Just watched the Yellow Jackets finish off an impressive 82-71 win over N.C. State at the RBC Center. Tech's 8-8 record may be middling, but Brian Gregory's team appears to be turning a corner.
And that means revisiting last Saturday's 81-74 Duke win over Georgia Tech at Philips Arena which caused many observers (me included) to wonder why the Blue Devils had trouble putting the Jackets away.
Georgia Tech entered ACC play shooting a woeful 29 percent from behind the 3-point line. Glen Rice, Jr., had scored five points over Georgia Tech's two previous games combined.
Against Duke, Georgia Tech made 46 percent of its 3-pointers while Rice went off for 28 points. Since Duke is 11th in the ACC in scoring defense (69.4 points per game) and 12th in opponent's field-goal percentage (44.3), it appeared the Tech game was another example of Duke still working out its defensive problems.
But, Wednesday night in Raleigh, the Yellow Jackets made 60 percent (9 of 15) of their 3-pointers. Rice had another strong game with 22 points.
There's no doubt Duke has problems to address defensively. But, perhaps, the Devils made more progress than some of us thought in Atlanta last Saturday.
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