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Heels will have peachy time at Georgia Tech

By GREG PETERSON The Play: North Carolina, -4.5.

The North Carolina Tar Heels, whose defense got off to a bad start to begin the season, will play at Georgia Tech on Sunday having allowed an average of 52 points in their past two games.

The Tar Heels are 11th in the country in 3-point shooting percentage while Georgia Tech is 17th, but the Yellow Jackets have utilized the outside less. Just 30.1 percent of their shots have been 3-pointers, which is 318th in the country.

The free-throw line has been unkind to Georgia Tech. Just one of its top four scorers is shooting above 60 percent from the line, and collectively the Yellow Jackets are making 66.4 percent of their free throws, which ranks 272nd among Division I teams.

Second chances will be hard to come by for the Yellow Jackets because North Carolina allows opponents to rebound just 18.7 percent of their missed shots, which is 14th nationally.

Five different players have registered at least 11 points per game for North Carolina, so the Tar Heels will get a big road win in Atlanta on Sunday with a balanced attack.

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