Tonight at 7 pm at the Thrillerdome, Tech hoops hosts our first ranked team of the year in the form of the 14-1 Duke Blue Devils. Hardly anyone is expecting us to win tonight (for good reason too - the Jackets are 9-6 and haven't exactly played fundamental basketball). But two years and four days ago, that same attitude proliferated our campus - and our boys pulled off a big win.
Tech overcame 28 turnovers (sound familiar?) by shooting a lights-out 56% from the floor to pick up the 74-63 win over Duke. It was Tech's first home win over Duke since the 95-96 season.
In a game featuring current NBA-ers Javaris Crittenton, Anthony Morrow, Mario West, and Thaddeus Young, the boys in white and gold had a +9 rebounding margin (32-23) AND shot a whopping 79% from the line (23-29). In terms of invididual play: former Jacket Ra'sean Dickey had a career-high 21 points, A-Money hit 3 of 5 from behind the arc, but the biggest contribution of them all was J-Crit getting 9 of his 11 points in the final 3 and a half minutes. Meanwhile, Tech held the Dukies to a 43% clip from the floor, including only 4 of 20 (20%) three's made.
Personally, the coolest part of this game was rushing the court at the end. Being there, surrounded by Tech students and fans - that energy was awesome. Plus, one of the best quotes ever (from my good friend, Will, after high-fiving Ra'sean Dickey) came from that night: "I've got Dickey sweat on my hand!"
So lets start a new home streak of our own tonight against dook to make it two-in-a-row at the Thrillerdome! Go Jackets!
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