Cal State Bakersfield faces the No. 6 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in a semifinal matchup this Tuesday. The Yellow Jackets have outscored opponents 220-186 so far in the tournament and will aim for another victory.
Georgia Tech will likely be a slight favorite based in its seeding but Cal State Bakersfield is playing so well that it could definitely win this contest.
This war on the floor will go down Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 7 p.m. ET at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The game will be televised live on ESPN.
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Cal State Bakersfield is 25-9 straight up and 5-5 against the spread on the season. The Roadrunners have played in four neutral site games with a spread this season and have only covered in one of them. Cal State Bakersfield has covered in four of five attempts as the underdog on the year.
Georgia Tech is 20-15 straight up and 19-11 against the spread. The Yellow Jackets have played in just one neutral site game but did cover it. Georgia Tech has played in seven games as the favorite on the season and has covered in five of them.
Player to Watch
Josh Okogie -- The freshman guard has been the go-to guy on offense this season for Georgia Tech and continues to fill that role in this year’s tournament. He is averaging a team-high 16.1 points per game this season and 21.7 over the first few games of the tournament.
In the Yellow Jackets’ 74-66 win over Ole Miss last round, Okogie finished with 26 points and seven rebounds. He also put up 24 points and seven rebounds in the first round against Indiana.
Okogie had a career-high 35 points and 14 rebounds against Florida State earlier this season. He leads an offense that is averaging 67.5 points per game this year.
Key Stat
63.5. That’s how many points per game the Cal State Bakersfield defense is allowing per game right now. The Roadrunners’ tough defense will be put to the test in this one as they take on Okogie and the rest of this Georgia Tech offense.
The Roadrunners held Cal to 66 points in the First Round of the NIT Tournament on March 14th and defeated Colorado State 81-63 in the Second Round. UT Arlington scored 76 against CSU Bakersfield in the quarterfinals.
The Roadrunners have held 24 of 34 opponents they’ve faced this season to below 70 points. They face a Georgia Tech team that is averaging 73.3 points per game this tournament.
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Cal State Bakersfield was the class of the WAC in the regular season but didn’t make March Madness because they lost in the conference tournament. The Roadrunners are showing they may have deserved a bid by rolling in the NIT thus far.
While they are the lower-seeded team, the journey won’t stop here. Georgia Tech isn’t a dominant team and Cal State Bakersfield’s defense should be stingy enough to help pull out the win.
College Basketball Odds: Cal State Bakersfield 73, Georgia Tech 69
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