Virginia Tech will look to win its tenth game in eleven tries Tuesday night as the Hokies travel to Atlanta to face Georgia Tech. Iman Shumpert has been a standout player for the Yellow Jackets during his three seasons, but this year he has taken his game to another level.
The Junior does it all for Georgia Tech. He leads the team in scoring, rebounds, steals, and assists. One guy doing that much is almost unheard of. But Shumpert is a strange case overall. Afterall, he was recruited his senior year as a 6'0 point guard. To his head coach's surprise, he has blossomed into a 6'5, do it all, player that can rotate to four different positions.
Tech's own, do it all leading scorer, Malcolm Delaney, says he and Shumpert are friends. That friendship will be put on hold Tuesday night though, as the Hokies try to slow Shumpert down.
"We have to stick with our principles. He is a really good player, one of my closest friends in the ACC. We just have to play good team defense, try to make sure we help whoever is playing him the whole game and try to limit that," said Delaney.
