Georgia Tech Women's Basketball: Yellow Jackets Announce Signing of Déborah Mukeba

“We are thrilled to welcome Déborah Mukeba to Georgia Tech,” Blair said. “Deborah comes from a basketball family and brings some much needed size to our front line. We value players that can create advantages and she will do that for us in the paint. She has a soft touch around the rim and I love her physicality. Her competitive spirit fits in perfectly with our program.”

A native of Fleurus, Belgium, Mukeba played one semester at Boston College before suffering a season-ending injury. She took the floor in three games as an Eagle, averaging 11.3 minutes per game.

Mukeba brings extensive international playing experience to The Flats, having been a member of the U16, U17 and U18 Belgium National Teams. At the U18 European Championships, Mukeba averaged 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 points and 1.1 assists, highlighted by a 19-rebound performance against the Czech Republic. Overseas, Mukeba played for the Cep Fleurus Club from 2012-18 and the Spirou Club from 2019-21, averaging 10.0 rebounds, 8.0 points and 2.0 blocks with her club teams.

Mukeba joins a 2025-26 Georgia Tech roster that features 10 newcomers and three returners under first year head coach Karen Blair. Amongst Tech’s roster are five international student-athletes – returners Inés Noguero (Gijón, Spain) and Ariadna Termis (Zaragoza, Spain) and newcomers Jada Crawshaw (Darwin, Australia), Leyre Urdiain (Zaragoza, Spain) and Mukeba.

Georgia Tech women’s basketball will travel to Texas A&M on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the 2025 edition of the ACC/SEC Women’s Basketball Challenge, the respective conferences and ESPN announced on Thursday. The 2025 ACC/SEC Challenge will take place Dec. 3-4.

All 16 games of the Challenge will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks. Game times and specific network designations will be announced at a later date.

Georgia Tech and Texas A&M will meet for just the second time in program history in December. The opponents’ first and only meeting dates back to Dec. 20, 2019 in the Coqui Classic in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Texas A&M, a top-15 ranked program in the matchup, took the decision, 60-48.

This will be the third year of the ACC/SEC Challenge as the conferences began the series in 2023-24. Georgia Tech carries a 1-1 record in the Challenge, picking up its first win last season in McCamish Pavilion with a 78-75 victory over Mississippi State. The Yellow Jackets dropped the opening Challenge game against Florida two seasons ago.

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