Dec. 28, 2004

Box Score

ATLANTA (www.lafayette.edu) - By TOM SALADINO
AP Sports Writer

ATLANTA (AP) - Freshman Anthony Morrow scored a career-high 20 points, including 11 in a late 27-3 surge by No. 9 Georgia Tech to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 92-58 victory over Lafayette on Tuesday night.

Morrow, who averaged only 3.5 points and 10 minutes per game, connected on 7-of-10 shots overall and 6-of-9 from 3-point range. He played 15 minutes and came into the game with seven three-pointers on the season.

Fellow freshman Ra'Sean Dickey added 15 points for the Yellow Jackets (9-1), who also got 12 points from Luke Schenscher and 10 each from Jarrett Jack and Will Bynum.

Bilal Abdullah led Lafayette (3-7) with 12 points. Sean Knitter added 11, nine of which came in the first half.

Georgia Tech was leading 55-47 when Isma'il Muhammad dunked to begin the 27-3 run with 10:55 left. The lead was 82-50 when the surge ended on a basket by Schenscher with 4:25 left. Morrow had 11 points in the run on three 3's and a layup.

Lafayette surprised Georgia Tech by taking a four-point lead at 11-7 after 4:21 on a basket by Andrei Capusan. That followed Jamie Hughes first career three-pointer that gave Lafayette a 7-5 margin. The Jackets, however, scored the next eight points to go up 15-11 on a basket by Schenscher with 7:58 left in the half. Georgia Tech led 37-29 at halftime.

Tech's leading scorer B.J. Elder started the game. He was benched for the second half of the Yellow Jackets' last game on Wednesday by coach Paul Hewitt for lackluster play. He scored only five points in 22 minutes, hitting 2-of-9 from the field, including 1-of-5 from beyond the arc.

Andrei Capusan grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for Lafayette.

The Leopards return to action on Sunday, Jan. 2 when they host Columbia at 3:15 p.m. Georgia Tech plays No. 2 Kansas on New Year's Day.