ATLANTA – James Banks III was the focus of the offense as the Georgia Tech men’s basketball team rolled to its most points in a regular-season league game in 14 years.
Yellow Jackets coach Josh Pastner wants Banks to show he can take on the big role again and again.
Banks scored 20 points as the Jackets continued their home domination of Wake Forest by beating the Demon Deacons 92-79 Saturday in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.
The Jackets (9-5) hadn’t scored as many points in an ACC regular-season game since beating Virginia 92-69 on Jan. 8, 2005.
Randolph Childress set career highs with 28 points and seven 3-pointers, on 10 attempts, to lead Wake Forest (7-6) in a meeting of programs picked to finish near the bottom of the league standings this season.