Georgia Southern takes on Florida Atlantic

Published Dec. 18, 2024 3:42 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Florida Atlantic Owls (6-4) vs. Georgia Southern Eagles (6-3)

Phoenix; Wednesday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern square off in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Eagles are 6-3 in non-conference play. Georgia Southern is third in the Sun Belt at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 59.0 points while holding opponents to 38.7% shooting.

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The Owls have a 6-4 record against non-conference oppponents. Florida Atlantic has a 0-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Georgia Southern makes 39.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than Florida Atlantic has allowed to its opponents (36.2%). Florida Atlantic averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than Georgia Southern allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nakiyah Mays-Prince is shooting 48.1% from beyond the arc with 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging 10 points and 2.1 steals.

Mya Perry is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Owls.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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