Georgia Tech beats Notre Dame at buzzer

ATLANTA — Freshman Josh Okogie, who had missed two free throws with less than a minute to play, atoned for the mistake by driving for the winning basket as time expired to give Georgia Tech a 62-60 upset win over No. 14 Notre Dame on Saturday at McCamish Pavilion.

Okogie, a 77 percent free-throw shooter, had a chance to break a 60-60 tie with 35.8 seconds left, but missed both and gave Notre Dame a chance to win.

Fighting Irish guard Matt Farrell dribbled out most of the time on the clock before driving to the basket and missing a short jumper. The rebound was grabbed by Tadric Jackson, who took a couple of dribbles before firing a bullet pass across the court to Okogie, who streaked to the basket, laid it up and watched it drop through as the horn sounded.

It was the second straight win over a ranked team for Georgia Tech (13-8, 5-4 ACC). Notre Dame (17-5, 6-3) lost its second straight and has dropped three of its last four. The Yellow Jackets have beaten four Top 25 teams this season.

Okogie, who scored 35 in the upset over Florida State, finished with only eight points.

Georgia Tech was led by Jackson, who was 11-for-19 from the field, three of them on 3-pointers, and scored 21 points. Center Ben Lammers had 15 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks in earning his 11th double-double.

Notre Dame was led by V.J. Beachem, who made 10 of 16 from the floor and scored 23 points. Farrell scored 15 points and Bonzie Colson had 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The Fighting Irish got off to a fast start and used a 10-0 run to take a 19-10 lead with 11:47 left in the first half.

Georgia Tech got back in the game when Jackson got hot and scored nine points of his 14 first-half points in a 13-4 run that closed the gap to 23-22 at 6:27.

The Yellow Jackets took the lead minutes later thanks to an 11-0 spurt that put them ahead 33-25 at 2:24. Georgia Tech led 35-31 at halftime.

Notre Dame quickly erased the deficit in the opening minutes of the second half and took a 40-38 lead on a three-point play by Colson.

Georgia Tech scored six straight to take a 48-42 lead on a Lammers jumper with 11:53 and Notre Dame didn’t pull even again until Beachem’s field goal tied the score at 60-60 with 2:38 remaining.