Tale of The Tape: Florida State Seminoles

The New Year's Eve contest kicks off conference play

Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-6, 1-1 ACC) @ Florida State Seminoles (11-2, 1-1 ACC)

- Tipoff: Tuesday, December 31st at 12:00pm EST

- Location: Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, FL

- How To Watch: ESPNU (link here)

- How To Listen: 680 AM / 93.7 FM

- Betting Favorite: Florida State -12.0 (KenPom)

- KenPom Prediction: Florida State 72, Georgia Tech 60 (13% chance to win)

- All-Time Series: Florida State leads 42-29*

*1 win vacated by NCAA Committee on Infractions

- Last Meeting: Florida State won 69-47 on February 16th, 2019 (home)

- Preview & Related Links:

What To Watch For Vs. Florida State

Josh Pastner Previews Florida State

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Rankings:

	Georgia Tech	Florida State
AP/USA Today	NR/NR	18th/20th
NET	112th	27th
RPI	99th	8th
SOS	34th	31th
KenPom	99th	19th
Sagarin	94th	15th

Team Leaders:

	Georgia Tech	Florida State
Points	Michael Devoe (17.8)	Trent Forrest (11.8)
Rebounds	Moses Wright (7.8)	Malik Osbourne (5.0)
Assists	Jose Alvarado (3.6)	Trent Forrest (3.8)
Steals	Khalid Moore (1.6)	Devin Vassell (1.6)
Blocks	James Banks III (3.0)	Devin Vassell (1.2)

Scoring:

	Georgia Tech	Florida State
Points Per Game	66.0	76.6
Field Goal %	43.4%	46.6%
FGM/FGA Per Game	24.6/56.6	27.1/58.2
Three Point %	26.9%	33.3%
3PTA/3PTM Per Game	4.8/17.7	7.1/21.2
Free Throw %	62.8%	76.6%

Rebounding:

	Georgia Tech	Florida State
Rebounds Per Game	36.4	34.4
Off. Reb. Per Game	8.8	10.5
Def. Reb. Per Game	27.6	23.8
Rebound Margin	-0.7	+1.3

Defense:

	Georgia Tech	Florida State
Opp. Points Per Game	66.6	63.4
Opp. FG%	38.6%	39.3%
Opp. 3PT%	30.0%	31.6%
Steals Per Game	7.4	9.6
Blocks Per Game	5.6	5.3

Ball Handling:

	Georgia Tech	Florida State
Assists Per Game	11.9	13.3
Turnovers Per Game	17.2	13.3
Turnover Margin	-1.6	+5.2
Assist/Turnover Ratio	0.7	1.0

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