Georgia Tech hosts UMBC following Valentine's 23-point performance

Published Dec. 18, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET

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UMBC Retrievers (7-5) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-6, 0-1 ACC)

Atlanta; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yellow Jackets -14; over/under is 159.5

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC visits Georgia Tech after Anthony Valentine scored 23 points in UMBC's 103-57 win against the Cairn University Highlanders.

The Yellow Jackets are 4-3 on their home court. Georgia Tech averages 10.7 turnovers per game and is 2-2 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.

The Retrievers have gone 1-2 away from home. UMBC ranks third in the America East with 33.3 rebounds per game led by Josh Odunowo averaging 5.3.

Georgia Tech is shooting 42.2% from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points lower than the 42.7% UMBC allows to opponents. UMBC averages 9.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.5 more made shots on average than the 7.9 per game Georgia Tech gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lance Terry averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Yellow Jackets, scoring 15.6 points while shooting 38.1% from beyond the arc.

Bryce Johnson is shooting 48.0% and averaging 14.4 points for the Retrievers.

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

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