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ATLANTA -- For all the questions about his history at Georgia and his long record of success as a visiting coach at Georgia Tech, Mark Richt was only thinking about his ACC debut.Shaquille Quarterman and Joe Jackson each returned fumbles by Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas for touchdowns in a span of less than a minute in the second quarter and No. 14 Miami beat the Yellow Jackets 35-21 on Saturday.Richt improved to 14-0 against Georgia Tech in Atlanta, including an 8-0 record at Georgia and 5-0 as an assistant at Florida State. The win came in Richts 200th game as a coach -- and his first Atlantic Coast Conference game.It was victory No. 1 in league play, which is even more important, Richt said before his focus quickly shifted to next weeks state rivalry game against No. 12 Florida State.I can promise you before we land Ill be watching some Florida State tape, he said.Miami (4-0, 1-0 ACC) led 28-7 after the fumble returns of 17 yards by Quarterman and 18 yards by Jackson -- both freshmen.I was happy, Jackson said. It happened so fast. I picked it up and was like `Im going to score!Georgia Tech (3-2, 1-2) drew to 28-21 before Miamis Brad Kaaya answered with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Stacy Coley late in the third quarter.Georgia Techs offense bounced back with 361 yards after being shut down in last weeks 26-7 loss to No. 5 Clemson. Freshman Dedrick Mills had 99 yards rushing. He scored three touchdowns on runs of 7 and 1 yards and a 9-yard pass from Thomas.The Yellow Jackets couldnt overcome three turnovers by Thomas.We gifted them two scores in the second quarter, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said. It ended up being a big momentum changer and a big part of the game. ... We made way too many mistakes.Thomas said he was looking to pass before being hit from behind by Trent Harris, forcing the fumble recovered by Quarterman. He said he wanted to pitch to Clinton Lynch two plays later but said he wasnt looking, so I pulled it in. ... I was going down at the same time and the ball came out.It was the first time a Georgia Tech opponent returned two fumbles for touchdowns.A fourth-down pass by Thomas was intercepted by linebacker Michael Pinckney with about two minutes remaining.They didnt do nothing to stop us, Thomas said. We stopped ourselves the whole game.THE TAKEAWAYMiami: The Hurricanes proved they are a contender in the ACCs Coastal Division. Miami also showed its big-play defense, which began the day ranked first in the nation in scoring defense, sacks and tackles for loss, is ready for conference action.Georgia Tech: Back-to-back home losses to Clemson and Miami have shown the Yellow Jackets are a notch below the ACCs Top 25 competition. The two lost turnovers in a span of three plays were especially distressing as Thomas, a senior, is expected to provide stable leadership with his pitches, runs and passes while directing the option offense.POLL IMPLICATIONSMiami needed a strong showing against its first Power 5 opponent to add validity to its undefeated record and Top 25 ranking . Miami could make another move up in the poll before next weeks home game against Florida State.MIAMIS NUMBERSMiami had no turnovers. 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But Emery did not face even a disciplinary hearing with NHL senior vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan because rules 46.WASHINGTON -- Despite all the turnovers, fouls and general frustration Monday night, Bradley Beal never lost his rhythm.Beal made a career-high seven 3-pointers and finished with 31 points, and the Washington Wizards recovered after giving up a late lead and beat the Sacramento Kings 101-95 in overtime.John Wall added 19 points and 11 assists, shaking off a career-high 11 turnovers to score six points in overtime. Beal had the other three on his last 3-pointer of the nightJohn did a great job of finding me (throughout the game), said Beal, who took a career-high 13 shots from beyond the arc. Im just shooting with confidence and knocking them down.Washington had a season-high 24 giveaways, but held the Kings to three points in overtime after seeing an eight-point lead evaporate over the final 5:12 of regulation.The Wizards won their third out of four despite allowing 36 points and a season-high 20 rebounds to Sacramentos DeMarcus Cousins.They also survived committing 15 fouls before halftime, including technicals given to Wall, Marcin Gortat and coach Scott Brooks.It was probably like eight, 10 minutes straight where it was just fouls, fouls, fouls or turnovers, Wall said. Its hard to get in a rhythm but we did a great job of trying to find Brad.Rudy Gay added 18 points, including a 3-pointer in overtime for the Kings, who were looking for their first back-to-back game sweep of the season. Cousins missed all three of his field goal attempts and a pair of free throws in the extra period.Im sick about that, Cousins said. I feel like I just choked the overtime.Cousins had scored 10 points in the Kings 12-4 run to close regulation, his last on a tough runner over Gortat to tie it at 92 with 10.1 seconds left.Wall missed a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer, buut hit a runner early in overtime to give Washington the lead.dddddddddddd Beals seventh and final 3, off Markieff Morris kickout with 1:57 left in overtime made it 97-92 before Wall hit four free throws to seal the win.Were doing a better job of making strides, Beal said. We have mishaps here and there. Youre going to have them in a game. But I think we do a better job of really retaliating and getting a stop when we need to and scoring when we need to.TIP-INSKings: Coach David Joerger started the same lineup for a second straight, ending a stretch four games with at least one change. ... Sacramento fell to 1-4 in the second game of a back-to-back set.Wizards: After making his season debut Saturday following preseason surgery on his left knee, C Ian Mahinmi missed Monday with a sore right knee, coach Scott Brooks said. ... Washington had nine of its turnovers in the second quarter.TECHNICALLY SPEAKINGWalls first-quarter technical was his fourth of the season, moving him within one of Cousins, who entered Monday tied for the league lead. Gortats came midway through the second and Brooks got his just before halftime.TOUGH BASKETSCousins 36 points put him within two of his season high. But he shot just 16 of 34 from the floor, and 1 of 6 from beyond the arc. The Kings were 3 of 21 as a team from 3-point range.DOUBLE TROUBLEKelly Oubres 10 rebounds off the bench for Washington was a career high, which combined 10 points amounted to his first ever double-double.UP NEXTKings: At Philadelphia on Wednesday night in the third game of a six-game road trip.Wizards: Begin a three-game road swing at Oklahoma City on Wednesday night. ' ' '