC tournament with a 70-66 win on Thursday.
Miami s Kameron McGusty hit a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left to get the Hurricanes (10-17) within two points. Following a Miami foul, Alvarado saved a poor inbounds pass in the backcourt as he flew out of bounds, passing it to teammate Bubba Parham. Parham returned the ball to Alvarado, who found Usher alone for the clinching dunk with 19 seconds left.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Georgia Tech men’s basketball overcame a seven-point deficit in the second half to notch its first Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament win in five years, a 70-66 quarterfinal victory over Miami (Fla.) on Thursday afternoon at Greensboro Coliseum.
With its seventh-straight victory, No. 4 seed Georgia Tech (16-8) advances to face top-seeded Virginia (18-6) in Friday’s ACC Tournament semifinals. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech’s triumph over 13
th-seeded Miami did not come easy, as the Hurricanes shot a 52.5% from the field while limiting the Yellow Jackets to 39.3% shooting in the first half to take a 33-29 halftime lead. The Jackets’ misfortune in the first half was punctuated by a scary knee-on-knee collision between Miami’s Isaiah Wong and Tech’s
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