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ATLANTA -- Josh Okogie hasnt needed much time to show coach Josh Pastner that he can score from anywhere on the floor.I feel like if Im able to keep playing hard, Ill be able to keep producing for my team, Okogie said. Coach expressed that to me as well. He said that Ive got to get offensive rebounds and putbacks.Okogie set a Georgia Tech freshman scoring record with 38 points, Ben Lammers added 19 points and 12 rebounds and the Yellow Jackets beat Tulane 82-68 on Saturday night.Quinton Stephens had 14 points and 12 rebounds as the Jackets (4-1) finished a five-game home stand to begin its first season under Pastner.Cameron Reynolds finished with 20 points to lead Tulane (1-5), which is in its first season under former NBA coach Mike Dunleavy.Okogie, who starred at nearby Shiloh High School, surpassed the previous freshman record of 33 points by Mark Price against Virginia in the 1983 ACC tournament and Dion Glover against Seton Hall in the 1998 NIT.Okogie hit 10 of his first 16 shots from the field and had 23 points when his layup pushed the Jackets to a 58-49 lead with 9:35 remaining. Okogies total was the most by a Tech player since Kenny Anderson scored 42 points against Howard in 1991.Beforehand, he had a tendency to take plays off, Pastner said. Now I say that and you look at his numbers as a freshman. Pretty darned good, but he just continues to get better. The reason he scored offensively was that he was at his best defensively.Lammers added four blocks to push his season total to 28 blocks, most in the nation.Georgia Tech led 37-32 at halftime as Stephens combined with Okogie for 21 points and with Lammers for 15 rebounds.Tulane, playing its first road game, missed its first six shots of the second half and trailed 48-32 on Lammers 3-point play.The Green Wave cut the lead to five three times, but Lammers answered with a dunk and a 12-foot turnaround jumper from the baseline that made it 65-58 with 6:13 remaining.I thought we played our worst game of the year, Dunleavey said. We showed no toughness out there. We came out in the second half and we didnt play that great. We had it to a five-point game, and we broke down on a couple of our different basic principles.Okogie followed with a pair of free throws, a dunk on a bounce pass from Lammers and he added a 3-point play for a 16-point lead at the 2:03 mark.Malik Morgan scored 13 points and Kain Harris added 11 for the Green Wave.BIG PICTURETulane: Reynolds began the game leading the Green Wave with a 17.6 scoring average, but he picked up two early fouls and had just two points in 10 minutes of the first half. He missed six of his first eight shots before getting hot in the games closing minutes.Georgia Tech: The 6-foot-10, 227-pound Lammers, a junior, is becoming an inside force under Pastner, crashing the boards multiple times and pulling down five offensive rebounds. Hes bulked up physically and playing more aggressively to become a top shot-blocker.HEATHS SEASON DEBUTThe Jackets had Josh Heath, suspended the first four games for violating team rules, back on the floor. Heath was projected to start at point guard. He played 23 minutes in a backup role to Justin Moore, who had 29. They each dished out five assists.UP NEXTTulane: Visits University of New Orleans on Tuesday.Georgia Tech: Visits Penn State on Tuesday.Adidas NMD CS2 Baratas . While hell be dialed in to that tournament on a course he loves, you can forgive him if his eyes glance down the calendar just a bit, towards April. Adidas Prophere España . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. http://www.baratasnmd.com/adidas-deerupt-baratas.html . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. Adidas Ozweego Baratas . During the athletes parade, the 23-strong Ukrainian team was represented by a lone flagbearer in an apparent protest at the presence of Russian troops in Ukraines Crimean peninsula. Adidas Gazelle Hombre Baratas . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play.NEW YORK -- The task was an utter and complete transformation.The issue was that the Maryland Terrapins did not have time for a trial run.Luckily for them, they had Melo Trimble.Im a confident player, Trimble said, after he scored a game high 31 points to lead Maryland to an 88-82 win over Richmond in overtime of the second game of the Barclays Center Classic Friday in New York.Anthony Cowan added 18 for Maryland (6-0), Justin Jackson chipped in 16 points and seven rebounds and Kevin Huerter had 12 points and 10 rebounds.Obviously that was a great win, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said. Just a really, really great win for this young team.ShawnDre Jones had 23 points and T.J. Cline scored 18 for the Spiders (3-2) while grabbing nine rebounds and handing out nine assists. Marshall Wood added 15 points and Khwan Fore 13.I thought it was a great -- really great -- game, Richmond coach Chris Mooney said. We really gave ourselves a chance to win the game.Maryland scored eight of the first nine points of the extra period -- Cowan made two free throws, Jackson drilled a 3 from in front of the Terrapins bench and Trimbles 3-point play made it 78-71.Coach Turgeon said, `If youre going to shoot it, shoot it, Trimble said. That was the mentality I had.Cline had a pair of free throws that cut the deficit to 81-77, but that was as close as the Spiders would come.Jackson hit a layup to give the Terrapins a 69-67 lead with 43 seconds left in regulation, but Cline drilled a straightaway 3-pointer 13 seconds later to put the Spiders ahead by one.Jackson made one of two free throws to tie thee game at 70.dddddddddddd. He made the first and missed the second. After the second, Cline and Ivan Bender battled for a loose ball that ended up out of bounds. A replay showed Cline had last touched the ball so Maryland retained possession.Fore stole the inbounds, but Jones missed 3 sent the game to overtime.Im very proud of my team, Mooney said.BIG PICTURE:Maryland: There is a lot to like for the Terrapins. Facing a quality opponent, Maryland authored a second half comeback before winning a taut game in overtime. This is the kind of performance that could bode well when the NCAA Tournament committee reviews at-large bids.Richmond: The Spiders may lament allowing a win to slip from their grasp, but the perennial mid-major power played well for long stretches against a Big 10 program.POLL IMPLICATIONS:Maryland: The Terrapins entered the game on the outside of the Top 25. Winning the early season tournament could propel Maryland into the national rankings.Richmond: Was not in the Top 25 prior to this weekend and wont break in with the loss.NOTABLE:Maryland: In the previous two early season tournament games in his career, Junior guard Melo Trimble made 24 of 37 shots from the field for a 14.3 points-per-game average.Richmond: Prior to Friday night, the Spiders won 12 of 18 neutral site games in the Chris Mooney Era.UP NEXTMaryland: Will meet Kansas State in the championship game Saturday.Richmond: Will meet Boston College in the consolation game. ' ' '