Halftime Report
Northwestern is on the street however wanting no worse for put on. They’ve jumped out to a fast 31-26 lead towards Georgia Tech.
If Northwestern retains taking part in like this, they’re going to bump their report as much as 8-3 very quickly. Alternatively, Georgia Tech must make due with a 4-6 report except they flip issues round (and quick).
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets @ Northwestern Wildcats
Present Data: Georgia Tech 4-5, Northwestern 7-3
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The Northwestern Wildcats will tackle the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in a vacation battle at 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at at Fiserv Discussion board. The Wildcats pulled off an upset win of their final outing, and are hoping to drag that off as soon as extra towards the 6.5-point favourite Yellow Jackets.
Final Friday, Northwestern wanted a bit of additional time to place away Illinois. They managed a 70-66 win over the Combating Illini.
Northwestern can attribute a lot of their success to Nick Martinelli, who went 11 for 20 en path to 27 factors plus six rebounds and two blocks. Martinelli continues to roll, besting his earlier level complete in every of the final three video games he is performed. The crew additionally acquired some assist courtesy of Jalen Leach, who posted 16 factors together with 5 assists.
In the meantime, Georgia Tech suffered their closest loss since February 14th final Saturday. They fell simply wanting N. Carolina by a rating of 68-65. The Yellow Jackets have now taken an ‘L’ in back-to-back video games.
Despite the fact that the crew misplaced, they nonetheless had their share of spectacular performances. Probably the greatest got here from Baye Ndongo, who dropped a double-double on 19 factors and 12 rebounds. He had some hassle discovering his footing towards Oklahoma two weeks in the past, so this was a pleasant turnaround. One other participant making a distinction was Lance Terry, who earned 22 factors.
Northwestern pushed their report as much as 7-3 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at house relationship again to final season. As for Georgia Tech, they now have a shedding report at 4-5.
Rebounding is prone to be a giant issue on this contest: Northwestern has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 36.8 rebounds per sport. Nonetheless, it isn’t like Georgia Tech struggles in that division as they have been averaging 39.1. With each groups battling to corral missed pictures, we’ll see if one crew can seize an edge.
Northwestern was in a position to grind out a stable win over Georgia Tech of their earlier matchup again in November of 2018, profitable 67-61. The rematch could be slightly more durable for Northwestern for the reason that squad will not have the home-court benefit this time round. We’ll see if the change in venue makes a distinction.
Odds
Georgia Tech is a stable 6.5-point favourite towards Northwestern, in accordance with the newest school basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Yellow Jackets as a 5.5-point favourite.
The over/underneath is 138.5 factors.
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Collection Historical past
Northwestern and Georgia Tech each have 1 win of their final 2 video games.
- Nov 28, 2018 – Northwestern 67 vs. Georgia Tech 61
- Nov 28, 2017 – Georgia Tech 52 vs. Northwestern 51