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Georgia Tech hands VCU rare home loss, 76-73 in OT
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Georgia Tech’s Tadric Jackson (1) fights off Virginia Commonwealth’s Doug Brooks (5) as he moves the ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. (Mark Gormus/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Rebuilding or not, Georgia Tech did not want to head into a 10-day layoff for finals coming off a winless three-game road trip. They won’t, thanks to Josh Heath, who hit a tie-breaking 12-foot jumper in overtime, and fellow guard Tadric Jackson, who bounced back from one of his worst games with one of his best as the Yellow Jackets beat VCU 76-73 in overtime Wednesday night. “To get a win like this in a rebuilding situation when you’re starting from Ground Zero is a heck of a win,” first-year coach Josh Pastner said after his team, of the Atlantic Coast Conference, handed the Rams of the Atlantic 10 just their 13th loss in the last 87 home games.
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