Lawal’s 29 points lead No. 22 Georgia Tech over Chattanooga, 95-64

No. 22 Georgia Tech beats Chattanooga 95-64

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Gani Lawal scored 29 points to lead No. 22 Georgia Tech to a 95-64 victory over Chattanooga on Monday night.

Derrick Favors had 14 points, Glen Rice added 11 and Mfon Udofia and Maurice Miller had 10 each for the Yellow Jackets (7-1) in their first true road game of the season, about 2 hours from campus.

Ty Patterson scored 22 points, one off his career high, on 8-of-14 shooting for the Mocs (5-5), while Vanderbilt transfer Keegan Bell added 13 on 5-of-17 shooting.

The Mocs were hosting a ranked team for just the second time in 15 years. No. 10 Tennessee came into McKenzie Arena two seasons ago and escaped with a 76-70 win.

Chattanooga trimmed a 16-point deficit to six before the Yellow Jackets closed the first half on a 13-0 run to take a 52-33 lead. They expanded the lead to 23 points by holding the Mocs scoreless for the first 3 minutes of the second half.

Georgia Tech controlled the second half, never leading by less than 15 points and the largest lead was 32 points with 3:54 to go.

The Yellow Jackets shot 60.8 percent from the field, including 43.8 percent from 3-point range, and finished with a 35-29 rebound advantage.

Georgia Tech scored 30 points in the paint and had 37 points off turnovers while the Mocs had a total of 30 points combined from both categories.