ATLANTA --- Georgia Tech placed all 13 players in the scoring column as the Yellow Jackets defeated Tusculum College 96-58 Tuesday night at McCamish Pavilion in men's basketball action.
Georgia Tech improves to 14-10 overall with the victory, while the game counts as an exhibition contest for the Pioneers (10-12). Tusculum returns to action on Wednesday night when the Pioneers travel to Harrogate, Tennessee to take on 16th-ranked Lincoln Memorial University.
Tusculum's Kendall Patterson led all scorers with his game-high 21 points, including 17 markers in the opening half. Patterson finished the game shooting 7-of-11 from the floor, including 6-of-9 from three-point territory. Ronnie Baylark added 10 markers for the Black & Orange while Zach Hartle and Trey Blevins chipped in six points each.
The Yellow Jackets led wire-to-wire as Tech used runs of 14-3 and 17-5 to take a 58-31 lead at halftime. Georgia Tech torched the nets shooting a sizzling 20-of-28 from the floor (71.4%), including 7-of-11 from three-point territory.
Tusculum was pushed out to the perimeter in the first half and the Pioneers knocked down nine 3-pointers to shooting 45 percent from beyond the arc (9-of-20).
Georgia Tech finished the game shooting 56 percent from the floor, including 10-of-21 from three-point land, while limiting Tusculum 33 percent shooting on the evening. The Jackets owned a 47-29 advantage on the boards and out-scored TC in the paint 46-14, including 24-0 advantage in the first half.
Josh Okogie led the Jackets with 15 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Ben Lammers added 13 points and four blocked shots, while Christian Matthew and Tadric Jackson added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
For Tusculum, Cory Fagan and Caleb Hodnett finished with three points each, while Chase Mounce, Connor Mitchell, Vincent Brown and Keaton Dotson all had two points apiece for the Pioneers.