ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Tech freshman Robert Carter Jr. scored a career-high 19 points, and the Yellow Jackets used a late 9-0 run to rally past UNC Wilmington on the way to a 73-66 nonconference win Saturday night.
Daniel Miller scored 12 points for Georgia Tech (6-2), and freshman Marcus Georges-Hunt battled foul trouble on the way to 10 points.
UNC Wilmington's Chris Dixon scored a game-high 20 points, and Tanner Milson added 16 as they combined to make seven 3-pointers for the Seahawks (4-5).
Nate Anderson drained a trey with 5:20 left in the game to give UNC Wilmington a 62-57 edge, but Georges-Hunt re-entered the game soon thereafter with four fouls and Georgia Tech scored the next nine points and never trailed again.
UNC Wilmington out-rebounded the bigger Yellow Jackets 34-32.
Georgia Tech cruised early in the first half as Carter scored eight points and the Yellow Jackets took a 22-13 lead on his layup with 8:28 remaining.
UNC Wilmington closed the half with a 23-13 run, however, and when Milson rebounded his own missed shot and then followed with a 15-foot jumper just before the buzzer, the Seahawks took a 36-35 lead to halftime.
That was UNC Wilmington's first lead, although the Seahawks out-rebounded Georgia Tech 20-13 in the first half.
The Yellow Jackets got busy on the glass in the second half, and Georgia Tech outscored UNC Wilmington 10-2 to start the frame, taking a 45-37 lead on Mfon Udofia's 3-pointer with 16:33 left.
Georges-Hunt committed his third foul moments later, though, and upon his exit the Seahawks rallied for a 55-51 lead on Milson's fourth 3-pointer.
Milson returned the favor moments later when he fouled Georges-Hunt as the Georgia Tech freshman made a 3-pointer off a crosscourt pass from Brandon Reed on a fast break.
Georges-Hunt's free throw with 9:26 left tied the game at 55 and it stayed there until soon after he committed his fourth foul - while battling for an offensive rebound - with 7:48 left in the game.
Again, the Seahawks surged on the way to that 62-57 lead until Georges-Hunt returned to action.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| NC-Wilmington (4-5) | 36 | 30 | 66 |
| Georgia Tech (6-2) « | 35 | 38 | 73 |
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| NC-Wilmington Seahawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Rendleman, F | 36 | 3-13 | 0-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| L. Hager, F | 19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Reybold, F | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| T. Milson, G | 34 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| C. Ponder, G | 34 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Dixon | 32 | 5-10 | 7-8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| C. Williams | 24 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| N. Anderson | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Sherwood | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Wilson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-56 | 13-17 | 34 | 13 | 19 | 66 | |
| 39.3% | 76.5% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Carter, F | 28 | 8-12 | 3-6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| M. Georges-Hunt, F | 23 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| D. Miller, C | 28 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| M. Udofia, G | 28 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Reed, G | 27 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Morris | 19 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| K. Holsey | 18 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| C. Bolden | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| P. Jordan | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Royal | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 27-51 | 14-24 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 73 | |
| 52.9% | 58.3% | ||||||
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