Orange Travel to Louisville for Tuesday Tilt

Game Details: Tuesday, March 3, Louisville, KY, 9:00 p.m.
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Syracuse (15-14, 6-10 ACC) closes out its regular-season road schedule Tuesday night at Louisville (20-9, 9-7 ACC).

Finish Strong
Two games remain on Syracuse's regular-season slate starting with the road contest at Louisville on Tuesday and ending with a home finale against Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Syracuse is coming off a game in which the offense scored 83 points and four players scored in double figures in a loss to host Wake Forest. The Orange were paced by sophomore Donnie Freeman's season-high 28 points and 20 points from Nate Kingz.

Road Performances
Syracuse has seen four players average in double figures in road games, with Freeman leading the charge at 19.6 points per game. Freeman has posted 20 or more points in five separate road games, including his season-best 28 against Wake Forest. He has also grabbed an average of 7.9 rebounds per game while on the road.

Kingz has shot 19-of-42 (.452) from beyond the arc in away tilts and has posted 12.3 points per game. Senior J.J. Starling and junior Naithan George are close behind, averaging 11.6 and 10.9 points, respectively.

The Syracuse-Louisville Series
Louisville leads the all-time series, 20-14. Syracuse has won three of the last four matchups at the KFC Yum! Center.

The Cardinals won the last meeting between the two squads, taking down the Orange, 85-61, at the JMA Wireless Dome last season.

Syracuse Notes

The Orange rank third nationally in blocks per game, tallying an average of 6.0, and trail just Georgia (6.4) and Virginia (6.1).
Senior William Kyle III is among the nation's top shot blockers, tallying 73 blocks this year, which is the ninth most in the nation heading into Tuesday.
Freeman is averaging a team-best 17.2 points per game to go with 6.9 rebounds. He scored a season-best 28 points at Wake Forest.
Kingz has shot .500 from the field and .416 from three in ACC contests. Kingz is averaging 14.5 points per game over the last six games.
George is averaging 10.3 points and 5.9 assists in ACC games. He notched his second double-double of the season against Wake Forest, dishing out 10 assists while adding 13 points.

Louisville Notes

Under Coach Pat Kelsey, Louisville has earned its second straight 20-win season.
The Cardinals have posted back-to-back losses, narrowly falling at North Carolina, before dropping another road game to Clemson.
Louisville leads the ACC and is 18^th in the NCAA in offense, scoring 86.0 points per contest.
The Cardinals are ranked fourth nationally in 3-pointers per game, with 11.8 an outing.
Senior guard Ryan Conwell leads the ACC with three-pointers per game with 3.3 per contest, while also averaging 18.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. who set the single-game record for an ACC freshman with 45 points, has been limited recently with a back injury, but played against Clemson. Brown is averaging 18.2 ppg on the season.

Syracuse Tickets
Individual tickets for Syracuse's final regular-season game against Pittsburgh on March 7 are available at cuse.com/feature/basketball-tickets.