Baye Ndongo collected 19 points and 11 rebounds to record his second straight double-double, lifting Georgia Tech to an 81-62 victory over Texas Southern on Tuesday night in the second leg of the Peach State Classic in Atlanta.Ndongo had 20 points and 10 rebounds in the Yellow Jackets’ 105-93 setback to North Florida on Sunday.Naithan George had 16 points and six assists and Kowacie Reeves Jr. added 15 points and seven rebounds for Georgia Tech (2-1), which benefited from 10-0 and 12-0 runs in the first half.Javian McCollum scored 14 points and Lance Terry added 13 off the bench to pace the Yellow Jackets.Georgia Tech’s Luke O’Brien sat out due to an undisclosed reason. O’Brien had 15 points and eight rebounds against the Ospreys on Sunday.Duane Posey scored 15 points off the bench for the Tigers (1-3), who did themselves no favors by making just 12 of 22 free-throw attempts.Texas Southern did its best to stay close by outscoring the Yellow Jackets by a 20-12 margin in points in the paint and recording eight steals.
Baye Ndongo’s double-double leads Georgia Tech past Texas Southern
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