ATLANTA – After leading Georgia Tech for the majority of the first half, the Wofford men's basketball team struggled to find its shot in the second half and fell, 77-61, Tuesday night at McCamish Pavilion.
 
A two-point game at halftime swung completely in favor of Georgia Tech in the second half. The Jackets outscored Wofford 23-4 over a seven-minute stretch to take a 63-41 lead, holding the Terriers without a field goal for the better half of eight minutes.
 
Georgia Tech (5-2) grew the lead to as many as 25 with just over five minutes remaining.
 
"You can't miss as many open looks as we did and expect to win at this level," said head coach Mike Young. "I've got as good of a shooting team as I've had and thought we got some pretty good looks. We just need to knock them down."
 
Wofford (2-4) had a chance to build a healthy lead in the first half. The Yellow Jackets opened the game 1-for-13 and scored just three points in the opening eight minutes. Wofford hit 3-of-6 to start, but missed its next eight attempts, including some open looks that could have padded the lead. Instead, when Gordon ended the drought, Wofford's lead was only four, 9-5, with nearly 10 minutes gone by.
 
The Terriers turned it up the rest of the half and were shooting 50 percent at the break, but Georgia Tech hit nine of its final 16 shots to hold a 32-30 lead.
 
"I thought that was the best half we have played this season," said Young. "Going in down two was disappointing. I thought we had done enough and deserved better."
 
It got away in the second half. Georgia Tech outshot Wofford 58 percent to 33 percent and out-rebounded the Terriers 23-5 over the final 20 minutes.
 
Justin Gordon led the Terriers with 14 points and five rebounds, tallying his sixth straight double-figure scoring game to begin his senior season. Junior point guard Eric Garcia chipped in nine points and notched four assists while going 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
 
For Georgia Tech, Adam Smith scored a game-high 16 points. Smith, a graduate student, did most of his work from behind the arc, where he finished the night 4 for 5. Junior Quinton Stephen netted a dozen and senior Charles Mitchell scored 10. Mitchell, who averaged an ACC-best 12.5 rebounds entering the night, smothered the glass for 15.
 
Wofford returns home to play Kentucky Christian on Thursday at 7 p.m.
 
Terrier Notes:
- Senior Spencer Collins moved into the top 20 on Wofford's all-time scoring list, passing Bill Barbee (1956-60). Collins now as 1,304 career points.
- Gordon scored in double figures for the sixth straight game to begin the season.
- Wofford hit all 12 of its free throw attempts, ending the game at a perfect 100 percent for the first time since November 9, 2012 at Colorado.
- Senior C.J. Neumann scored a season-high eight points on 4-of-5 shooting.
- Freshman Trevor Stumpe scored the first points of his career, finishing the game with five.