Four days after a humbling home defeat, Georgia Tech narrowly averted another.

Down 11 points to North Carolina A&T midway through the second half, Georgia Tech rallied to defeat the Aggies 78-71 Sunday afternoon at McCamish Pavilion.

Tech turned to guard Trae Golden, who scored 11 of his game-high 20 points in the final 12:14 and provided defense and passing to help the Jackets scramble their way out of what would have been a most discouraging result in coach Brian Gregory’s third season.

Golden said the team didn’t fear losing. “I knew that we had enough time to come back, but the thought was we have to pick it up, we have to get stop,” he said.

Tech, which lost 82-72 to Dayton on Wednesday, improved to 3-1.