The Louisville Cardinals and the Syracuse Orange meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the JMA Wireless Dome. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Syracuse vs Louisville Prediction.
Louisville Recap
The Louisville Cardinals come into this game looking to build on their 82-78 win over Pitt last time out to improve to 12-5 on the year. After this game, Louisville will head home for a matchup with Virginia.
Cardinals Win 6th Straight
Chucky Hepburn leads the Cardinals in scoring and assists with 15.1 PPG and 5.6 APG while Reyne Smith has 13.5 PPG with 2.9 RPG and Kasean Pryor has 12 PPG with 6.1 RPG, but is expected to miss the rest of the season with an injury. Terrence Edwards Jr. has 13.2 PPG with 3.8 RPG and 2.4 APG and J’Vonne Hadley also has 11.6 PPG with a team-high 7.7 RPG to lead the Cardinals on the glass, also rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for Louisville so far this season. As a team, Louisville is averaging 77.8 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field, 30.2% from three and 71.7% from the foul line this season.
Why the Louisville Cardinals will win
- Louisville has won each of its last seven games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
- Syracuse has lost three of its last four night games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Syracuse Recap
The Syracuse Orange come into this game looking to build on a 79-71 win over Boston College last time out to improve to 8-8 on the year. After this game, Syracuse will welcome Notre Dame to town for a matchup.
Orange Win Back-To-Back Games
J.J. Starling’s scored 19.8 PPG with 4.2 RPG and 2.8 APG and Donnie Freeman has 13.4 PPG and a team-high 7.9 RPG to lead Syracuse in rebounding while Chris Bell has 10 PPG with 2.5 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for the Syracuse Orange so far this season. Eddie Lampkin’s added 9.8 PPG with 7.9 RPG as well on the year. Jyare Davis has 8.6 PPG with 5.5 RPG and Elijah Moore’s added 6.3 PPG while Jaquan Carlos has also added 6 PPG with a team-high 4.2 APG to lead Syracuse in the assist department up to this point in the year. As a team, Syracuse is averaging 75.9 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 29.1% from three and 70% from the foul line this season.
Why the Syracuse Orange will win
- Syracuse has won each of its last nine night games at JMA Wireless Dome.
- Louisville has lost each of its last six road night games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Total Points Facts
- Five of Syracuse’s last six night games have produced a total of 153+ points.
- Four of Louisville’s last five night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 144 or fewer points.
Syracuse vs Louisville Prediction
I’m on Louisville in this one. I was a little bit sceptical about Louisville early on this season, as the Cardinals really had trouble with winning step up games and adjusting to Pat Kelsey’s style of play as the new head coach as his style involves a lot of outside shooting and the shots just weren’t falling. However, they have started to fall over the course of conference play, and it’s resulted in Louisville finding themselves in their best stretch of ball they’ve played all season. Syracuse has gotten a boost from JJ Starling coming back from injury, but two wins over two of the worst teams in the conference doesn’t really move the needle for me with this team and I think that the Cardinals get the job done on the road here. Give me Louisville.