Men’s Basketball Scrimmage 10/24
The Yellow Jackets will hold an open intrasquad scrimmage at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Henry F. McCamish, Jr., Basketball Complex/Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Admission is free.
Fans attending the scrimmage will also have the opportunity to purchase season tickets and select seats with representatives from the Tech ticket office. Following the scrimmage, Tech will host an important Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball match against Duke at 7 p.m. in O’Keefe Gym, adjacent to the Coliseum.
Visit http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/tickets/09-mbb-scrimmage.html to participate in the Select-A-Seat program.
Event Highlights:
· Team Scrimmage: Gold vs. Navy
· Autographs & Photos with the Team
· Buzz and the Georgia Tech Cheerleaders
Head coach Paul Hewitt, whose team will have had 10 practices under its belt at that point, will divide his squad in half and play two 20-minute halves with a running clock.
The Yellow Jackets return 10 letterwinners and three starters from last year’s team, including junior Gani Lawal, a 6-9 forward who led ranked among the Atlantic Coast Conference’s top five in rebounding (9.5 per game) and field goal percentage (55.6 percent) while also scoring 15.1 points per game.
Also returning are 6-8 senior forward Zachery Peacock, who averaged 9.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, and 6-2 junior guard Maurice “Moe” Miller (5.8 points per game, 4.2 assists per game) and 6-5 sophomore guard Iman Shumpert (10.6 ppg, 4.9 apg).
Tech also has a six-man freshman class rated as high as fourth-best in the nation and includes the national prep player of the year Derrick Favors, a 6-9 forward from Atlanta.
Questions? E-mail: rsvp@athletics.gatech.edu
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