Isom and Stokes were next in the contest as each finished with 17 points, with Isom tying a career best with four three pointers to go along with her career-high scoring night. Mallory led all scorers in the game with 20 points, as she also grabbed seven rebounds. The Jackets also were dominant in the paint, outscoring the Blackbirds 48-10 down low. In the game, the Yellow Jackets scored nearly half of their points off of Long Island turnovers, as Tech converted 29 turnovers into 27 points. Junior forward Fallon Stokes also found her rhythm in the second stanza, scoring 12 of her 17 points in the contest after the intermission. One of those rookies, forward Kasha Terry had a break-out second half with 10 points and four rebounds, with all of the points coming in the final 2:33. The Jackets went deep into their bench in the contest playing ten players in the contest, including five freshmen.
The second half brought much of the same, as Tech forced four Long Island turnovers in the first 2:04 of the half and converted those into eight quick points to take a 45-22 advantage 17:43 to play. Tonight she knocked down her shots and that’s what we’ve been looking for her to do.” “She has been shooting the ball well in practice and just hadn’t been able to do it in a game. “We needed Megan Isom to break out for us and she did that tonight,” said Berenato. The Jackets also capitalized on 15 LIU turnovers, scoring 18 points off of those miscues. In the period, Isom and Mallory each netted 12 points, with Isom hitting on three of four attempts from behind the three-point arc. Tech finished the half on a 20-9 run to take a 37-19 lead into the intermission. The Blackbirds (0-2) cut the margin to 17-10 two minutes later on a pair of three-pointers from freshman guard Amber Wirth.
Isom and senior center Sonja Mallory keyed the run, both netting six points in the span. The Yellow Jackets (2-1) took early control in the game, sprinting to a 17-4 lead just over six minutes into the contest. Obviously the win is good for us, but now we need to start thinking about this weekend.” “The Kansas State game was a tough loss, but I really thought we were able to build on some of the things that we did there and we worked harder after that loss during the past week. “We’re obviously happy with the win, we did some good things tonight,” said Tech head coach Agnus Berenato. ATLANTA – Behind a career-high 17 points from junior guard Megan Isom and three other players in double-figure scoring, the Georgia Tech women’s basketball team recorded an 82-47 victory over Long Island on Tuesday night at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
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