National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Georgia Tech 77, Southern 62
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, November 14, 2016
Where: McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials: # Lee Cassell, # Tony Greene, # Tim Nestor
Attendance: 4360

Center Ben Lammers flirted with a triple-double on Monday in Georgia Tech's 77-62 win over Southern University at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta.

Lammers, a junior from San Antonio, had 13 points and added career highs with 15 rebounds and nine blocked shots.

Georgia Tech (2-0) also got 20 points and five rebounds from Tadric Jackson, who returned after missing the season opener with a sore hamstring.

Freshman Josh Okogie scored 18 points and senior Quinton Stephens scored 12 for the Yellow Jackets.

Southern (0-2) was led in scoring by Tre'lun Banks with 19. Banks, son of coach Roman Banks, was 7 of 9 from the floor and 3 of 3 on 3-pointers. Shawn Prudhomme added 15 points.

Georgia Tech took control of the game midway in the first half. The Yellow Jackets led just 22-21 with 8:38 remaining in the half before going on an 11-0 run, with Jackson and Corey Heyward each banging in a 3-pointer during the stretch.

Southern scored 10 straight points late in the second half and cut the margin to 57-50 on a bucket by Prudhomme with 6:57 remaining. But Georgia Tech answered with a basket by Okogie the next trip down the floor to regain the momentum.

Lammers was trying to become only the fifth player in school history to record a triple-double. The last was Iman Shumpert in 2011.

Georgia Tech blocked a school-record 16 shots, eclipsing by one the mark set in 1982 against the University of the South.
Top Game Performances
 
Southern   Georgia Tech
Tre'lun Banks 19 Scoring Tadric Jackson 20
Tre'lun Banks 4 Assists Josh Okogie 4
JaMarcus Weatherspoon 11 Rebounds Ben Lammers 15
Jared Sam 3 Free Throws Made Josh Okogie 6
JaMarcus Weatherspoon 2 Steals Josh Okogie 2
Brandon Bolden 1 Blocks Ben Lammers 9
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Southern 62 33.3 7-20 7-12 9 33 3 5 11
Georgia Tech 77 49.1 4-13 17-31 14 40 16 4 12