[12:02 PM] Georgetown @ Syracuse

What will be the GAME RESULT?

Georgetown: Wins or Single Digit Loss

@ Syracuse: Wins By Double Digits

 

• The line for this game is Syracuse by 7 points.

• One of college basketball’s great rivalries resumes Saturday with a fitting tribute when Georgetown travels to face Syracuse. The Orange honor one of the players who helped make the feud an iconic clash as the game will be played on “Pearl Washington Day.”

• The Hoyas are on a four-game winning streak, although the victories came against opponents with a combined record of 11-28 entering Thursday. Georgetown, which is playing its first true road game of the season, lost four of five before the streak. Senior guard Rodney Pryor leads the Hoyas with 20.6 points and L.J. Peak, who had a season-high 24 points in a 93-78 victory over La Salle last Saturday, is the only other player scoring in double figures (16.4).

• The Orange snapped out of an offensive funk with a 99-77 thumping of Boston University last Saturday after averaging 59.3 while losing three of its previous four games. Guard John Gillon and forward Taurean Thompson led the way with season highs of 23 and 22 points, respectively. Gillon, a graduate transfer who had been scoreless in 27 minutes the previous two games, and Thompson, a freshman, are part of a bench averaging 24.6 points.

• The Orange lead the series 49-42.

• Georgetown announced this week junior F Isaac Copeland (5.4 points, 3.3 rebounds) plans to transfer at the end of the semester.

• Syracuse G Andrew White III leads the Orange in scoring (16.9) and reached double figures in all nine games

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Georgetown: Wins or Single Digit Loss

Confidence: 4/10

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