Lawal’s 15 and 15 lift No. 22 Ga. Tech
December 17, 2009
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ATLANTA (AP)—Gani Lawal had 15 points and 15 rebounds and freshman DerrickFavors added 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 22 Georgia Tech to a 65-53victory over winless Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Wednesday night.
Freshman Mfon Udofia added eight key points and five assists for the YellowJackets (8-1), who won their seventh straight.
Tavaris Washington and Lebaron Weathers each had 13 points for Pine Bluff(0-8), which has played all its games on the road.
The Golden Lions were down 48-43 after a 3-pointer by Dominic Moore with9:41 remaining. Tech then broke it open with a 14-3 run over a 4:18 span thatmade it 62-46. The final three points were a three-point play by Lawal. Udofiaseven points and Favors added six in the run.
The lead was the largest of the game for Tech, which shot 38 percent (23 of60) from the field, including 6 of 17 (35 percent) from 3-point range, andcommitted 14 turnovers. Pine Bluff shot 29 percent (20 of 68) and was 4 of 16 on3s.
Tech led 35-27 at halftime behind eight points from Favors and seven fromGlen Rice Jr..
Savalace Townsend, Pine Bluff’s leading scorer with a 13.7 average, had onlyfour points on 1-of-10 shooting.
The Yellow Jackets had an 11-point lead twice in the first half, the last at30-19 on a basket by Brad Shehan with 4:41 left.
Tech upped its lead to 44-31 on a basket by Brian Oliver 4:16 into thesecond half before Pine Bluff went on an 8-0 run to get within five points on abasket by Townsend with 12:29 to play.
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