Orange, Hoyas Renew Rivalry Saturday

Game Details: Saturday, Jan. 9, Syracuse, N.Y. | 7 p.m.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Longtime rivals Syracuse and Georgetown will meet for the 96th time on Saturday, Jan. 9. Tip off in the Carrier Dome is set for 7 p.m.

ESPN and the Watch ESPN app will carry the live broadcast. Matt Park and Jim Satalin will call all the action on the Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield IMG College, including TK99/105 locally.

ORANGE UPDATE
Syracuse (6-2, 1-1) looks to return to the win column after a 63-60 setback against Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The loss snapped the Orange's three-game winning streak.

Junior Alan Griffin took over as the 'Cuse's leading scorer with a team-high 15 points against the Panthers. He is now averaging 16.4 points per game, which rank ninth in the ACC. The Ossining, N.Y. native has scored 20 or more points in four contests this season.

Redshirt sophomore Robert Braswell had the most productive game of his career on Wednesday. He shot 4-for-5 from 3-point range for a career-high 12 points. Braswell also had a block and a steal against the Panthers.

SCOUTING THE HOYAS
Georgetown lost its fourth straight contest on Wednesday, a 63-55 setback at Butler. The Hoyas enter Saturday's game with a 3-7 overall record.

Three players average double figures in scoring for Georgetown, led by Jahvon Blair's 18.2 points per game. He has scored more than 10 points in every game and has reached 20 points five times. Qudus Wahab leads the Hoyas on the boards with 8.8 rebounds per game to go along with a team-high 26 blocks.

Patrick Ewing is in his fourth season at the helm of the Georgetown program. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Ewing spent 15 seasons as assistant coach in the NBA. The 2008 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee was a three-time consensus first-team All-American and was named one of the top 50 players in the history of the NBA.

SERIES HISTORY
Syracuse leads the all-time series with Georgetown, 51-44. The teams met every year from 1979-80 through 2012-13 when both were members of The BIG EAST Conference. The squads have met each of the past five years after the series was renewed in 2015-16.

Last season, Georgetown defeated the Orange, 89-79, in Capital One Arena. Buddy Boeheim led Syracuse with 25 points, while Elijah Hughes added 21 points.

UP NEXT
The Orange go on the road to take on North Carolina on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 9 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Buddy Boeheim

Robert Braswell

Alan Griffin

Elijah Hughes

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