Men’s Basketball Closes Regular Season at Boston College – Men’s Basketball — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

GEORGIA TECH (13-17, 5-14 ACC) vs. BOSTON COLLEGE (15-15, 9-10 ACC)

• 2 career highs in points (Miles and Kyle)
• 2 career highs in assists (Frank and Deebo)
• Fifth triple-double in school history (Frank)
• School-record 18 3-pointers
• Highest offensive rating in an ACC game since at least 2002
• Most assists in an ACC game since 1993 pic.twitter.com/5befBhXEYL

— Georgia Tech Men’s Basketball (@GTMBB) March 3, 2023

THE FLATS – Carrying the momentum of its first Atlantic Coast Conference road win of the season, Georgia Tech finishes out its regular season schedule at 2:30 p.m. Saturday with another road opportunity against Boston College at the Silvio O. Conte Forum.

Georgia Tech (13-17, 5-14 ACC) went 5-4 in the month of February, 4-4 in the ACC. and finished out its home schedule with four straight wins over Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Florida Tech and Louisville. On the heels of that, the Yellow Jackets hammered Syracuse Tuesday night, 96-76, at the JMA Wireless Dome, and its three ACC road losses prior to that were decided by a total of 17 points.

Boston College (15-15, 9-10 ACC), one of the surprise teams in the ACC this season after being picked to finish 13th. enters Saturday’s game playing for the ninth seed in the ACC Tournament and a bye out of the Tuesday opening round. The Eagles, currently tied with Syracuse at 9-10, are 9-6 at home this season and are riding a three-game winning streak.

Saturday’s game will be televised live on ESPNU with a live stream of the broadcast available the ESPN app. Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports, carried locally on Xtra 106.3 FM and 1230 AM, and nationally on satellite radio (SiriusXM channel 388, SXM app 978).

THE TIP-OFF

• At 5-14, Georgia Tech is locked into the 13th seed for next Week’s ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The Yellow Jackets will play the loser of Saturday’s game between Florida State and Virginia Tech at 2 p.m. The Seminoles and Hokies are tied at 7-12, two games ahead of the Yellow Jackets, with the winner gaining the 11th seed and the loser seeded 12th.
• Tech’s last back-to-back ACC road wins came at Miami and Virginia Tech in the 2020-21 season. The Yellow Jackets have won their last two games against Boston college at the Conte Forum.
• Tech’s February upswing has been led by the emergence of its two transfers, center Ja’von Franklin and guard Lance Terry, who have averaged 14.9 and 13.9 points, respectively, over the last…