No. 21 Georgia Tech 61, Maryland 60

No. 21 Georgia Tech 61, Maryland 60

Published Feb. 5, 2010 7:11 p.m. ET

Alex Montgomery scored 20 points, including two free throws with 7 seconds left, and No. 21 Georgia Tech beat Maryland 61-60 on Friday after blowing a 17-point lead.

Brigitte Ardossi had 15 points and five steals for the Yellow Jackets (19-5, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). Georgia Tech led 48-31 with 15:27 left before Maryland rallied.

The Terrapins (16-7, 3-5) took their only lead at 55-54 on a 3-pointer by Kim Rodgers with 4:50 to go. A jumper by Montgomery made it 57-55, but Lynetta Kizer tied it by making two foul shots with 31 seconds remaining.

After Montgomery's foul shots made it 61-59, Maryland's Anjale Barrett was fouled with 1 second left. She made the first but missed the second.

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Barrett led Maryland with 14 points.

Georgia Tech scored the game's first six points and held first-half leads of 13-2 and 23-7.

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