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The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Penn State Nittany Lions will play Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Tip-off from New York, NY, is at noon ET.
Georgia Tech (5-3 SU, 3-5 ATS, and 2-6 O/U) beat Alabama A&M 70-49 in its last game, bouncing back from a 76-62 loss to Georgia.
Penn State (5-5 SU, 4-6 ATS, and 6-4 O/U) beat Ohio State 83-80 in its last game, snapping a five-game losing streak.
Yellow Jackets: G Lance Terry (calf) is out.
Nittany Lions: F Demetrius Lilley (undisclosed) and G Jameel Brown (foot) are questionable.
Georgia Tech is led by junior guard Miles Kelly, who averages 17.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. A few other players to watch are junior guard Kowacie Reeves Jr. (12.5 PPG and 4.9 RPG), junior guard Dallan Coleman (8.4 PPG), freshman forward Baye Ndongo (8.2 PPG and 7.0 RPG), and senior forward Tyzhaun Claude (7.5 PPG and 6.1 RPG).
The Yellow Jackets have won three of their last four, earning victories over ranked Mississippi State and Duke squads. They held MSU to 30.8 percent shooting, including 23.3 percent from three, and limited Duke to 41.9 percent shooting, including 25.0 percent from long range. Alabama A&M shot just 16-for-58 (2-for-20 from beyond the arc) in their latest win.
Georgia Tech averages 71.0 points per game (268t h) and shoots 39.9 percent (337th), including 29.6 percent from deep (306th). It converts 65.3 percent of its free-throw attempts (321st) and averages 37.6 rebounds per game (40th). The Yellow Jackets give up 70.3 points per game on defense (166th), and their opponents shoot 39.9 percent (56th), including 29.6 percent from three-point range (14th), with 34.0 rebounds per game (278th).
KenPom rates 124th nationally. The Yellow Jackets rank 162nd in offensive efficiency, 104th in defensive efficiency, and 176th in tempo (schedule-adjusted).
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