Basketball: Jackets fall in ACC Tournament First Round

Brad Penner-USA TODAY SportsThe Yellow Jackets started 1-11 from the field and 1-6 from the free throw line, but ever so slowly crawled back over the course of the first half and went into the break down just three, in large part thanks to Pitt going just 1-11 from behind the arc. Over the course of the second half, both teams traded runs. Pitt had an 11-0 run followed by a 10-2 Tech run which was then followed up by another Pitt run. It took until the final seven minutes when Pitt started to pull away. With as little time as a minute left, it looked like the Panthers would have an easy win, but a couple of big scores by Josh Okogie and some Pitt mistakes let the Jackets get oh so close. Tech missed what felt like a hundred threes in the final minute, but still had a shot to tie or win it with just 1.4 seconds left. Unfortunately the inbound pass was off the mark and the Jackets fell 61-59.

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