LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA -- Charles Mitchell had 15 points and 12 rebounds as Georgia Tech beat Rider 61-54 Friday night in a consolation round game at the Orlando Classic.<br />
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Demarco Cox and Marcus Georges-Hunt scored 10 points apiece for Georgia Tech (4-1).<br />
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Matt Lopez tied his career-high with 13 points for Rider (2-4).<br />
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Georgia Tech used an 11-0 run early in the second half to take a 41-32 lead. Quinton Stephens hit a long-range jumper and Mitchell had two baskets during the surge. Rider got within 47-46 with 7 minutes remaining on layups by Zedric Sadler and Teddy Okereafor.<br />
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Mitchell scored the next five points, including a 3-point play, to make it 52-46 with 5 1/2 minutes remaining.<br />
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Lopez's base-line shot cut the Rider deficit to 56-52 with 2 minutes to go.<br />
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Lopez had nine first-half points to help Rider tie Georgia Tech 30-30 at the half. After Lopez made it 30-28 with 23 seconds left, Cox got Georgia Tech even on an in-close basket in the final seconds of the half.<br />
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Rider trailed by as many as eight during the opening 20 minutes.<br />
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Okereafor scored seven points, while fellow guard Jimmie Taylor had five. The pair entered averaging a combined 20 points.<br />
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Taylor (1 for 12, three points) and Okereafor (1 for 11, four points) were a combined 2 for 23 from floor and had seven points in Thursday's 77-45 loss to No. 20 Michigan State.<br />
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TIP-INS<br />
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Rider: This was just the third meeting between the teams, with Rider winning the previous two games in the 1930-31 and 1933-34 seasons. ... Lopez set a career-high with 14 points in Thursday's game.<br />
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Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets were beaten in Thursday's first round 72-70 by Marquette. ... Georgia Tech is 4-1 for the third straight year. ... Georgia Tech led at halftime in each of its four previous games this season.<br />
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UP NEXT<br />
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Rider: Meets Santa Clara in the seventh-place game Sunday.<br />
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Georgia Tech: Plays Rhode Island in Sunday's fifth-place game.
