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Florida Atlantic Owls (9-8, 2-2 AAC) at Tulane Green Wave (9-8, 3-1 AAC)
New Orleans; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Owls -1.5; over/under is 153.5
BOTTOM LINE: Florida Atlantic visits Tulane after Tre Carroll scored 20 points in Florida Atlantic's 81-76 loss to the UAB Blazers.
The Green Wave are 8-2 in home games. Tulane is third in the AAC at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 67.9 points while holding opponents to 39.4% shooting.
The Owls are 2-2 in AAC play. Florida Atlantic is sixth in the AAC with 9.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Matas Vokietaitis averaging 2.2.
Tulane's average of 8.5 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.4 fewer made shots on average than the 8.9 per game Florida Atlantic gives up. Florida Atlantic has shot at a 46.2% clip from the field this season, 6.8 percentage points above the 39.4% shooting opponents of Tulane have averaged.
The Green Wave and Owls meet Wednesday for the first time in AAC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kaleb Banks is scoring 18.1 points per game and averaging 7.9 rebounds for the Green Wave.
Carroll is averaging 12.4 points for the Owls.
LAST 10 GAMES: Green Wave: 5-5, averaging 76.3 points, 31.0 rebounds, 16.5 assists, 8.0 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.9 points per game.
Owls: 5-5, averaging 76.1 points, 33.2 rebounds, 16.8 assists, 7.1 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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