Associated Press
Central Arkansas Bears (2-4) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (3-3)
Atlanta; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Central Arkansas visits Georgia Tech after Elias Cato scored 23 points in Central Arkansas’ 92-83 overtime win against the UNC Asheville Bulldogs.
The Yellow Jackets have gone 3-3 in home games. Georgia Tech ranks third in the ACC with 15.5 assists per game led by Naithan George averaging 5.2.
The Bears are 0-3 on the road. Central Arkansas is fourth in the ASUN scoring 74.5 points per game and is shooting 41.1%.
Georgia Tech makes 43.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.2 percentage points higher than Central Arkansas has allowed to its opponents (40.4%). Central Arkansas has shot at a 41.1% rate from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point less than the 42.1% shooting opponents of Georgia Tech have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Baye Ndongo is scoring 14.2 points per game and averaging 7.7 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets.
Layne Taylor is averaging 15.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.5 steals for the Bears.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.