Louisville hosts Mintz and Syracuse

Published Mar. 1, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Syracuse Orange (19-10, 10-8 ACC) at Louisville Cardinals (8-20, 3-14 ACC)

Louisville, Kentucky; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Syracuse visits the Louisville Cardinals after Judah Mintz scored 29 points in Syracuse's 84-71 win against the Virginia Tech Hokies.

The Cardinals are 7-8 in home games. Louisville is ninth in the ACC with 23.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Brandon Huntley-Hatfield averaging 5.7.

The Orange have gone 10-8 against ACC opponents. Syracuse is sixth in the ACC scoring 76.6 points per game and is shooting 45.8%.

Louisville is shooting 43.4% from the field this season, 2.2 percentage points lower than the 45.6% Syracuse allows to opponents. Syracuse averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.7 fewer made shots on average than the 8.6 per game Louisville allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Skyy Clark is averaging 13.2 points for the Cardinals.

Chris Bunch averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Orange, scoring 11.8 points while shooting 41.4% from beyond the arc.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 2-8, averaging 70.2 points, 34.5 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 5.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.6 points per game.

Orange: 6-4, averaging 78.9 points, 27.5 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 10.1 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.6 points.

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