National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Georgia Tech 58, Charlotte 55
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 29, 2013
Where: Dale F. Halton Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina
Officials: # Garry Maxwell, # Raymie Styons, # Jacyn Goble
Attendance: 6150

Georgia Tech 58, Charlotte 55: Trae Golden scored a season-high 24 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 3.6 seconds left, and the visiting Yellow Jackets survived as the 49ers’ game-tying basket at the buzzer was waived off.

Georgia Tech (9-4) squandered a nine-point lead with three minutes left, but Golden saved the Yellow Jackets with a 3-pointer from the right wing to make it 58-55. Marcus Georges-Hunt added 10 points while Daniel Miller grabbed nine rebounds and Robert Carter Jr. had eight.

Pierria Henry drove into the frontcourt for the 49ers and launched a 3-pointer that was good, but game officials overturned the basket after briefly reviewing video replay that showed the ball in Henry’s hand as the buzzer sounded. Denzel Ingram scored a career-high 20 points for Charlotte (8-4).

Georgia Tech led 51-42 with three minutes left after five consecutive points from Golden, and a pair of Golden free throws made it 55-50. Charlotte pulled within 55-52 on two Willie Clayton free throws and, after a Georgia Tech turnover, Shawn Lester buried a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 10 seconds left to even the score at 55.

Ingram scored 11 points in a back-and-forth first half in which neither team led by more than four points. Georgia Tech, despite scoring just two baskets from the field in the final eight minutes, led 27-24 at halftime.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Charlotte shot a season-low 33.3 percent from the field. … Georgia Tech opens the ACC portion of its schedule Saturday at Maryland. … Ingram’s previous career high of 16 points came last year in games against UNC-Asheville and Lamar.
Top Game Performances
 
Georgia Tech   Charlotte
Trae Golden 24 Scoring Denzel Ingram 20
Quinton Stephens 4 Assists Pierria Henry 7
Robert Carter 10 Rebounds Willie Clayton 10
Trae Golden 6 Free Throws Made Willie Clayton 5
Robert Carter 2 Steals Willie Clayton 4
Robert Carter 2 Blocks Pierria Henry 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Georgia Tech 58 43.4 4-18 8-10 12 39 6 4 14
Charlotte 55 33.3 6-18 9-14 11 29 1 9 10