ATLANTA (AP) — Tyaunna Marshall scored 20 points and Georgia Tech finally knocked off a ranked team in its brutal early schedule, pulling away from No. 21 Georgia in the second half for a 69-53 victory Sunday.
With the season not even a month old, the Yellow Jackets (7-4) already had lost to No. 1 Connecticut, No. 9 Tennessee and No. 12 Georgetown. But they took control against Georgia (6-2) with a 13-3 run shortly after the break.
Georgia Tech made five straight shots from the field — all of them layups or from close in — and knocked down three free throws to stretch it from 37-36 to 50-39 with just over 13 minutes remaining. The Lady Bulldogs went 1 of 5 during that stretch, turned it over four times and played such shoddy defense that coach Andy Landers came storming off the bench to call a timeout.
It didn’t help. Georgia never got closer than nine the rest of the way.
