Orange Host Boston College Wednesday Night

Game Details: Tuesday, Jan. 2, Durham, N.C., 9 p.m.
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Syracuse (10-4, 1-2) returns to the JMA Wireless Dome to square off against Boston College (10-4, 1-2) on Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 9 p.m.

SETTING THE STAGE
The two teams enter Wednesday with identical 10-4, 1-2 records and are victorious in four of their last five contests.

Syracuse has won eight consecutive games at home dating back to the 2022-23 season and have scored 80-or-more points in six of the games in 2023-24.

Boston College is coming off a 95-87 road victory against Georgia Tech on Jan. 6. The 95 points are tied for the most scored in an ACC contests this season.

THE SYRACUSE-BOSTON COLLEGE SERIES
The Orange have been victorious in the last 10 games of the series and hold a 57-26 advantage in the all-time series with the Golden Eagles. Syracuse swept Boston College in 2022-23 by scores of 79-65 on Dec. 31 at home and 77-68 on Feb. 4 in Chestnut Hill. Wednesday's matchup is the 84th between the two teams. The game will move BC into an eighth-place tie with Niagara on the list of SU's most familiar foes.

LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore forward Maliq Brown had a career-best 26 points and logged seven rebounds to lead the Orange at Duke. Sophomore guard Judah Mintz scored 18 points for the third time over a four-game span.

ORANGE LEADERS
Mintz (19.0 ppg.) is third in the ACC in scoring average and leads the conference in steals per game with 2.29. Mintz is in the top 10 of Division I in free throws (ninth, 94) and free throw attempts (eighth, 120). Brown (9.7 ppg.) is first on the team in rebounds per game with 5.7. Sophomores J.J. Starling (11.6) and Chris Bell (10.3) are the other Syracuse players averaging double figure scoring this season.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Graduate center Quinten Post leads the Golden Eagles in scoring (18.1 ppg.) and rebounds (7.8). Post is tied for sixth in the ACC in scoring and seventh in rebounding. Junior guards Claudell Harris Jr. (15.5), Jaeden Zackery (12.1) and sophomore forward Devin McGlockton (10.4) also average double figures for BC. Zackery is third in the ACC with 62 assists.

SYRACUSE FANS CAN VOTE MINTZ FOR COUSY AWARD
Mintz is one of 20 watch-list candidates for the 2024 Bob Cousy Award, which is annually presented to the top point guard in Division I men's basketball. Orange followers are encouraged to participate in three rounds of Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, on hoophallawards.com.

Mintz is also on the watch list for the Naismith Trophy and John R. Wooden Award. Each list in comprised of 50 student-athletes. The lists for each award will be narrowed throughout the year, and winners of the awards will be announced later in the season.

TICKETS
Syracuse men's basketball tickets are available online (cuse.com/tickets), by phone (1-888-DOMETIX) and at the Dome Box Office (Gate B).

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J.J. Starling

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