Ohio State Buckeyes and UCLA Bruins play in Atlanta, Georgia
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BOTTOM LINE: In Atlanta, Georgia, the UCLA Bruins and Ohio State Buckeyes will play.
The Bruins have a 5-3 record when playing teams outside of the conference. UCLA’s record against teams that are above.500 is 1-3.In games played against non-conference opponents, the Buckeyes are 7-1. Bruce Thornton leads Ohio State, which is sixth in the Big Ten, with an average of 15.7 assists per contest.Distribute this article
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This season, UCLA has made 44.6% of its field goals, 2.2 percentage points more than Ohio State has let its opponents do (42.4%). This season, Ohio State has made 8.8 3-pointers on average per game, 0.4 more than UCLA allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Sebastian Mack leads the Bruins in scoring with an average of 13.6 points while shooting 38.4%. For UCLA, Will McClendon averages 5.0 points per game.
For the Buckeyes, Jamison Battle averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game, scoring 13.8 points on 41.0% of his 3-point attempts. For Ohio State, Thornton is averaging 18.5 points, 4.3 assists, and 1.6 steals.
This story was produced by the Associated Press using Sportradar data and technology from Data Skrive.
