🛣️ Rocky road ahead on The Flats

Welcome to The Tech Way, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Georgia Tech’s collective The Tech Way.

In today’s content:
- Slate revelation 👟
- Buzz around town 🐝
+ So much more 💪

🏃 Track & Field announces outdoor campaign

🏀 Tune in to the latest #ProJackets Basketball report

🥎 Yellow Jackets kickoff the year with annual Buzz Classic

🐎 GIDDY UP

In a tense Thursday night back-and-forth at home, the No.17 Jackets successfully defended the fort as they handed the SMU Mustangs a narrow defeat, 70-69 (READ MORE).

🏀 STARTING FIVE

Women’s Hoops (19-4) sees a week of action on the road against Boston College (13-12) and Clemson (11-12):

• In a game against Clemson, Boston College got off to a hot start, eventually seeing a near 30-point win (94-65) over the Tigers

• Star Eagle Teya Sidberry claimed a game-high 20 points on 7-14 shooting, six rebounds, four assists and two steals

• Joining her was teammate Dontavia Waggoner who recorded 16 points with nine rebounds as the team overall shot a season-high 57.4 percent from the floor, scoring 21 points off turnovers and assists on 25 of 35 baskets

• Tigers standout Loyal McQueen leads Clemson with 13.4 points per game and is also averaging a team-high and career-high of 4.9 assists per game

• Additionally, she is shooting career highs across the board (.421/.412/.831)

• The number one shooter who entered the transfer portal this past offseason, Hannah Kohn, currently ranks third in the ACC and 22^nd in the nation with 60 made shots from behind the arc

Men’s Basketball (11-12) jets to Virginia (11-12) before returning home to host a 15-8 Stanford team:

• Earlier in the week, Virginia downed Pittsburg, 73-57, with star player Dai Dai Ames leading all scorers with a career-high 27 points on 11-16 shooting from the floor

• Blake Buchanan followed posting a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds as the Cavaliers team shot 56.5 percent with four makes from behind the arc

• Stanford players Jaylen Blakes (14.6) and Oziyah Sellers (14.5) are currently averaging double figures, posting career-best numbers

• As of today, the Cardinal program is on track to break two single-season program records as a team in free throw percentage and turnovers per game

• The team is currently shooting 77.7 percent from the free throw line, which would best the current program record of 76.3 percent, set by the 2005-06 team, and be just the fourth Cardinal program to shoot better than 75 percent as a unit

🏊 February 7-8 // Swim & Dive competes at the Auburn First Chance

⛳ February 7-8 // Men’s Golf battles at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate

🥎 February 7-9 // Softball opens 2025 with annual Buzz Classic

🎾 February 8 // Women’s Tennis welcomes South Carolina at noon ET

🏀 February 8 // Men’s Basketball travels to face the Virginia Cavaliers at 5:30 pm ET on The CW

🏀 February 9 // Women’s Basketball takes on Boston College on the road at 2:00 pm ET on ACC Network X