Georgia Tech (12-17, 7-10 ACC) vs. Miami (16-12, 8-9 ACC)<\/p>\n
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THE FLATS \u2013 Georgia Tech women\u2019s basketball wraps up the 2025-26 regular season Sunday inside the friendly confines of McCamish Pavilion against the Miami Hurricanes on Senior Day.<\/p>\n
The Yellow Jackets look to close out the slate with a 10th win on home court, where the team averages the best home three-point defense in the ACC (25.1%) and second-best field goal defense (34.9%). Tech is coming off a tough loss to No. 10\/11 Louisville Thursday night where\u00a0Talayah Walker tallied her 10th-straight game scoring in double figures (20) while\u00a0Brianna Turnage posted her 10th-straight game of 10+ rebounds (10).<\/p>\n
Walker leads the team in points per game (16.5) while Turnage has a team-best 10.9 rebounds per game that is 11th in the country. The Jackets are looking to avoid their first home-court losing streak of the season.<\/p>\n
Tech will honor the 2026 Senior Class pregame including\u00a0Catherine Alben, In\u00e9s Noguero, Savannah Samuel,\u00a0Turnage and graduating student managers.<\/p>\n
Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. on the ACC Network Extra.<\/p>\n
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SERIES HISTORY<\/p>\n
Sunday is the 42nd meeting between Tech and the Hurricanes. Miami holds a slim 22-19 lead in the series but the Jackets have won each of the last two.<\/p>\n
Georgia Tech is 8-7 against Miami at home and is looking for its first win against Miami in McCamish since Feb. 2021.<\/p>\n
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NUMBERS TO KNOW<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 Turnage became the first player in program history to record back-to-back 20-rebound games on Feb. 19 at Pitt.<\/p>\n
9 \u2013 Georgia Tech is tied for the second-most players in the country averaging 5.0 points per game or more with nine.<\/p>\n
14 \u2013 Turnage leads the ACC with 14 games of double-digit rebounds in conference action this season.<\/p>\n
18.5 \u2013 Talayah Walker is averaging 18.5 points per game in ACC action this season, the third-best mark in the conference..<\/p>\n
30.1 \u2013 Tech averages 30.1 defensive rebounds per game, the second-most in the ACC this season and eighth in the country.<\/p>\n
64.8 \u2013 The Yellow Jackets\u2019 assist percentage this season ranks 29th nationally and is third-best in the ACC.<\/p>\n
2026 Senior Class Catherine Alben, Ines Noguero, Savannah Samuel and Brianna Turnage <\/p>\n
SEASON STORYLINES<\/p>\n
Georgia Tech has clinched its spot in the 2026 Ally ACC Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Ga. Set in the Jackets\u2019 backyard, the site is only 30 minutes from campus and in the same county as\u00a0Catherine Alben\u2019s\u00a0high school (Grayson)Talayah Walker leads the Yellow Jackets in points per game (16.5) and has had 10 20-point games this season. She was named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 5Alben was named to the Cayman Islands All-Tournament Team following Tech\u2019s games versus St. John\u2019s (Nov. 28) and Florida (Nov. 29) in the Caribbean.Georgia Tech is 9-6 inside the friendly confines of McCamish Pavilion this season. Tech is 23-10 in its last 33 games at home and has won 14 of its last 16 there against non-conference opponents.Georgia Tech did not shy away from challenges in the non-conference slate. On top of three SEC opponents and a nationally-ranked West Virginia squad, Georgia Tech has faced the 2025-26 Ivy League preseason favorite Princeton and 2025 MEAC Champion Norfolk State in the non-conference schedule.<\/p>\n
2025-26 TEAM GUIDE<\/p>\n
The Yellow Jackets are led by first-year head coach Karen Blair, who arrived on The Flats after 26 season as an assistant coach including spending the last seven seasons at Maryland, helping the Terps to three Big Ten titles and a trip to the NCAA Tournament every year the event was held.Georgia Tech is coming off a 2024-25 season that featured a 22-11 record (9-9 ACC) that included a 14-4 record inside McCamish Pavilion and a trip to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.Georgia Tech returns three from the 2024-25 NCAA Tournament campaign, including In\u00e9s Noguero, D\u2019Asia Thomas-Harris and Ariadna Termis.10 newcomers make up the Jackets\u2019 squad this season, including\u00a0Savannah Samuel, Talayah Walker, Brianna Turnage, Catherine Alben, Erica Moon, La\u2019Nya Foster, Jada Crawshaw, Deborah Mukeba and freshmen Leyre Urdiain and McKayla Taylor.<\/p>\n
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ALLY ACC WOMEN\u2019S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n Tickets are now available for the 2026 Ally ACC Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament beginning Wednesday, March 4. Catch the Yellow Jackets in action and purchase your tickets here.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Full Steam Ahead\u00a0<\/p>\n Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics\u2019 goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the\u00a0Zelnak\u00a0Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O\u2019Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit\u202fatfund.org\/FullSteamAhead<\/a>\u202ffor full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.\u00a0<\/p>\n For the latest information on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, follow us on X (@GTWBB<\/a>), Instagram (GTWBB<\/a>), Facebook (Georgia Tech Women\u2019s Basketball<\/a>) or visit us at\u202fwww.ramblinwreck.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n