Tale of The Tape: North Carolina Tar Heels

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-7, 1-2 ACC) @ North Carolina Tar Heels (8-5, 1-1 ACC)

- Tipoff: Saturday, January 4th at 6:00pm EST

- Location: Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, NC

- How To Watch: ACC Network (link here)

- How To Listen: 680 AM / 93.7 FM

- Betting Favorite: North Carolina -9.0 (KenPom)

- KenPom Prediction: North Carolina 72, Georgia Tech 63 (21% chance to win)

- All-Time Series: Florida State leads 69-25*

*1 win vacated by NCAA Committee on Infractions

- Last Meeting: North Carolina won 77-54 on January 29th, 2019 (home)

- Preview & Related Links:

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Rankings:

Georgia Tech	North Carolina
AP/USA Today	NR/NR	NR/RV (38th)
NET	112th	83rd
RPI	89th	54th
SOS	20th	19th
KenPom	94th	45th
Sagarin	93rd	39th

Team Leaders:

Georgia Tech	North Carolina
Points	Michael Devoe (17.9)	Cole Anthony (19.1)
Rebounds	Moses Wright (8.2)	Garrison Brooks (8.2)
Assists	Jose Alvarado (3.8)	Cole Anthony (3.4)
Steals	Khalid Moore (1.7)	Cole Anthony (1.9)
Blocks	James Banks III (3.0)	Armando Bacot (1.5)

Scoring:

Georgia Tech	North Carolina
Points Per Game	63.0	69.9
Field Goal %	42.3%	40.1%
FGM/FGA Per Game	23.3/55.1	25.2/62.7
Three Point %	27.2%	29.9%
3PTA/3PTM Per Game	4.9/18.1	5.6/18.8
Free Throw %	63.1%	64.1%

Rebounding:

Georgia Tech	North Carolina
Rebounds Per Game	35.2	44.8
Off. Reb. Per Game	8.7	14.4
Def. Reb. Per Game	26.5	30.5
Rebound Margin	-0.4	9.7

Defense:

Georgia Tech	North Carolina
Opp. Points Per Game	64.8	68.2
Opp. FG%	39.8%	39.6%
Opp. 3PT%	31.7%	33.1%
Steals Per Game	6.8	5.6
Blocks Per Game	5.3	4.6

Ball Handling:

Georgia Tech	North Carolina
Assists Per Game	11.8	13.3
Turnovers Per Game	17.3	12.8
Turnover Margin	-3.2	-1.0
Assist/Turnover Ratio	0.7	1.0

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