Louisville Cardinals vs Syracuse Orange: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/17/2021 - POSTPONED

The Louisville Cardinals (11-4) host the Syracuse Orange (12-6) in a matchup of ACC teams at KFC Yum! Center, starting at 6:30 PM ET on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. The Cardinals are 4-point favorites in the game, the first matchup between the teams this season. The matchup has an over/under of 141 points.

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ATS Records for Louisville and Syracuse

Louisville Leaders

• The Cardinals points and assists leader is Carlik Jones. He racks up 17.4 points per game and records 4.9 assists.
• The squad is led in rebounds by Jae'Lyn Withers' 7.6 per game.
• David Johnson connects on 1.9 three-pointers per game, the top mark for the Cardinals.
• Louisville's blocks leader is JJ Traynor, who averages 0.7 per game. Jones leads the team averaging 1.4 steals a contest.

Syracuse Leaders

• Alan Griffin outpaced his teammates on the Orange scoring front by putting up 15.6 points per game. He adds 6.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game this season.
• Quincy Guerrier's 9.0 rebounds per game and Joseph Girard III's 3.7 assists per game put them in the top spots on the Orange rebounds and assists leaderboards.
• Griffin is the top three-point shooter for the Orange, knocking down 2.2 threes per game.
• The Orange leaders in steals and blocks are Kadary Richmond (2.0 steals per game) and Griffin (1.6 blocks per game).

Louisville vs Syracuse: Last 2 Meetings

Louisville and Syracuse have a tied 1-1 record in their last two head-to-head matchups. The Cardinals have beat the spread more often than not against the Orange, holding a 1-0 record ATS in those head-to-head meetings.

Points Insights

• The 69.5 points per game the Cardinals put up are just 0.9 fewer points than the Orange give up (70.4).
• When Louisville scores more than 70.4 points, it is 5-0-1 against the spread and 8-1 overall.
• When Syracuse gives up more than 69.5 points, it is 1-7 against the spread and 3-5 overall.
• The Orange score an average of 76.6 points per game, 12.4 more points than the 64.2 the Cardinals give up to opponents.
• In games when it scores more than 64.2 points, Syracuse is 9-0 against the spread and 11-3 overall.
• Louisville is 0-3 against the spread and 0-3 overall when it gives up more than 76.6 points.
• The Cardinals have scored a total of 79 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 5.3 per game), and the Orange have out-scored opponents by 111 points on the season (6.2 more per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Cardinals and the Orange are evenly matched on the glass this season, with the teams averaging similar numbers (37.7 and 34.2 boards per game, respectively).
• Louisville is 6-1-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. Syracuse is 1-7 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Cardinals and the Orange grab offensive rebounds at similar rate (10.1 and 9.2 offensive rebounds per game, respectively).
• The Cardinals are 4-2-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Orange are 5-5 when they trail in offensive rebounding.
• The Cardinals find nightly success on the glass with an average rebounding margin of +6.5 rebounds per game, and the Orange struggle in comparison, averaging a margin of -1.5.