Georgetown visits Freeman and Syracuse

Georgetown Hoyas (7-2) at Syracuse Orange (5-4, 0-1 ACC)

Syracuse, New York; Saturday, 2:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orange -1.5; over/under is 152

BOTTOM LINE: Syracuse faces Georgetown after Donnie Freeman scored 24 points in Syracuse’s 102-85 victory against the Albany (NY) Great Danes.

The Orange have gone 5-0 at home. Syracuse leads the ACC with 41.6 points in the paint led by JJ Starling averaging 9.7.

The Hoyas are 0-1 on the road. Georgetown is eighth in the Big East with 22.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Thomas Sorber averaging 5.7.

Syracuse makes 47.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.5 percentage points higher than Georgetown has allowed to its opponents (39.8%). Georgetown averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.9 fewer made shots on average than the 8.8 per game Syracuse gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Freeman is shooting 50.5% and averaging 14.0 points for the Orange.

Sorber is scoring 15.4 points per game and averaging 8.3 rebounds for the Hoyas.

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