Georgia Tech and DePaul each will have a chance to earn its first power-conference win of the season on Friday night when the teams square off in the Emerald Coast Classic in Niceville, Fla.Georgia Tech (5-1) has benefited from a friendly beginning to its nonconference slate, with its lone loss being a 92-87 setback at rival Georgia on Nov. 14. The Yellow Jackets shot a season-high 54.1% in their most recent win, an 82-66 victory over West Georgia.”If we’re able to not turn the ball over, we could be really good,” said Georgia Tech head coach Damon Stoudamire, who also commended his team’s defense.”I’ve been fortunate to have been a part of really good defensive teams as a coach, but this defense that we have is really elite. If we stick with that, we’ll be a really good team. The problem is when you don’t take care of the ball, you put pressure on your defense to get a stop every play.”Friday will mark the Yellow Jackets’ first time leaving Georgia this season, giving Stoudamire a chance to use the tournament as a measuring stick.”I’m looking forward to going down there and playing DePaul,” Stoudamire said. “It will give us a good opportunity to see where we’re actually at right now.”