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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-4) are significant underdogs against the Georgia Bulldogs (9-2). Georgia, who has won 30 straight home games, has already locked up a trip to the SEC championship game in Atlanta next week.

Georgia has won six straight games over Georgia Tech. However, head coach Brent Key and the Yellow Jackets have closed the gap on Georgia some in recent years. Georgia Tech pulled off a major upset over the previously unbeaten Miami Hurricanes a few weeks ago and has more than enough talent to shock Georgia on the road.

What advantages does Georgia Tech have over Georgia?

Turnover margin

Georgia Tech (plus-three) has the No. 45 turnover margin in the country. The Yellow Jackets have just seven turnovers all season.

Georgia has (zero) has the No. 69 turnover margin in the nation. The Bulldogs have 15 total turnovers including 12 Carson Beck interceptions. For Georgia Tech to pull off an upset, the Yellow Jackets need to win the turnover margin.

Rest

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets quarterback Aaron Philo beat the North Carolina State Wolfpack on Thursday. Brett Davis-Imagn Images

Georgia Tech has a significant rest advantage against Georgia. The Yellow Jackets played on Thursday night of last week, so they’ve had over a week to prepare for UGA. Georgia beat UMass on Saturday afternoon and only has six days to prepare for Georgia Tech.

Rushing offense

Georgia Tech has the No. 43 rushing offense in the country. The Yellow Jackets average an impressive 180.1 yards per game, which is 50 yards per game better than Georgia, who averages 130.1 yards per game (No. 98 in the nation).

Georgia’s ruling party said on Thursday that the country would suspend talks on European Union accession until 2028, while also refusing all budgetary grants from Brussels, after what it said was a “cascade of insults” by the bloc, of which Georgia is a candidate member.

The South Caucasus country of 3.7 million has its aim of EU accession written into its constitution, but relations with Brussels have declined sharply in recent months. The EU has already said that Georgia’s application is frozen.

Western countries have said an October election, in which official results gave the ruling Georgian Dream bloc almost 54% of the vote, was marred by violations.