WBB hosts GA Tech Jan 25 at 6 PM

The #19 Ladies host GA Tech Thursday at 6PM. The game is on ACCNx. Seems like I'm always running out of time for these write ups. In this case, I made a minor mistake in scheduling my golf tomorrow. I'm in Sarasota, FL and played with a couple from Canada last week. They told me about a nice course close to the one we were playing; so I went home and booked a tee time for tomorrow. The course is Heritage Harbour, which is about 20 minutes from me. Thanks to the wonders of internet search engines, I ended up booking at Heritage Harbor which is 90 minutes from me. So not only do I have three hours of drive time in my day tomorrow that I did not expect; but I probably won't be back in time to watch the game. I'll watch the replay later.

Georgia Tech is 13-6 and 4-3 in the ACC. Their conference losses are to #23 FSU, #20 UNC and Duke; their wins were to LOLUVA at home, at Pitt, Clemson and BC.

They start a freshman, two sophomores, a junior and a 5th year. The 5th year is 6'3" forward Aixa Wone Aranaz from Spain by way of Ohio State. The next four players in basically a 9 woman rotation are 2 freshman, another 5th year and a sophomore. The Yellow Jackets are a developing team; but they have given a couple of good teams in UVA and UNC good games.

6'6" Freshman Ternis plays about 10 min/game and is shooting 59% overall and 64% from three; I'm not sure why she does not play more. Neither Aranaz or Ternis started against Clemson. But Aranaz did start against BC.

GA Tech has four players averaging double digit scoring. And they typically win the rebounding battle by 3 rebounds per game on average. Their most prolific three point shooter is #23 Augustinaite who shoots 37% from beyond the arc on 121 attempts. They have four players that average 2.1 to 2.3 fouls per game; but have only had one player foul out of a game.

GA Tech is an average ACC team. The Hokies should not have problems with them unless Amoore and King can't play. Then the game may be interesting.

LET'S GO HOKIES!