Orange Visit Atlanta For Yellow Jacket Clash

Game Details: Saturday, Feb. 17, Atlanta, Ga., 5:30 p.m.
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Syracuse (16-9, 7-7 ACC) is set for the first contest of its two-game road swing when it faces Georgia Tech (10-15, 3-11) on Saturday, February 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the McCamish Pavilion.

SETTING THE STAGE
The Orange have won two of their last three. At least four players have scored in double-figures in all three contests.

The Yellow Jackets are on a four-game skid and have dropped seven of their last eight. Their lone win over the last eight outings came against the Tar Heels, 74-73, on January 30.

THE SYRACUSE-GEORGIA TECH SERIES
Syracuse will face Georgia Tech for the 18^th time on Saturday. The Orange own a slight edge, 9-8, in the series versus the Yellow Jackets. Last season, the squads split the home-and-home series, each winning as visitors. Georgia Tech took the last matchup, 96-76, on Feb. 28, 2023. Syracuse won the affair before that, 80-63, on Jan. 21, 2023.

LAST TIME OUT
The Orange avenged a 103-67 defeat on January 13 against the Tar Heels by taking down #7/5 North Carolina, 86-79, in the Dome this past Tuesday. The victory marked the first time Syracuse defeated a top 10 ranked team since beating #1 Duke, 95-91, in overtime on Jan. 14, 2019.

The Orange converted 30-of-48 (.625) shots from the field in the contest, the program's best percentage since shooting .715 (45-of-63) in a win against DePaul in 2011. The sophomore backcourt pair of J.J. Starling (25 points) and Judah Mintz (23) combined for 48 of Syracuse's 86 points. Sophomores Maliq Brown, a center, and forward Chris Bell contributed 14 and 13 points, respectively.

ORANGE LEADERS
Over the last nine games, Starling has averaged 18.4 points per game while Mintz has produced 18.1 points per outing. Mintz sits at fourth in the ACC in scoring average with 18.4 points per game this season. He ranks among the top 10 in Division I for free throws made (eighth, 164) and attempted (sixth, 218). Bell is also averaging double-digit scoring with 11.4 points per outing. Brown (9.4 ppg.) leads the squad in rebound average with 6.8 boards per affair.

Syracuse leads the ACC in steals per game with 9.4. Brown and Mintz rank second and third in the ACC in steal average, respectively. Brown snags 2.16 per game while Mintz swipes 2.12 per contest.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Georgia Tech has three performers who average double-digit scoring: junior guard Miles Kelly (14.8 ppg.), freshman forward Baye Ndongo (11.8) and junior guard Kowacie Reeves Jr. (10.4). Ndongo leads the team with 7.9 rebounds per game. Freshman guard Naithan George (9.5 ppg.) has dished out a team best 4.9 assists per game, which ranks second in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets are second in the ACC in bench points per outing with 24.0 and are third in the ACC in rebounds per game with 38.0.

A JIM BOEHEIM DAY TO REMEMBER
Syracuse University Athletics will be honoring legendary SU basketball coach and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Jim Boeheim '66 when the Orange host Notre Dame on Saturday, February 24, in the JMA Wireless Dome. The ceremony will recognize the numerous accomplishments of the recently retired coach as part of "Coach Jim Boeheim Day."

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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