In what will be a pivotal matchup for both teams and the ACC conference as a whole, the No.18 ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will host the No.14 ranked Duke Blue Devils.
Both teams will be major players in the ACC tournament after the regular season ends, so the matchup today will crucial to the seeding for the two teams. The Yellow Jackets have two more games on their schedule against teams that are currently ranked, while the Blue Devils have three such games left on theirs.
The Blue Devils are 3-3 against ranked opponents this season, while the Yellow Jackets are 3-1.
The Yellow Jackets come into the game winners of their last two games, and putting together what was perhaps their best showing as a team against the Virginia Cavaliers, when two players, Tonie Morgan and Kayla Blackshear, put up double doubles, while Dani Carnegie put up a career-high 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
The last time the Blue Devils took the court, they they crushed the Stanford Cardinal 74-49, with sophomore forward Delaney Thomas putting up a double double.
Both teams come into the game in the top five in multiple categories in the ACC, including both points per game and points allowed per game.
The key for the Yellow Jackets in the game will be to keep the ball in their hands on the offensive side, as the Blue Devils are tied with Notre Dame atop the ACC in steals per game with 11.5.
The game is set to tip off at 2pm Eastern time today.