Tale of The Tape: Houston Cougars

Houston Cougars (8-3, 0-0 AAC) vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (5-5, 1-1 ACC)

- Tipoff: Monday, December 23rd at 7:00pm EST

- Location: Stan Sherriff Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i

- How To Watch: ESPN2 (link here)

- How To Listen: 680 AM / 93.7 FM

- Betting Favorite: Houston -7.5 (ESPN)

- KenPom Prediction: Houston 71, Georgia Tech 63 (24% chance to win)

- All-Time Series: Georgia Tech leads 3-0

- Last Meeting: Georgia Tech won 81-62 on March 16th, 2016 (home)

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Rankings:

Georgia Tech	Houston
AP/USA Today	NR/NR	NR/NR
NET	156th	44th
RPI	148th	78th
SOS	100th	118th
KenPom	105th	31st
Sagarin	118th	28th

Team Leaders:

Georgia Tech	Houston
Points	Michael Devoe (17.9)	Quentin Grimes (14.3)
Rebounds	Moses Wright (8.1)	Nate Hinton (9.4)
Assists	Jose Alvarado (3.3)	DeJon Jarreau (3.8)
Steals	Khalid Moore (1.7)	Nate Hinton (1.0)
Blocks	James Banks III (3.4)	Chris Harris, Jr. (2.5)

Scoring:

Georgia Tech	Houston
Points Per Game	66.3	78.0
Field Goal %	43.5%	45.4%
FGM/FGA Per Game	25/57.5	28/61.7
Three Point %	27.8%	36.6%
3PTA/3PTM Per Game	5.2/18.7	7.5/20.4
Free Throw %	59.7%	68.7%

Rebounding:

Georgia Tech	Houston
Rebounds Per Game	38.3	43.5
Off. Reb. Per Game	9.4	14.8
Def. Reb Per Game	28.9	28.6
Rebound Margin	+0.7	+11.7

Defense:

Georgia Tech	Houston
Opp. Points Per Game	67.6	65.5
Opp. FG%	38.1%	37.9%
Opp. 3PT%	31.9%	33.2%
Steals Per Game	7.1	4.8
Blocks Per Game	6.4	6.2

Ball Handling:

Georgia Tech	Houston
Assists Per Game	12.7	14.2
Turnovers Per Game	18.3	11.9
Turnover Margin	-3.0	-0.5
Assist/Turnover Ratio	0.7	1.2

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