With a complement of a completely wholesome roster, Georgia Tech appears to be like to win its third sport in as many tries Monday when it hosts Southeastern Louisiana in Atlanta.
Georgia Tech (2-0) blew previous Bryant 74-45 on Friday after fighting Maryland-Japanese Shore in its season opener. The Yellow Jackets loved the season debut of preseason All-ACC junior Baye Ndongo, who had 10 factors and 7 rebounds in his return following an undisclosed damage.
“I believed Baye was good for his first sport,” stated Georgia Tech head coach Damon Stoudamire. “He is been doing a number of various things, however to get on the market on the ground and transfer the way in which he did, I believed he performed very well. The physique appears to be like good. He made actually sturdy strikes to the rim. He hit a 3. I simply thought that he gave us a typical affect all sport lengthy.”
Ndongo can be paired with freshman Mouhamed Sylla, who has posted double-doubles in every of his first two profession video games.
“I am excited to see them taking part in collectively,” Stoudamire stated. “To have Baye on the market speaking to Mo and having the ability to get him to do some various things, I name it buddy ball. … We anticipate nothing lower than 10 rebounds a sport (from Sylla) and the factors are going to come back.”
Kowacie Reeves Jr. leads the Yellow Jackets with 15 factors per sport by means of two contests, whereas Sylla is averaging 12 factors and 13 boards.
Southeastern Louisiana (0-2) adopted a season-opening 30-point loss at Ole Miss with a 58-52 defeat at Louisiana on Friday. The Lions have shot simply 33.7% from the sphere of their two losses, hitting simply 23.4% (11-for-47) of their 3-point makes an attempt.
Head coach David Kiefer has performed 11 gamers in every of their first two video games, an space the Lions consider give them an edge.
“I feel the most effective factor about our workforce proper now could be our depth,” Kiefer stated. “We are able to actually rise up and down the court docket, choose up our strain a little bit bit. However the most effective a part of our workforce is our depth and athleticism.”
Jaiden Lawrence’s 11.5 factors per sport tempo the group, adopted by Jalen Forrest’s 8.5.
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