Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs Clemson Tigers Prediction, 3/2/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs Clemson Tigers

Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Location: Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, SC

TV: ACCN

Littlejohn Coliseum is where the Clemson Tigers (14-15) will play the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (11-18) on Wednesday.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets faced Notre Dame and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 90-56 in their last game. When talking about fouls, the Yellow Jackets ended up with 14 and Notre Dame totaled 16 fouls. They also made 13 of their 23 tries from beyond the perimeter. Notre Dame ended up going 81.3% from the free throw line by making 13 of 16 tries. On top of that, Notre Dame snagged 41 rebounds (5 offensive, 36 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Notre Dame doled out 20 assists and had 5 steals for the game. In regard to defending, Georgia Tech allowed their opponent to shoot 57.1% from the floor on 32 out of 56 shooting. They also doled out 8 assists in this matchup in addition to forcing 9 turnovers and having 5 steals. In regard to getting rebounds, they collected 26 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Yellow Jackets converted 10 of their 16 shots for a rate of 62.5%. Georgia Tech walked away from the contest with a 34.4% FG percentage (21 out of 61) and buried 4 out of their 20 shots from downtown.

Jordan Usher is a guy who was a contributor for the game. He finished the contest at 75.0% from the field and also distributed 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 27 minutes played and pulled down 4 boards. He ended up with 16 points on 6 of 8 shooting.

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Georgia Tech comes into this game with a win-loss record of 11-18 this season. They are averaging 68.1 points per game (262nd in the country) while hitting 43.6% from the floor. The Yellow Jackets are shooting 34.9% on three-point shots (204 of 585) and 69.9% from the free throw line. As a team, Georgia Tech is collecting 34.4 rebounds per game and has tallied 390 dimes so far this year, which is 138th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They turn it over 13.2 times per game and as a group they are committing 18.0 personal fouls every game.

Defensively, the Yellow Jackets are forcing 13.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 14.5 personal fouls. They currently rank 322nd in college basketball in giving up assists with 428 relinquished so far this year. The Yellow Jackets defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 43.1% (723 of 1,677) and they concede 35.6 boards per contest as a group. They give up 31.2% on 3-point attempts while they are 210th in D-1 in PPG allowed (70.1).

In their last game, the Clemson Tigers got the win with a final of 70-60 when they faced Boston College. Concerning cleaning the glass, Clemson permitted Boston College to pull down 27 overall (8 offensive). They shot 20.7% from three-point range by shooting 6 of 29 and ended up going 12 out of 13 from the charity stripe (92.3%). The Tigers permitted Boston College to make 21 of their 58 attempts from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 36.2% for the game. When this game wrapped up, the Tigers ended up shooting 20 out of 50 from the field which gave them a rate of 40.0%. Regarding 3-point attempts, Clemson converted 6 of 20 tries (30.0%). They were able to convert 24 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 80.0%. Boston College had 17 personal fouls in this game which got the Tigers to the charity stripe for 30 attempts. They gave up possession of the ball 7 times, while getting 4 steals in this contest. The Tigers were able to snag 29 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 39 in the matchup.

Chase Hunter was important for the Tigers in this contest. He accumulated 23 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood, but left the arena with no assists. He converted 7 of 9 for this contest giving him a rate of 77.8%, and had 7 rebounds.

Clemson has a mark of 14-15 for the year. As an offense, the Tigers are shooting 45.5% from the field, which is ranked 99th in college hoops. Clemson has 2,091 points this year (72.1 per contest) and they collect 34.9 rebounds per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 14.4 times per game (89th in the nation) and they turn it over 11.1 times per contest. The Tigers are responsible for committing 15.8 fouls every game and they go 73.9% from the free throw line.

The Tigers on the defensive side of the court are 176th in college hoops in points given up per game with 68.8. They have forced 11.3 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 42.8% from the floor (157th in college basketball). The Clemson defense allows 33.7% on shots from beyond the arc (232 of 689) and opponents are connecting on 76.8% of their free throw attempts. They have allowed 12.0 dimes and 32.5 boards every game, ranking them 133rd and 81st in those defensive categories.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Georgia Tech

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