Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (11-14, 2-10 ACC) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-14, 2-10 ACC)
South Bend, Indiana; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Notre Dame faces Georgia Tech after Jalen Haralson scored 23 points in Notre Dame's 89-81 loss to the SMU Mustangs.
The Fighting Irish have gone 8-5 in home games. Notre Dame is 1-5 in one-possession games.
The Yellow Jackets have gone 2-10 against ACC opponents. Georgia Tech allows 75.8 points to opponents while being outscored by 1.3 points per game.
Notre Dame makes 44.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.3 percentage points higher than Georgia Tech has allowed to its opponents (41.6%). Georgia Tech has shot at a 44.6% rate from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points greater than the 43.4% shooting opponents of Notre Dame have averaged.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Haralson is averaging 15.5 points for the Fighting Irish. Cole Certa is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.