One name was noticeably absent from Georgia Tech and Wake Forest’s previous matchup this season, and that was Wake’s leading scorer, Jewel Spear. Coming into February 16, she averaged 16.0 points per game, sixth in the ACC. Wake also came in boasting the second best scoring defense in the ACC at 58.44 points per game, 50th nationally.
With that and two consecutive backsliding games, Tech in their 2023 Celebrating Black Excellence jerseys against Wake had only three games to use to find some footing before ACC Championship play.
Similarly to their first matchup, the game stayed close, but Tech managed to pull ahead let in the third quarter and kept the lead growing to a 56-44 lead.