Tale of The Tape: Ball State Cardinals

Ball State Cardinals (5-4, 0-0 MAC) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-4, 1-1 ACC)

- Tipoff: Wednesday, December 18th at 7:00pm EST

- Location: McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, GA

- How To Watch: ACC Network Extra (link here)

- How To Listen: 680 AM / 93.7 FM

- Betting Favorite: Georgia Tech -6.0 (BetOnline.ag)

- KenPom Prediction: Georgia Tech 68, Ball State 62 (70% chance to win)

- All-Time Series: First Meeting

- Last Meeting: N/A

- Preview & Related Links:

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Rankings:

Georgia Tech	Ball State
Associated Press	NR	NR
USA Today Coaches Poll	NR	NR
RPI	131st	293rd
SOS	85th	315th
KenPom	93rd	117th
Sagarin	118th	161st

Team Leaders:

Georgia Tech	Ball State
Points	Michael Devoe (19.4)	Ishmael El-Amin (15.4)
Rebounds	Moses Wright (8.5)	Tahjai Teague (8.6)
Assists	Michael Devoe (3.6)	Josh Thompson (3.4)
Steals	Khalid Moore (1.6)	Tahjai Teague (1.7)
Blocks	James Banks III (3.9)	Tahjai Teague (1.4)

Scoring:

Georgia Tech	Ball State
Points Per Game	67.8	75.2
Field Goal %	44.0%	45.2%
FGM/FGA Per Game	25.8/58.5	26.9/59.4
Three Point %	28.9%	36.5%
3PTA/3PTM Per Game	5.4/18.6	10.3/28.3
Free Throw %	57.6%	60.6%

Rebounding:

Georgia Tech	Ball State
Rebounds Per Game	38.8	39.1
Off. Reb. Per Game	9.4	10.7
Def. Reb. Per Game	29.4	28.4
Rebound Margin	-0.9	+5.1

Defense:

Georgia Tech	Ball State
Opp. Points Per Game	68.9	60.7
Opp. FG%	37.6%	38.0%
Opp. 3PT%	30.5%	34.0%
Steals Per Game	6.8	6.8
Blocks Per Game	6.8	4.0

Ball Handling:

Georgia Tech	Ball State
Assists Per Game	14.1	16.2
Turnovers Per Game	17.4	11.6
Turnover Margin	-2.7	+1.9
Assist/Turnover Ratio	0.8	1.4

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