Georgia Tech beats Arkansas 83-73

Charles Mitchell scored 18 points and had 18 rebounds to lead Georgia Tech to an 83-73 win over Arkansas on Thursday at Barclays Center in NY.

Adam Smith scored 19 points and Georgia Tech led for most of its 83-73 victory over Arkansas in the semifinals of the NIT Season TipOff on Thursday.

Georgia Tech hasn’t played Arkansas since 1984 at the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii. The Razorbacks (2-2) will play one of those two teams in the consolation game Friday at 11:30 a.m.

Some Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate will take precedence at Bobby Dodd Stadium this Saturday as the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets host the Georgia Bulldogs.

Gregory wants to see his team get more aggressive when it comes to taking the ball to the basket. Just as he did last game vs. Charleston Southern, Bell reached double figures in the first half with 12 points on 4-for-5 shooting from beyond the arc.

Mitchell’s big effort helped the Yellow Jackets to a 50-26 advantage and his seven offensive rebounds contributed to 26 second-chance points. “He has not been a great defensive rebounder because it’s a different dynamic”. He should have had 20 rebounds. “I thought our lack of physicality was very evident”.

The Yellow Jackets have won two blowouts (Cornell and Green Bay), won a close game against Tennessee and failed to close the deal against East Tennessee. Moses Kingsley is averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds, Anthlon Bell is averaging 16.3 points, and Jimmy Whitt is averaging 10.7 points.

Dusty Hannahs is a junior transfer from Texas Tech, where he averaged 7.7 points and led the team in 3-pointers as a sophomore.

Though Georgia Tech is one of the best in the country in forcing turnovers with opponents averaging a TO% of 15.9% (ranked first), Arkansas is undefeated (2-0) when its TO% is 15.9% or greater.