‘CUSe BASKETBALL SYRACUSE (17-8, 8-4) vs #18/22 LOUISVILLE (18-8, 9-4) Feb. 20, 2019 Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. 2018-19 SCHEDULE (17-8, 8-4) November Mike Couzens Matt Park Drew Carter 2K Empire Classic at Syracuse, N.Y. Jordan Cornette Jim Satalin James Colgan 6 EASTERN WASHINGTON W, 66-34 Chris Lucey vs. 10 MOREHEAD STATE W, 84-70 2018-19 Season 2018-19 2K Empire Classic at New York, N.Y. ‘Cuse Starts Run of Ranked Foes 17-8, 8-4 W-L 18-8, 9-4 15 vs. Connecticut L, 76-83 Syracuse (17-8, 8-4) begins a stretch of four nationally-ranked opponents in ive 16 vs. #13/16 Oregon L, 65-80 6-4 Last 10 7-3 games when it hosts #18/22 Louisville (18- 21 COLGATE W, 77-56 8, 9-4) on Feb. 20 in the Carrier Dome. 3-2 Last 5 2-3 ACC/Big 10 Challenge The Orange and the Cardinals are both 70.0 PPG 77.4 28 at #16/16 Ohio State W, 72-62 angling for ACC Tournament seeding 64.3 OPP PPG 68.0 December in addition to trying to secure NCAA Tournament invitations with less than three 1 CORNELL W, 63-55 +5.7 Margin +9.3 weeks to go in the regular season. 4 NORTHEASTERN W, 72-49 Louisville has an 18-9 advantage in the all- .425 FG % .452 8 GEORGETOWN W, 72-71 time series with Syracuse. The Orange won .397 FG % DEF .410 15 OLD DOMINION L, 62-68 last year’s pairing, 78-73, in Louisville. .322 3PT % .363 18 #14/15 BUFFALO L, 59-71 .Syracuse Notes Syracuse wants to rebound from a 73-58 .314 3PT % DEF .324 22 ARKANSAS STATE W, 82-52 loss at NC State in its most recent game. .681 FT % .769 29 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 81-48 Frank Howard, who had a squad-best 21 January versus the Wolfpack, is averaging 10.8 35.4 RPG 37.3 points in ACC contests. 5 at Notre Dame W, 72-62 36.4 OPP RPG 33.9 9 CLEMSON W, 61-53 Tyus Battle, Elijah Hughes and Oshae Brissett have started all 25 games for SU. -1.0 Margin +3.4 12 GEORGIA TECH L, 69-73 Louisville Notes 12.2 Assists PG 13.9 14 at #1/2 Duke W, 95-91 OT Louisville comes to the Dome with Chris 19 PITTSBURGH W, 74-63 Mack as its head coach for the irst time. 12.4 Turnovers PG 13.0 The Cards have lost three-of-ive but all 24 MIAMI W, 73-53 4.9 Blocks PG 3.0 26 #10/8 at Virginia Tech L, 56-78 three were to ranked foes. Sophomore forward Jordan Nwora leads 8.1 Steals PG 4.9 30 at Boston College W, 77-71 the team in scoring (17.5 ppg.) and 1.0 A/TO Ratio 1.1 February rebounding (7.7 rpg.) average. 2 at Pittsburgh W, 65-56 5 #22/24 FLORIDA STATE L, 62-80 THE SYRACUSE TOP 9 9 BOSTON COLLEGE W, 67-56 2018-19 2018-19 No. Player Pos. Ht. Class PPG RPG No. Player Pos. Ht. Class PPG RPG 13 at NC State L, 58-73 20 #18/20 LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. 25 Tyus Battle G 6-6 So. 17.4 3.2 13 Paschal Chukwu C 7-2 Sr. 3.9 5.6 23 #1/1 DUKE 6:00 p.m. 32 points at Duke; 31 points at Boston College Career-best 18 rebounds and 10 points at Duke 26 at #8/9 North Carolina 9:00 p.m. ACC Player of the Week Three Times Tallest player in Orange hoop history March 35 Buddy Boeheim G 6-5 Fr.. 5.5 1.2 21 Marek Dolezaj F 6-10 So. 3.8 3.4 2 at Wake Forest 12:00 p.m. 4 #3/3 VIRGINIA 7:00 p.m. Season-high 16 points vs. Boston College Five assists in back-to-back wins vs. Pitt, Miami 9 at Clemson 12:00 p.m. 21-of-48 (.438) on 3-pt. shots in ACC play Season-high 10 points vs. Clemson, at NC State ACC Tournament, Charlotte, N.C. 11 Oshae Brissett F 6-8 So. 13.1 7.9 23 Frank Howard G 6-5 Sr. 8.4 1.8 12-16 ACC Tournament TBD 18 points and 12 boards at Pittsburgh Averaging 10.3 points in ACC games SU Storylines Three straight double-doubles vs. Pitt, FSU, BC Season-high 21 points at NC State 1. The Louisville begins a run of four ranked 5 Jalen Carey G 6-3 Fr. 3.9 1.8 33 Elijah Hughes F 6-6 RJr. 13.6 4.3 opponents in five games for Syracuse. 2. Tyus Battle has topped 20 points 11 times Career-high 26 points, 7 boards against UConn Career-high 22 points, 10 boards at Notre Dame this season. Debuted with 7 points, 6 rebounds versus EWU Leads team in 3-point average (2.6) 3. ESPN College GameDay is coming to the Dome on Saturday, February 23. Pronunciation Guide 35 Bourama Sidibe F 6-10 Fr. 2.0 2.7 Oshae Brissett o-SHAY Briss-SET 4. Gerry McNamara will be presented the Vic Paschal Chukwu PASS-cal Chew-coo 11 points, 10 rebounds vs. Colgate Hanson Award at 49th Annual Hardwood Marek Dolezaj ma-WRECK DOUGH-le-zaage Banquet on March 10 at The OnCenter. Bourama Sidibe boe-RAH-ma C-D-Bay Eight boards against Morehead State 2018-19 CUSE.COM ‘CUSe BASKETBALL SYRACUSE-LOUISVILLE SERIES 2/18/2015 Carrier Dome W 69-59 February’s Best Rakeem Christmas scored a game-high 29 points. Oshae Brissett 2/17/2016 KFC Yum! Center L 58-72 Lee paces Cardinals with 15 points. 4 games 2/13/2017 Carrier Dome L 72-76 OT 12.0 ppg. 5 Cardinals score in double figures to beat SU. 10.3 rpg. 2/26/2017 KFC Yum! Center L 68-88 Spalding records double-double in UL victory. 1.0 apg. ALL-TIME SERIES 2/5/2018 KFC Yum! Center W 78-73 1.5 bpg. Tyus Battle leads Orange to victory with 25 points. 1.3 spg. Overall Louisville leads, 18-9 Home Total Syracuse leads, 5-4 34.2 mpg. Home (Dome) Syracuse leads, 5-4 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Away Total Louisville leads , 9-4 Oshae Brissett Points: 30, Gerry McNamara (at SU, 2/18/2006) Away (KFC Yum! Center) series tied, 3-3 Away (Freedom Hall) Louisville leads, 6-1 Rebounds: 13, Rudy Hackett (NCAA Tournament, San February Orange Notes Neutral Sites Louisville leads, 5-0 Diego Sports Arena, 3/31/1975) Feb. 13: Host NC State used a 14-0, Current SYR Streak W1 Assists: 13, Sherman Douglas (at SU, 2/14/1987) second-half run to distance itself from Longest SYR Winning Streak 3 (2012-2013) Steals: 7, Kevin King (NCAA Tournament, San Diego Longest SYR Losing Streak 7 (2007-2011) Syracuse and secure a 73-58 victory. The Sports Arena, 3/31/1975 Largest SYR Margin of Victory 28 (99-71, 2/14/1987) Wolfpack led by as many as 21. Blocks: 4, Rakeem Christmas (at SU, 2/18/2015) Largest SYR Margin of Defeat 34 (96-62, 12/27/1971) Turnovers: 8, Michael Carter-Williams (at UL, 1/18/1997) Frank Howard posted a season-high 21 Field Goals Made: 12, Rudy Hackett (NCAA Tournament, points and tied a career-best effort with ALL-TIME SERIES San Diego Sports Arena, 3/31/1975; Jim Lee (NCAA ive 3-pointers. Marek Dolezaj added 10 DDateate SSiteite W-LW-L SU-OPPSU-OPP Tournament, San Diego Sports Arena, 3/31/1975) points and ive rebounds. 12/16/1964 Freedom Hall L 62-67 Field Goal Attempts: 29, Jim Lee (NCAA Tournament, Feb. 9: After visiting Boston College had 12/29/1966 The Palestra L 71-75 San Diego Sports Arena, 3/31/1975) closed the Syracuse lead to six points, the 12/27/1971 Madison Square Garden L 62-96 Best FG Percentage (min. 7 made): .900, 9-10, Rakeem Orange inished out the game with a 7-2 UL defeats SU for third-straight time. Christmas (at SU, 2/18/2015) run and earned a season sweep of the 3/31/1975 San Diego Sports Arena L 88-96 OT Free Throws Made: 11, Tyus Battle (at UL, 2/5/2018) Eagles with a 67-56 triumph. UL defeats SU in NCAA Tournament Third-Place Game. Free Throw Attempts: 13, Rakeem Christmas (at SU, Tyus Battle had 21 points, Oshae 12/4/1976 Freedom Hall W 76-75 2/18/2015) Brissett had 12 points and 12 rebounds Marty Byrnes scores game winner in first SU victory over UL. Best FT Percentage: 1.000, 11-11, Tyus Battle (at UL, 1/18/1986 Freedom Hall L 73-83 2/5/2018) and Buddy Boeheim tallied 16 points off Milt Wagner scores 24 points in UL win. 3-Point FGs Made: 5, Trevor Cooney (at UL, 2/17/2016) the bench versus the Eagles. 2/14/1987 Carrier Dome W 99-71 ; Brandon Triche (at UL, 1/19/2013); Todd Burgan (at Feb. 5: #22/24 Florida State hit 11-of-22 Derrick Coleman records double in SU victory. SU, 1/10/1998); Marius Janulis (at SU, 1/10/1998) 3-point attempts and shot 30-of-55 (.545) 1/10/1998 Carrier Dome W 69-65 3-Point FGs Attempted: 10, Trevor Cooney (at UL, from the ield in an 80-62 victory at 24 points from Todd Burgan lead SU to victory.