Sunday, February 16
Atlanta, Ga.
Noon
Wake Forest University
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Georgia Tech
Demon Deacons Nearly Complete Comeback at No. 19 Georgia Tech
2/16/2025 2:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Wake Forest women’s basketball team came back from 15 points down to take the lead in the fourth quarter before eventually falling at No. 19 Georgia Tech Sunday afternoon.
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Wake Forest women's basketball team stormed back from 15 points down to take the lead in the fourth quarter before eventually falling to No. 19 Georgia Tech, 73-62, Sunday afternoon inside McCamish Pavilion.
The Demon Deacons (8-17, 1-13 ACC) who were down 15 points early in the second quarter, outscored the Yellow Jackets (21-5, 9-5 ACC) by a margin of 35-26 in the middle quarters and took the lead for the first time in the fourth.
For the eighth-consecutive game, sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf reached double figures with 20 points against the Yellow Jackets on 9-of-16 shooting and a pair of threes. She has three 20-point outings in the last six games and this marked her 16th game of the season with double-digit points.
Theuerkauf has 120 points over the last seven games (17.1 points per game) and now averages a team-best 11.4 on the season.
Graduate guard Tamia Jones finished one assist shy of her career-high with seven against the Yellow Jackets. She also chipped in seven points and three steals in an efficient showing off the bench.
Senior guard Raegyn Conley and redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds chipped in 12 points apiece and both went 5-of-9 from the floor. Conley knocked down at least one three pointer for the ninth time in the last 10 games, as she finished 2-of-4 from deep Sunday afternoon.
Conley also collected a team-high eight rebounds in the game which marked a season high for the senior.
How It Happened
"Turnovers were the difference in this game and then they made a couple of big shots there at the end. We were just a couple of plays away from getting this one on the road. We fought so hard. We were down 15 and then came back to take the lead. We played 35 minutes of great basketball against a top-20 team on the road which is a good sign of progress but we needed five more minutes to get this one. Tamia led us with seven assists and we had 18 total but the turnovers are really the big negative again. We really need to look at that going into the next one against pressure and in half court. Raegyn and Rylie both played well. Rae had 12 points and eight rebounds and Rylie gave us 20 points which we needed. She really kept us in the game in the second and third quarter. A lot of good things out of this one. We needed to make a few more 50-50 plays especially in crucial situations. This is a sign of progress and now we need to take that into account the must-win game against SMU at our place on Thursday." - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons return home this Thursday when they host SMU for the annual Play4Kay Pink Game at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ACC Network.
The Demon Deacons (8-17, 1-13 ACC) who were down 15 points early in the second quarter, outscored the Yellow Jackets (21-5, 9-5 ACC) by a margin of 35-26 in the middle quarters and took the lead for the first time in the fourth.
For the eighth-consecutive game, sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf reached double figures with 20 points against the Yellow Jackets on 9-of-16 shooting and a pair of threes. She has three 20-point outings in the last six games and this marked her 16th game of the season with double-digit points.
Theuerkauf has 120 points over the last seven games (17.1 points per game) and now averages a team-best 11.4 on the season.
Graduate guard Tamia Jones finished one assist shy of her career-high with seven against the Yellow Jackets. She also chipped in seven points and three steals in an efficient showing off the bench.
Senior guard Raegyn Conley and redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds chipped in 12 points apiece and both went 5-of-9 from the floor. Conley knocked down at least one three pointer for the ninth time in the last 10 games, as she finished 2-of-4 from deep Sunday afternoon.
Conley also collected a team-high eight rebounds in the game which marked a season high for the senior.
How It Happened
- Conley opened the scoring for Wake Forest with a layup on an assist from Cowles 41 seconds into the contest.
- After Georgia Tech jumped out to an early 8-2 lead, Theuerkuaf connected from deep and found Cowles on the following possession for a layup as the Deacs cut it to 10-7.
- Theuerkauf added four more points and Hinds got on the board with a layup as Wake Forest went into the second quarter trailing 24-13.
- Jones opened the second quarter with a pull-up jumper at the 8:41 mark.
- Theuerkauf reached double figures with 5:57 remaining in the second quarter with her second triple.
- Wake Forest went on a quick 6-0 run, highlighted by a three-point play from Sørbye, and cut the deficit to 32-23.
- Jones finished at the rim before Conley knocked down a three and the Demon Deacons went into the break down 37-28.
- Theuerkauf led the Deacs over the first 20 minutes with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting.
- The Demon Deacons struck first in the second half, as Theuerkauf used an excellent move to get to the basket and finish.
- Conley made her second three of the game on the following possession as Wake Forest cut it to 37-33.
- A layup from Hinds and two more baskets from Theuerkauf cut the deficit down to one (39-40) with 5:56 remaining in the third quarter.
- After Georgia Tech pushed it 56-49, Hinds came back with back-to-back layups.
- Jones knocked down a buzzer-beater three at the end of the third and made it a two-point game headed into the fourth.
- Conley tied the game at 50-50 right out of the break with a layup.
- Wake Forest took its first lead of the game with a turnaround jumper from Cowles in the paint at the 8:49 mark in the fourth.
- The Yellow Jackets regained the lead, but another basket from Cowles and a pair of layups from Hinds kept Wake Forest within three (61-58) heading into the final three minutes of play.
- A late Georgia Tech run put the game out of reach as Wake Forest fell, 73-62.
- The Deacs finished the contest 27-of-56 (48 percent) from the floor, the seventh-consecutive game the team finished 40 percent or better.
- For the eighth-consecutive game, sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf reached double figures with 20 points against the Yellow Jackets on 9-of-16 shooting and a pair of threes.
- She has 120 points over the last seven games (17.1/game) and now averages a team-best 11.4 on the season.
- Theuerkauf has three 20-point outings in the last six games.
- It marked her 16th game of the season with double-digit points.
- Graduate guard Tamia Jones finished one assist shy of her career-high with seven against the Yellow Jackets. She also chipped in seven points and three steals in an efficient showing off the bench.
"Turnovers were the difference in this game and then they made a couple of big shots there at the end. We were just a couple of plays away from getting this one on the road. We fought so hard. We were down 15 and then came back to take the lead. We played 35 minutes of great basketball against a top-20 team on the road which is a good sign of progress but we needed five more minutes to get this one. Tamia led us with seven assists and we had 18 total but the turnovers are really the big negative again. We really need to look at that going into the next one against pressure and in half court. Raegyn and Rylie both played well. Rae had 12 points and eight rebounds and Rylie gave us 20 points which we needed. She really kept us in the game in the second and third quarter. A lot of good things out of this one. We needed to make a few more 50-50 plays especially in crucial situations. This is a sign of progress and now we need to take that into account the must-win game against SMU at our place on Thursday." - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons return home this Thursday when they host SMU for the annual Play4Kay Pink Game at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ACC Network.
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