{"620931":{"#nid":"620931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Takes National Club Basketball Title","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA strong squad of Yellow Jacket women have brought home another national championship trophy to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach season, Georgia Tech women\u0026rsquo;s club basketball starts with a series of tournaments across the Southeast. If a team racks up enough victories, they will qualify for the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association\u0026rsquo;s (NIRSA) National Championships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech women swarmed the courts at two qualifying tournaments in Florida and Georgia, safely securing their spot in the 2019 NIRSA National Tournament. This year\u0026rsquo;s event was hosted by Wichita State University, pitting teams head-to-head in pool play before winners advance to a single-elimination bracket.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAfter blazing through their opening matchups over the University of Southern California and Gonzaga, the Jackets were a top-seeded team. They outplayed Connecticut and Wisconsin to reach the national championship game against UC-Davis.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThere, the Jackets found themselves behind for much of the game, trailing by 4 at the half, and 7 with 15 minutes left in the game. But they clawed back. A rebound and fast break tied the game with two minutes to go. Following a UC-Davis missed shot, Georgia Tech called a timeout with 30 seconds remaining.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe coach drew up a play for Georgia Tech graduate student Myra Lattimore to drive to the basket. She made the layup, drew a foul, and sank the free throw to put the Jackets up by 3 with just four seconds on the clock.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThat play would seal the national championship and the trophy for the Jackets.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSenior Kate Delaney was named the national tournament\u0026rsquo;s most valuable player.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe women\u0026rsquo;s club team is coached by Olivia Watkins, a 2013 Georgia Tech graduate and former player herself. Watkins is currently a director in Tech\u0026rsquo;s Office of Government and Community Relations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Yellow Jacket Women Go Undefeated at NIRSA National Championships"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA strong squad of Yellow Jacket women have brought home another national championship trophy to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A strong squad of Yellow Jacket women have brought home another national championship trophy to Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2019-04-25 22:28:10","changed_gmt":"2019-04-25 22:35:15","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"620933":{"id":"620933","type":"image","title":"Tech Wins Title","body":null,"created":"1556231543","gmt_created":"2019-04-25 22:32:23","changed":"1556231543","gmt_changed":"2019-04-25 22:32:23","alt":"NIRSA Women\u0027s Club National Championship Bracket ","file":{"fid":"236487","name":"IMG_1389.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1389.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1389.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":361631,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_1389.JPG?itok=Bh8w92PM"}},"620932":{"id":"620932","type":"image","title":"Tech Wins Title ","body":null,"created":"1556231363","gmt_created":"2019-04-25 22:29:23","changed":"1556231363","gmt_changed":"2019-04-25 22:29:23","alt":"Georgia Tech Women\u0027s Club Basketball ","file":{"fid":"236486","name":"GTWC.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GTWC.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GTWC.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":70470,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GTWC.jpg?itok=14MfdPur"}}},"media_ids":["620933","620932"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteven Norris\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Social Media\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nsnorris@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}