Georgia Tech hosts UMBC after Valentine’s 23-point outing

UMBC Retrievers (7-5) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-6, 0-1 ACC)

Atlanta; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC faces Georgia Tech after Anthony Valentine scored 23 points in UMBC’s 103-57 victory against the Cairn University Highlanders.

The Yellow Jackets are 4-3 on their home court. Georgia Tech is fourth in the ACC with 26.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Ryan Mutombo averaging 6.0.

The Retrievers have gone 1-2 away from home. UMBC ranks second in the America East scoring 39.3 points per game in the paint led by Josh Odunowo averaging 10.0.

Georgia Tech averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game, 1.3 more made shots than the 6.5 per game UMBC allows. UMBC averages 9.4 more points per game (83.1) than Georgia Tech allows (73.7).

TOP PERFORMERS: Lance Terry is scoring 15.6 points per game and averaging 2.9 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets.

Bryce Johnson is scoring 14.4 points per game and averaging 3.3 rebounds for the Retrievers.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.