>> bob: that's a long way to fall. he's seven feet tall. >> larry: first of all, it takes a long time to get down and then he slid all the way in front of his bench. >> bob: shumpert 72% at the line. that is point number six. he was the hero last year. second left lifted georgia tech over wake forest. he had nine points in that game winston-salem. i know it's hard to keep up with the new acc schedules, but wake forest and georgia tech are locked in. they meet twice every season in the regular year. >> larry: a little high post, smith went left with it. operate. it. >> larry: he was surrounded too. there were four yellow jackets in there. lawal the most prominent defender in front of him. >> bob: and now lawal is called for an offensive foul as he got into a sumo match with chas mcfarland.

if there's contact under the basket, you can rest assured these two guys are probably going to be involved. >> larry: knowing what the uniform is of sumo wrestling, that image just doesn't play with me. once again you'll see right here mcfarland1yr' there. sure i would have called anything right there, i think i would have just let that go. >> bob: 26-24. two teams that somehow get burned with a lot of turnovers, a relatively low number in this half. >> larry: you know what's interesting is the fact that both of these clubs have more turnovers than they have assists really taking good care of the >> bob: steal by smith. >> larry: was that quick. hiccup. off, no good. favors the rebound. batted down and stolen by aminu.

out top to smith, out to harris ahead. no basket, offensive foul. shumpert comes up grabbing his head. the physical play that we thought we would see tonight starting to tell. >> larry: boy, udofia made a great fake. shumpert gives the ball up. watch this ball fake. mcfarland bit. i've got to go with the call. i think it was accurate. >> bob: udofia a little out of control. and it was aminu who popped shumpert trailing the play. 26-24. al-farouq nothing there. gets it back. rejected! favors gets his third and a

i tell you one thing tech is doing, they're finishing their plays. they're not breaking their plays off, they're getting inside. peacock short. he's a little bit of an intimidator in his own right. he's seven feet. playing a good game so far in this first half. stewart the crossover jumper. bad shot. gathered the rebound with his right hand and is holding off mcfarland with his left. 26-24 jackets. shumpert and out of bounds. ñ opening half.

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>> bob: as we come back to play here at the thriller dome, i

call your attention for georgia tech's national ranking, number 22 this week. this is the fifth time the deacons have faced a ranked team and they have all been on the road. larry conley, it underscores part of the wake forest schedule here the last month and a half. dino gaudio about that. take a look at their games since new year's eve. three overtime games, all of virginia at wake forest. >> bob: prior to that stretch there was an acc game against nc state that they won in winston-salem. here is favors second shot of the game. count it, and a foul on the deacs. l.d. williams with personal number two. >> larry: take a look at derrick favors. of

the evening. >> bob: that's always a conversation we get into. there's just so many shots in a game. you don't get 10 or 12, 15 shots every game. you've got maybe 55, 60, occasionally more than 50 shots in a game. you've got to split them up. whoever has got a chance to shoot them, take them. you need to be good friends with your point aminu. georgia tech leading it by four. carries it up, off, it. outside for three. really gone cold. >> bob: after hitting six of udofia, and wake forest is going to take a time-out here with half. and georgia tech has come back strong.

freshman, mfon udofia in transition. >> larry: a good look at the basket. paul hewitt says the way you shoot, go ahead and light it up. have been diminishing the last couple of weeks but that was a pretty good look at the basket right there. >> bob: two freshmen in this georgia tech starting lineup, favors. and you look at their contributions on the overall this season. >> larry: well, not only these two guys. you can see their numbers right there, but they're also getting a lot of help from glen rice and brian oliver. that since they have gotten into conference play, they have really picked it up too. >> bob: i think paul hewitt might have had right behind kentucky the best class of anybody this year. >> bob: deacons have fallen off to 34% shooting after that six of seven start. aminu, tony woods. >> larry: that's a hard pass to make in such a short distance.

>> bob: woods travels. that is the fifth wake forest turnover. larry pointed out their ratio earlier. their numbers, wake forest averages 15 1/2 turnovers a game, georgia tech 16.2. tonight a little bit of a different story. both teams taking very good care of the ball. this one will drop in and favors is headed back to the line. >> larry: favors starting to the on track. a good grab. you know what happened, i think the wake forest defenders relaxed a little bit because they thought the ball was going to go out of bounds. he grabbed it and got it right off of the glass. >> bob: that was a heads-up play freshman. favors, he's under 50% at the

foul line in acc play. 2:26 in the first half. here's what happened to the deacons. aminu and a foul on georgia tech. al-farouq hit hard. udofia with his second. georgia tech has taken an eight-point lead here, so big free throws coming for aminu. >> larry: bob, one of the things about aminu, coming off his freshman year last year, he spent a lot of time in the weight room and working and developing an outside shot. he knows at his size, he's going to have to be shots. if you want to play at the next level, you'd better develop that outside game

>> bob: aminu's eighth point. georgia tech by seven and iman shumpert gets a pick from favors, and a push by tony woods. >> larry: a little bit of an expansion to favors game here. bask inand rin and robbins. >> bob: a world of talent whose high school jersey was retired at his south atlanta high school. coming along at halftime, we'll

talk to that young man, jeff teague, the former demon deacon. he's enjoying his rookie season here in atlanta with the hawks. l.d. williams rebounds. 33-25 yellow jackets. >> larry: georgia tech back into that two-three matchup zone. they worked a lot on this in >> bob: aminu. rebound batted out and rice on the back of williams. second foul on glen rice jr. hands by tony woods to keep that ball alive in there. georgia tech defenders and got the slap out. >> bob: and wake forest with a williams going to

the line. l.d. is a 70% free-throw shooter, leads the team in steals and field goal percentage at 51. that is his seventh point. >> larry: his moniker is really as a good defender. most everybody who plays against wake forest always compliments defends. >> bob: weaver in, woods out. l.d. exits in favor of ari stewart. >> larry: talking about the way do wake forest keeping up with georgia tech running players in and out. paul hewitt really using only an rotation. guys.

nice pass. for the jackets. the middle. >> larry: watch bell again, a good screen that time. opened it up down there and a terrific pass. you know, any time you're that wide open, peacock is standing there saying, hey, here i am, popped it right inside. wake forest with a little inattention to defense that time. that's a lapse that they usually don't have. they're pretty good about covering those guys on the screen. >> bob: peacock second behind miami's malcolm grant in bench scoring. you've got to hand it to a guy like peacock. a starter a year ago who accepted his role coming off the bench and making the most of it. >> reporter: tyler celler still not back with north carolina. michael snell playing really well at florida state too. he's having a great year.

>> bob: 70 seconds left before halftime. ish smith only two points in this first half. aminu gets in and scores. did you notice he did it with his left hand? i mean cut across that time, did not use the right hand. protected the ball with his body. first wakefield goal since the 6:03 mark of the first half. you talk about diversity in your offensive game, he's got it. the play to bell, looking inside. bell steps up and off. the ball goes trickling out of bounds and belongs to wake forest. shot clock is off. 31.4 left in the half. favors out, lawal in. paul hewitt gets through the only one player, glen

rice, with two personals. mcfarland, l.d. williams, tony woods, two fouls apiece for the deacs. nick foreman in to defend ish smith. high screen, ish resets the screen. seconds, one from the corner aminu. no good. and the first half is in the books. the georgia tech yellow jackets weathering an early wake forest storm. as the deacs came out hitting six of their first seven shots. but then georgia tech righted itself and take a six-point lead to the locker room here at the break. halftime at alexander memorial coliseum in atlanta. georgia tech 35 and wake forest 29.

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