UL Monroe visits No. 25 Georgia Tech, looks to stop road losing streak

UL Monroe Warhawks (3-4) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-0)

Atlanta; Wednesday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UL Monroe will attempt to end its three-game road slide when the Warhawks play No. 25 Georgia Tech.

The Yellow Jackets are 6-0 on their home court. Georgia Tech ranks ninth in the ACC with 36.0 points per game in the paint led by Zoesha Smith averaging 10.0.

The Warhawks are 1-2 on the road. UL Monroe is sixth in the Sun Belt with 11.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Laila Walker averaging 2.6.

Georgia Tech makes 44.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.0 percentage points higher than UL Monroe has allowed to its opponents (42.4%). UL Monroe has shot at a 40.7% rate from the field this season, 2.7 percentage points greater than the 38.0% shooting opponents of Georgia Tech have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dani Carnegie is shooting 40.7% from beyond the arc with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Yellow Jackets, while averaging 13.9 points.

Jakayla Johnson is averaging 15.3 points and 1.6 steals for the Warhawks.

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

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