Lance Terry and Javian McCollum scored 35 of Georgia Tech’s 54 points in the second half, but the Jackets came up short in 91-78 loss at Florida State on Saturday at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
Terry, who scored 23 points, and McCollum and Duncan Powell, who each finished with 20 points, carried Tech offensively, but the Yellow Jackets (8-11, 2-6 ACC) dropped their fourth straight game and lost for the seventh straight time in Tallahassee, Florida.
Florida State (13-5, 4-3) started the game by taking a 15-4 lead and led 37-24 at halftime as the Jackets hit just 26% of their shots from the floor and 2 of 14 shots from 3-point range. Tech scored the first 10 points of the second half to get within 37-34, making its first four shots, including a pair of three-point plays by Terry and Baye Ndongo.
Tech battled despite being saddled with foul trouble for Ndongo and his backup in the post, Ibrahim Souare. Those two combined for just five points.
The Seminoles, who never trailed, went on a 7-0 run to regain some breathing room, but Tech stayed within striking distance. With the exception of a layup and a 3-pointer from Naithan George, the trio of Terry, McCollum and Powell scored all of the Jackets’ points over the next 10 minutes. Terry knocked down his second 3-pointer to get the Jackets within 70-66 with 5:09 to go.
From there, FSU put the game away with a 7-0 run and a 9-0 run in between a pair of McCollum 3-pointers. The Seminoles got 22 points off Tech turnovers and 20 from second chances out of their 91.
Taylor Bol Bowen scored 20 to lead FSU while Malique Ewin and Jamir Watkins each added 17.
Tech returns to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday when it hosts Virginia Tech at McCamish Pavilion.
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