Boston College Eagles vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Prediction, 1/6/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston College Eagles vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Date: Saturday, January 6, 2024

Location: McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, GA

TV: ESPN+

The Boston College Eagles (9-4) are headed to McCamish Pavilion on Saturday where they will play the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (8-5).

The Boston College Eagles played Wake Forest and took a loss by a final of 84-78 in their last contest. Concerning personal fouls, the Eagles walked away with 16 while Wake Forest finished the game with 18 personal fouls. They also made 10 of their 21 attempts from 3-point land. Wake Forest ended up going 92.3% at the free throw line by converting 12 of their 13 shots. Furthermore, Wake Forest grabbed 34 boards (6 offensive, 28 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Wake Forest recorded 17 assists and had 6 steals in the game. In the matter of the defense, Boston College allowed the other team to go 53.4% from the floor on 31 out of 58 shooting. They also dished out 12 assists for this game in addition to forcing 10 turnovers and getting 4 steals. In the matter of hauling in rebounds, they compiled a total of 31 with 12 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Eagles converted 15 of their 22 attempts for a rate of 68.2%. Boston College ended with a 41.5% field goal percentage (27 out of 65) and converted 9 out of their 24 shots from 3-point land.

Quinten Post is a guy who was a major factor in the matchup. He finished the game shooting 46.2% from the floor and also totaled 2 assists. He was on the court for 36 mins and also totaled 3 rebounds. He finished with 20 points on 6 out of 13 shooting.

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Boston College comes into this game with a win-loss record of 9-4 for the campaign. They cough up possession 9.8 times per game and as a basketball team they commit 15.5 fouls every game. As a team, Boston College is pulling down 37.0 boards per contest and is sitting with 187 assists on the campaign, which is 179th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. The Eagles are shooting 35.6% on shots beyond the perimeter (100 of 281) and 75.6% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 79.3 pts per game (79th in the country) while hitting 46.5% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Eagles are forcing 12.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.5 fouls. They are relinquishing 35.7% on three-point shots while they are 194th in D-1 in PPG allowed (71.8). The Eagles defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 43.1% (336 of 780) and they relinquish 34.5 boards per contest as a unit. They currently rank 164th in D-1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 168 relinquished this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets went home defeated by a final of 82-71 against Florida State. The Yellow Jackets earned 21 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds totaling 28 in the game. They gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while recording 4 steals for this game. Florida State earned 21 personal fouls in this game which got the Yellow Jackets to the charity stripe for a total of 26 attempts. They were able to make 14 of the free throws for a rate of 53.8%. In the matter of shots from downtown, Georgia Tech converted 7 of 26 attempts (26.9%). When the game finished, the Yellow Jackets went 25 for 59 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.4%. The Yellow Jackets allowed Florida State to make 31 of 60 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 51.7% for the matchup. They shot 41.2% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 7 out of 17 and walked away from this one shooting 13 out of 17 at the free throw line (76.5%). In reference to how they rebounded, Georgia Tech allowed Florida State to collect 33 in all (9 on the offensive side).

Miles Kelly ended up being important for the Yellow Jackets for this contest. He recorded 20 points in his 31 mins of playing time, but left the arena with no assists. He made 7 of 15 in this matchup giving him a rate of 46.7%, and earned 6 rebounds.

Georgia Tech has a mark of 8-5 on the season. The Yellow Jackets are committing 16.9 personal fouls per game and they shoot 66.2% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists is at 12.9 times per game (232nd in college basketball) and they are turning it over 12.9 times per game. Georgia Tech has totaled 931 points on the year (71.6 per contest) and they average 41.2 rebounds per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Yellow Jackets are hitting on 41.5% from the floor, which ranks 309th in college basketball.

The Yellow Jackets are ranked 198th in D-1 in points allowed per game with 71.9. They are forcing 9.9 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 41.1% from the field (97th in college basketball). The Georgia Tech defense allows 29.0% on 3-point attempts (93 of 321) and opponents are converting on 68.7% of their free throw attempts. They have given up 10.8 assists and 35.8 rebounds per game, ranking them 50th and 219th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Georgia Tech

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