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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Georgia Tech 65, Syracuse 60
When: 5:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 17, 2024
Where: McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials: # Lee Cassell, # Jemel Spearman, # AJ Desai
Attendance: 6241

Kyle Sturdivant scored a team-high 17 points off the bench, helping Georgia Tech grab a 65-60 win over Syracuse on Saturday in Atlanta.

Baye Ndongo added 16 points and a game-high 11 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets (11-15, 4-11 Atlantic Coast Conference), while Miles Kelly had 16 points and 10 boards. Tafara Gapare tallied 10 points for Georgia Tech, which snapped a four-game losing streak.

Syracuse (16-10, 7-8) fell to 1-6 on the road in conference play. The Orange were led by J.J. Starling's 18 points, followed by Judah Mintz's 14.

After Georgia Tech claimed a 34-30 halftime lead, Sturdivant's triple gave the Yellow Jackets a 48-38 advantage with 11:57 left in the game.

A 14-4 Syracuse run was then stamped with Kyle Cuffe Jr.'s layup, knotting the score at 52 at the 6:21 mark.

Ndongo's turnaround jumper on the ensuing possession briefly gave the Yellow Jackets a 54-52 lead, but Chris Bell answered with a 3-pointer, giving the Orange their first lead since there was just under seven minutes left in the opening half.

With the score tied, Ndongo's layup gave Georgia Tech a 59-57 advantage with 3:16 left. At the 2:11 mark, Cuffe split a pair of free throws, cutting Syracuse's deficit to just one.

After neither team had scored in almost two minutes, Kelly completed a three-point play to give Georgia Tech a 62-58 edge with 31 seconds left.

Mintz's two free throws cut the lead in half with 26 seconds remaining. Sturdivant then split a pair of foul shots, but Kelly grabbed the offensive rebound on the miss and was fouled. He made both ensuing free throws to cement the five-point victory.

The game began with a 9-2 Syracuse run, which included back-to-back Starling triples.

Georgia Tech answered with a 15-7 burst, taking its first lead on Kelly's 3-pointer at the 10:34 mark of the first half.

From there, the Yellow Jackets took a 32-23 lead -- their largest advantage of the first half -- on another Kelly triple, this one capping a 13-2 Georgia Tech run with 3:02 left.

The Orange closed the first half on a 7-2 run to trail by four at intermission.

Starling paced Syracuse with 10 points through the first 20 minutes of action. Kelly had nine for the hosts.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Syracuse   Georgia Tech
JJ Starling 18 Scoring Kyle Sturdivant 17
Chris Bell 2 Assists Kyle Sturdivant 4
Maliq Brown 8 Rebounds Baye Ndongo 11
Judah Mintz 4 Free Throws Made Baye Ndongo 4
Maliq Brown 5 Steals Ibrahima Sacko 2
Chris Bell 1 Blocks Tafara Gapare 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Syracuse 60 36.7 4-25 12-17 10 27 2 12 7
Georgia Tech 65 39.3 7-25 10-12 14 48 2 6 17