Georgia Tech faces North Carolina, looks to stop road skid

Published Dec. 9, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-3) at North Carolina Tar Heels (5-4, 0-1 ACC)

Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Saturday, 3:15 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Georgia Tech will aim to end its three-game road losing streak when the Yellow Jackets play North Carolina.

The Tar Heels are 4-0 in home games. North Carolina is fourth in the ACC in rebounding averaging 35.3 rebounds. Armando Bacot paces the Tar Heels with 11.1 boards.

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The Yellow Jackets are 1-1 in road games. Georgia Tech is 2-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Caleb Love is shooting 26.2% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Tar Heels, while averaging 19 points. RJ Davis is shooting 40.3% and averaging 15.4 points for North Carolina.

Miles Kelly is shooting 42.7% and averaging 13.4 points for the Yellow Jackets. Dabbo Coleman is averaging 10.3 points for Georgia Tech.

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

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