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Mountaineers Can't Overcome Hot Shooting by GT

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ATLANTA - Appalachian State University (4-5) women's basketball couldn't overcome a 3-point barrage by Georgia Tech in an 81-52 defeat on Sunday evening in McCamish Pavilion.

The Yellow Jackets (9-1) shot 51.9 percent from the beyond the arc after failing to shoot above 40 percent in any game this season.

GT hit seven of its eight first half 3-pointers and 14 overall in the first quarter to run out to a 21-8 lead and never looked back.

Appalachian did cut the lead to 14 (31-17) in the second quarter after falling down by 21 thanks to a 9-2 run engineered by Jones and Story.