Paced by five Yellow Jackets in double-figures, No. 20 Georgia Tech captured a 77-66 road win at Miami on Sunday.
Zoesha Smith and Kara Dunn paced the Jackets (18-4, 6-4 ACC) on offense by each chipping in a team-high 16 points while Chazadi Wright added 13. Tonie Morgan finished with 12 points, and Dani Carnegie posted 11 points for Tech’s fifth game with five players in double-figures.
The Jackets dished out 18 assists on 29 made field goals.
Neither team led by more than two possessions in the first 20 minutes as Georgia Tech carried a narrow 33-30 lead into the locker room at halftime. Miami maintained the advantage the entire first quarter until Rusne Augustinaite hit a 3 as time expired to give Tech its first lead 16-15.
Knotted at 23-23 in the second, Inés Noguero converted a three-point play and Morgan hit a pair of layups for a 28-23 Tech lead with 4:10 left in the frame. Tech would hold a five-point lead twice more and cap the half with a free throw from Morgan for the 33-30 halftime lead.
Tech staged a 10-0 run in the middle of the third period, highlighted by back-to-back 3s from Wright, to open a double-digit lead 47-34. The Hurricanes would continue to pressure the Jackets, but Tech answered all the calls and led 57-51 entering the final quarter.
Miami would close within four points in the fourth quarter, but Tech held off the rally and regained a 72-62 lead off a clutch Dunn triple with less than two minutes to play. Carnegie was sent to the free throw line down the stretch, converting 7 of 8 attempts, helping the Jackets take the win.
Georgia Tech returns home to host SMU at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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