Virginia hosts Syracuse after Mintz's 33-point showing

Syracuse Orange (5-2) at Virginia Cavaliers (6-1)

Charlottesville, Virginia; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cavaliers -10.5; over/under is 128.5

BOTTOM LINE: Syracuse faces the Virginia Cavaliers after Judah Mintz scored 33 points in Syracuse's 80-57 win over the LSU Tigers.

The Cavaliers are 4-0 on their home court. Virginia averages 64.4 points while outscoring opponents by 11.5 points per game.

The Orange play their first true road game after going 5-2 with a 1-2 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Syracuse averages 10.9 turnovers per game and is 5-2 when turning the ball over less than opponents.

Virginia makes 44.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.8 percentage points higher than Syracuse has allowed to its opponents (41.2%). Syracuse has shot at a 43.8% rate from the field this season, 9.2 percentage points above the 34.6% shooting opponents of Virginia have averaged.

The Cavaliers and Orange square off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Reece Beekman is shooting 42.5% and averaging 11.9 points for the Cavaliers. Isaac McKneely is averaging 9.8 points for Virginia.

Chris Bunch averages 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Orange, scoring 14.6 points while shooting 37.9% from beyond the arc. Mintz is averaging 20.4 points, 4.1 assists and 2.1 steals for Syracuse.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.