Georgia Tech vs Utah: Live Updates

Stay tuned here for updates from the Fort Myers Tip-Off between Georgia Tech and Utah

Georgia Tech is playing in the Fort Myers Tip-Off tonight and taking on the Utah Utes. This is the first time in program history that Georgia Tech has taken on Utah and it is shaping up to be a defensive showdown. 

Georgia Tech is one of the leaders in the country in three-point defense and the defense has been the calling card for the Yellow Jackets this season and they will need to lean on the defense until the offense comes further along. 

Georgia Tech is looking to start 4-0 for the first time since 2008-2009 / Georgia Tech Athletics

Tech is in the Beach Division of the Fort Myers Tip-Off with the Utes, Marquette, and Mississippi State. The Golden Eagles and the Bulldogs meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday. The Tech-Utah winner will face the Marquette-MSU winner for the championship at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night, with the losers facing off for third place at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The event is being played at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College.

Utah is coming into this game 3-1 and off of a loss to Sam Houston State. 

Be sure to stay locked on here for live updates from this evening's game. 

1st Half

The starting lineup for tonight will be: 

• Lance Terry 
• Kyle Sturdivant 
• Deebo Coleman  
• Deivon Smith 
• Rodney Howard

• Deivon Smith had a chance to make it 2-0 but misses a pair of free throws.

• Utah is up 5-0 here in the first couple of minutes 

• Another three-pointer from Utah makes it 8-0

• 10-0 run for Utah to start the game
• Tristan Maxwell is on the board first for Georgia Tech to make it 12-2.
• 18-4 after a foul on Deebo Coleman. Georgia Tech shooting 15.4% here in the first half.
• A bit of a run here for Georgia Tech has the lead at 23-10, 6:52 left in the first half
• 26-14 lead for Utah now
• Lead is under ten near the end of the first half. 34-23 lead for Utah
• Utah leads 36-28

2nd Half

• Some first-half stats: Georgia Tech shot 15.4% from the field, and 33.3% from three-point range. Utah shot 48% from the field, and 44.4% from three-point. 
• Georgia Tech was 2-6 from the free-throw line 
• The offense is going to have to be much better (duh) in the second half. The Yellow Jackets guarded better down the stretch, but the offense has been dreadful
• The second half is underway!
• Georgia Tech has cut the lead to five. 39-34 Utah
• Georgia Tech is shooting the ball better in the second half
• The lead has been cut to three and Georgia Tech is on a run now. 42-39 Utah
• 11:52 left in the game and Georgia Tech now leads it by three. 45-42 Yellow Jackets
• Georgia Tech is now shooting 38%, which is markedly better than what they were doing
• Under ten to go here in Fort Myers and Georgia Tech still leads 49-46
• 7:20 to go, Georgia Tech leads Utah 57-54. Great turnaround for the Yellow Jackets.
• Utah now leads 59-57, with 4:30 to go
• Lead is now 61-57 Utah, timeout Georgia Tech
• 3:35 to go, Utah still leads by five, 63-58

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