12:03 pm
January 23

#20 North Carolina @ #18 Georgia Tech

Who will WIN this matchup?

#20 North Carolina Tar Heels (15-2)

@ #18 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (14-4)

 

Current odds:

North Carolina Tar Heels: (-150)

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: (+130)

 

• The line for this game is North Carolina by 2.5 points.

• UNC comes into the matchup 15-2 overall and 5-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play following a 61-52 win over Virginia at home on Thursday. Georgia Tech (14-4, 5-2) is coming off a 65-55 win on Thursday at Syracuse. With matching conference records, the Tar Heels and Yellow Jackets are tied for fourth place in the ACC standings.

• Sunday’s game is the first in a string of three straight matchups against ranked teams for UNC. After facing the Yellow Jackets, the Tar Heels travel to play No. 16 Duke on Thursday then host No. 4 NC State on Sunday.

• Deja Kelly leads UNC and is third in the ACC in scoring with 17.9 points per game, up from 11.0 per game last season. In conference games only, she’s second in the league with 19.7 ppg. She’s the only Tar Heel to have scored in double figures in every game this season.

• UNC ranks in the top two in the ACC in scoring (2), scoring margin (1), rebounds (1), rebounding margin (2), defensive rebounds (2), offensive rebounds (2), field goal percentage defense (2), three-point percentage defense (1), steals (1) and turnover margin (1). The only category in which the Tar Heels are out of the top 10 is rebounding defense (11th).

• UNC has held all but two opponents this season to sub-40 field goal shooting. The only schools to top that have been ACC opponents BC (49.1 percent) and NC State (41.8). Opponents are shooting .328 and Carolina ranks second in the league in field goal percentage defense and first in three-point percentage defense (.234 by opponents).

• The Carolina defense has forced all 16 opponents into double-digit turnovers and has forced 20+ nine times this season, including six times in the past eight games.

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#20 North Carolina Tar Heels
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