ATLANTA, Georgia -- Georgia Tech closes out its pre-conference schedule this week by facing Coppin State for the first time ever at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night at McCamish Pavilion.
The Yellow Jackets (5-6) comes out of the holiday break having lost five of its last six games, including an 85-81 home loss to Wright State most recently last Friday night. Tech is in its second season under head coach Josh Pastner, the 2017 ACC Coach of the Year, after going 21-16 overall, finishing 8-10 (11th) in the ACC and reaching the championship game of the NIT last season.
Coppin State (0-13), in its first season under former Maryland star Juan Dixon, has played 11 of its games on the road from coast-to-coast, having traveled Oregon to open the season and also visiting Cincinnati, Rutgers, Georgetown, Connecticut and West Virginia along the way. The Eagles pay a visit to Penn State Saturday before opening Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference play Jan. 3 at Norfolk State.
Wednesday’s game will be not be televised, but will be streamed live on the ACC Network Extra, available through the ESPN app. Radio coverage is provided by the Georgia Tech IMG Sports Network and can be heard in Atlanta on flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). Tech’s broadcast can also be heard nationally on SiriusXM satellite radio (Sirius ch. 108, XM ch. 193).
SERIES VS. COPPIN STATE
• Georgia Tech and Coppin State are meeting for the first time on the basketball court.
• Georgia Tech and Coppin State are meeting for the first time on the basketball court.
• This is the Yellow Jackets’ third game against a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference this season, having defeated Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 19 and Florida A&M on Dec. 17. Tech is 32-0 all-time against the MEAC.
• Tech coach Josh Pastner has never faced Coppin State as a head coach, but is 4-0 against MEAC teams.
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