Georgia faces Notre Dame, seeks 7th straight home win

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-4) at Georgia Bulldogs (7-1)

Athens, Georgia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -9.5; over/under is 142.5

BOTTOM LINE: Georgia hosts Notre Dame trying to extend its six-game home winning streak.

The Bulldogs have gone 5-0 at home. Georgia ranks fifth in the SEC with 26.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Tyrin Lawrence averaging 4.0.

The Fighting Irish are 1-0 in road games. Notre Dame ranks third in the ACC with 26.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Markus Burton averaging 4.3.

Georgia's average of 7.6 made 3-pointers per game is 1.3 fewer made shots on average than the 8.9 per game Notre Dame allows. Notre Dame has shot at a 48.2% rate from the field this season, 9.1 percentage points higher than the 39.1% shooting opponents of Georgia have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dakota Leffew is shooting 40.4% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Bulldogs, while averaging 13 points.

Burton is scoring 18.2 points per game and averaging 4.5 rebounds for the Fighting Irish.

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