Louisville, Kentucky. – Miles Kelly He scored a career-high 36 points and almost single-handedly gave Georgia Tech a chance to win Saturday night at KFC Yum! center, but Louisville outscored the Yellow Jackets 28-7 in the final 8 minutes, 15 seconds for a 79-67 victory.
Tech (10-14, 3-10) lost its third straight game and 11 games in a row.th The Cardinals remained winless in six games on their home court. Louisville (8-16, 3-10 ACC) won for the second time in three games.
Kelly scored 15 of the points during a 23-13 run in the second half to give the Yellow Jackets a 60-51 lead. Freshman Ibrahima Sacco started the rally with two layups, and the Jackets got to the free-throw line 10 times during that time.
However, Louisville turned the tide by scoring seven straight points to cut the gap to two points. carter murphy's A layup made it 62-58, and the Cardinals scored 11 straight points to take a 69-62 lead. The Jackets couldn't recover. Kelly needed just one more point and the Cardinals went 10-of-10 from the free-throw line and made 7 of their last 12 shots from the floor to pull away.
Kelly made 11 of 20 shots from the floor, including 6 of 11 from 3-point range, and 8 of 10 from the free throw line. It was the highest-scoring game for the Yellow Jackets since then. michael deveaux Scored 37 points in the 2021 win over Georgia.
Murphy was the only Jacket to score in double figures, finishing the game with a season-high eight points in a season-high 21 minutes.
Six Louisville players scored in double figures, with Caleb Glenn leading the way with 15 points. Glenn also grabbed nine offensive rebounds and helped the Cardinals score 20 second-chance points.
Kelly single-handedly kept Tech in the game in the first half, scoring 16 of the Yellow Jackets' first 21 points, scoring 21 points during the period and making five 3-point field goals. Murphy came off the bench and added two threes to help the Jackets take a 32-30 lead into the locker room.
Tech is on the road for its next game, traveling to South Bend, Indiana to face Notre Dame on Tuesday night. Tip-off is at 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on his ACC Network.
