Florida St. beats No. 22 Ga. Tech in OT
December 20, 2009
ATLANTA (AP)—Ryan Reid loved the game plan Florida State coach LeonardHamilton designed to defend Georgia Tech.
Match size with size. Seal off passing lanes. Make the Yellow Jackets earnevery shot.
“They have big strong guys,” Reid said. “We couldn’t let them dunk on us.When they get into the post, they’re dangerous. They’re a pretty good team.”
Reid scored a career-high 17 points, and Chris Singleton hit the go-aheadbasket with 1:05 left in overtime to help Florida State beat No. 22 Georgia Tech66-59 on Sunday night.
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The Seminoles (10-2, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their fourthstraight and stopped Georgia Tech’s seven-game winning streak.
Hamilton was delighted that Reid, a senior power forward known mostly forhis defense, gave Florida State an offensive boost.
“He is the only senior we have on this team,” Hamilton said. “He’s beenour unsung hero for two or three years. He always seems to take the toughestdefensive assignments and does all the dirty work.”
Zachery Peacock scored 17 for the Yellow Jackets (8-2, 0-1 ACC). Mfon Udofiaadded 12 points, and Derrick Favors pulled down 12 rebounds as Georgia Tech lostits fourth straight ACC opener.
“We went into the game feeling like we had to score in transition beforethey could set up defensively, but we did not do that,” Jackets coach PaulHewitt said. “We shot early and quick in the first half. In the second half, wedid a better job moving the ball around and getting some open shots.”
Reid scored on Florida State’s first two possessions of overtime beforeSingleton banked in a one-handed runner to make it 61-59 and put the Seminolesahead to stay.
On his first overtime basket, Reid hit a 15-footer from the left baselineafter Derwin Kitchen drove the lane and passed to his open teammate.
“I’m not being big-headed, but I’ve been working on that shot,” Reid said.“It just went down.”
Singleton missed his first eight shots from the field and finished 0 for 6on 3-point attempts.
Peacock, whose 17-footer forced a 54-54 tie with 33 seconds left inregulation, hit a 3-pointer to begin OT and give the Yellow Jackets their firstlead since his runner made it 37-36 at the 9:47 mark of the second half.
But Georgia Tech ended the game with a 32.9 percentage on 70 attempts fromthe field. Gani Lawal scored a season-low four points on 1 for 7 shooting, andBrian Oliver went 1 for 6 on 3-point attempts.
Lawal began the game tied for the conference lead with a 10.4 reboundingaverage. He finished with four.
“We all know Gani is an outstanding player, and a couple of shots justdidn’t fall for him, and we were able to get enough guys around him,” Hamiltonsaid. “At times when he got the ball, we had about four or five guys aroundhim, and that’s because we have so much respect for him.”
The 6-foot-10, 246-pound Favors couldn’t do much against the Seminoles,either.
“They’re a pretty long team, so I guess the guards couldn’t see a way toget into the post,” Favors said. “It did get frustrating a little bit, butyou’ve got to move on to the next play.”
The Yellow Jackets, who hit only eight of 26 shots beyond the arc, areseeking their second winning ACC record, and first since the 2003-04 teamadvanced to the national title game, in 10 seasons under Hewitt.
Georgia Tech went 2-14 in the conference last season, but Hewitt is hopinghis three starting freshmen, Favors, Udofia, Oliver and Glen Rice Jr., can helpturn the school’s fortunes.
“They’re good players,” Hewitt said. “
Florida State, coming off a 10-6 ACC record last season, took its fourthstraight victory in the series.
Deividas Dulkys had 12 points, and Solomon Alabi finished with 12 reboundsfor the Seminoles.
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