Preview and Final Score Prediction For Georgia Tech vs No. 21 Louisville

After suffering a humiliating defeat at home to No. 14 Virginia, Georgia Tech hits the road to face another ranked foe. They will face No. 21 Louisville today and try snap an eight game losing streak.

Louisville comes into the weekend contest off a 95-85 loss at SMU on Tuesday night which snapped a five-game win streak. Mikel Brown Jr., who was sidelined earlier this season due to injury, leads the Cardinals offensively, averaging 19.9 points per game in league play. Brown is one of four averaging double-figures against ACC opponents.

Who wins?

Georgia Tech has taken two of the last three meetings against Louisville and looks to extend its win streak to twostraight in the series on Saturday for the first time since 1997 . Despite the recent success, Tech trails in the all-time series, 27-16, and has only been victorious in Louisville four
times, the last being in 1992

The Cardinals have won nine-straight in its home city against the Yellow Jackets and holds a 15-4 advantage in Louisville . Georgia Tech took last year’s lone meeting against a No. 21/22 ranked Louisville squad for its first win over a top-25 program during the season . The Yellow Jackets have faced 19 ranked Cardinal teams in the series and have gone 8-11 in those matchups . Tech only played six players in last year’s meeting and saw five Jackets finish in double-figures. Baye Ndongo recorded a double-double last season behind 12 points and 11 rebounds . Damon Stoudamire owns a 1-1 record against Louisville having dropped the first matchup two seasons ago in the KFC Yum! Center, 79-67

Three Yellow Jackets are averaging double-figures through 27 games paced by Kowacie Reeves Jr. (15.1 ppg), Baye Ndongo (12.5 ppg) and Lamar Washington (10.1 ppg). Akai Fleming (9.5 ppg) and Mouhamed Sylla (9.6 ppg) are just outside. Tech has never had its entire roster available for an ACC game this season. Dyllan Thompson has not played in a game the entire season due to injury. Mouhamed Sylla has missed 11 ACC games, while Peyton Marshall has been sidelined for eight ACC games, all due to injury.

Baye Ndongo is the only Jacket to have started all 14 ACC games for Tech. Kowacie Reeves Jr. had started all ACC games until he was sidelined due to illness at Stanford and
Lamar Washington has started 13.

Tech has had no player appear in every game this season. Kam Craft and Akai Fleming have both appeared in 26 of Tech’s 27 games, while Chas Kelley III, Jaeden Mustaf, Kowacie Reeves Jr. and Lamar Washington have seen action in 25.

Anything is possible in college basketball, but I can't see Georgia Tech winning this game.

Final Score: Louisville 88, Georgia Tech 67