Syracuse To Face Georgetown On Dec. 9
7/13/2023 12:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Syracuse is scheduled to play long-time rival Georgetown on Saturday, Dec. 9, in the Capital One Arena.
Series Notes
- The Orange have faced the Hoyas 98 times and lead the series, 53-45.
- The teams first met in 1930, when the Orange defeated the Hoyas, 40-18, in Syracuse's Archbold Gym.
- Syracuse won last year's encounter with Georgetown, 83-64, in the JMA Wireless Dome.
- Both programs feature new head coaches – Syracuse's Adrian Autry and Georgetown's Ed Cooley.
Former Providence Head Coach Ed Cooley has taken the Hoya helm. Georgetown was 7-25 overall and 2-18 in the BIG EAST Conference last year.
The Orange were 17-15 a season ago in the last campaign of Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim's 47-year tenure. Autry, a former standout player and associate head coach with the Orange, enters his first year as head coach. The Orange return guard Judah Mintz (16.3 ppg., 4.6 apg.), a member of the All-ACC Rookie Team, and forward Benny Williams (7.2 ppg., 4.1 rpg.), a junior.
Syracuse men's basketball season tickets are on sale online at cuse.com/tickets or by phone at 888-DOMETIX (888-366-3849). Season Tickets start as low as $250.
