In one of the biggest tests for Josh Pastner’s fledgling basketball program, the Jackets will take on the UCLA Bruins Saturday, Nov. 10 in Shanghai, China as the Pac-12 China Game presented by the Alibaba Group. Tech, coming off a hot start to Pastner’s tenure, will open the regular season overseas against an opponent it has not faced since 2006.
Tech enters the game after losing star sophomore Josh Okogie during an exhibition match against Georgia State University last Saturday, when Okogie suffered an open dislocation of his index finger. Pastner indicated that Okogie could expect to be out for “a while”, courtesy of MyAJC.