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Marist plays Georgia Tech after Menard’s 27-point performance

Marist Red Foxes (7-2, 2-0 MAAC) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-4)

Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yellow Jackets -6.5; over/under is 138.5

BOTTOM LINE: Marist takes on Georgia Tech after Justin Menard scored 27 points in Marist’s 82-74 victory against the Bryant Bulldogs.

The Yellow Jackets have gone 6-1 in home games. Georgia Tech ranks fourth in the ACC with 26.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Mouhamed Sylla averaging 6.5.

The Red Foxes are 2-1 on the road. Marist is 2-2 against opponents over .500.

Georgia Tech makes 42.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.7 percentage points higher than Marist has allowed to its opponents (37.8%). Marist averages 7.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.1 more makes per game than Georgia Tech gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kowacie Reeves is scoring 14.8 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets. Kam Craft is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers.

Rhyjon Blackwell is averaging 13.1 points and 5.2 rebounds for the Red Foxes. Elijah Lewis is averaging 12.3 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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