Georgia Tech vs Mississippi State SEC/ACC Challenge Live Updates NCAA Basketball

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Final: Georgia Tech falls to Mississippi State 85-73 and has lost its last three games after a 5-1 start to the season.
4:27 2H- Georgia Tech trails 72-59 and have hit its last three shots to try and close the deficit.
7:00 2H- Georgia Tech is in danger of dropping its third straight game and trails 68-52. Their interior defense is struggling with their interior defense. Mississippi State has a 32-16 lead in the paint despite not having the height advantage
10:00 2H- Georgia Tech has closed the deficit to 58-51 the closest it has been in the second half of the game.
11:53 2H- Georgia Tech trails 55-45 and looking to close the deficit. Georgia Tech is 7-16 from the field in the second half. Kowacie Reeves has nine points on 3-4 shooting
is Georgia Tech has closed the deficit to 46-38 and beginning to find an advantage in the paint.
18:34 2H- Mississippi State has its biggest lead of the game with a 44-28 lead. Georgia Tech is 11-42 from the field and can't buy a bucket on offense
Halftime- Mississippi State leads Georgia Tech 37-28. The Yellow Jackets are only shooitng 28.2% from the field and are 4-17 from the field. Georgia Tech needs to step up its offense if it wants to come out with a win.
24.5 1H- Georgia Tech trails Mississippi State 37-28. The Yellow Jackets are losing the battle in the paint with the Bulldogs having a 20-8 advantage
5:12 1H- Mississippi State has a 30-18 lead. Georgia Tech is one of its last 10 from the field and hasn't scored a field goal in the past three minutes
7:15 1H- Mississippi State is building on its lead and are up 24-17. The Bulldogs are dominating the paint and hold a 16-6 advantage in the paint.
10:18 1H- Mississippi State on a current 6-0 run. Tough offensive possessions have the Yellow Jackets down 19-13 early.
11:50 1H- Missisippi State has a 15-13 lead early in the game. Neither team is shooting the basketball well and are under 40% from the floor
15:28 1H- A media timeout. Things are even, and Georgia Tech hasn't scored in over two minutes
16:04 1H- Mississippi State on a current 7-0 run to even things up at nine.
17:58 1H- Kowacie Reeves is 2-2 from three point range and Georgia Tech has an early 8-2 lead
20:00 1H- Georgia Tech wins the opening tip.
Georgia Tech is back in action after going 0-2 in the Emerald Coast Classic in Destin, Florida. The Yellow Jackets will look to end their two-game skid and get back on track. Georgia Tech is now 5-3 on the season after a 5-1 start. The Yellow Jackets need to pick up some wins before their schedule begins to stiffen in December. Can they help the ACC pick up another quality win in the challenge with the SEC?
Starters for Georgia Tech:
G- Akai Fleming
G- Jaeden Mustaf
F- Baye Ndongo
F- Kowacie Reeves Jr
C- Mouhammed Sylla
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