Virginia Cavaliers vs Syracuse Orange: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/25/2021

The No. 8 Virginia Cavaliers (10-2) are 7-point favorites as they look to continue a six-game win streak when they host the Syracuse Orange (9-4) on Monday, January 25, 2021 at John Paul Jones Arena. The contest airs at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN. The matchup has an over/under of 130.

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Virginia Leaders

• The Cavaliers points and rebounds leader is Sam Hauser. He puts up 14.5 points per game and adds 7.4 rebounds.
• The team is led in assists by Kihei Clark's 4.1 per game.
• Trey Murphy III leads the Cavaliers with a team-high 2.3 made three-pointers per game.
• Reece Beekman leads the team with 1.7 steals per game. Jay Huff collects 2.5 blocks a game to pace the Cavaliers.

Syracuse Leaders

• Quincy Guerrier has the top Orange spot in two categories: scoring (16.9 points per game) and rebounding (9.5 rebounds per game).
• Joseph Girard III puts in work handing out assists and is Syracuse's assist leader with 4.2 per game.
• The Orange are led by Girard from long distance -- he knocks down 2.2 shots from downtown per game.
• Nobody on Syracuse grabs more steals than Kadary Richmond (2.0 per game) or blocks more shots than Alan Griffin (1.6 per game).

Virginia vs Syracuse: Last 3 Meetings

Virginia has taken two of its last three matchups against Syracuse. Neither team has an advantage against the spread in those head-to-head matchups. The Cavaliers and the Orange have a 1-1 ATS record.

Points Insights

• The 72.8 points per game the Cavaliers score are only 3.5 more points than the Orange allow (69.3).
• Virginia has a 6-0 record against the spread and a 7-1 record overall when scoring more than 69.3 points.
• Syracuse has a 1-4 record against the spread and a 2-3 record overall when giving up more than 72.8 points.
• The Orange put up an average of 79.4 points per game, 19.8 more points than the 59.6 the Cavaliers allow to opponents.
• In games when it scores more than 59.6 points, Syracuse is 7-0 against the spread and 9-4 overall.
• Virginia's record is 0-1 overall and 0-1 against the spread when it gives up more than 79.4 points to its opponents.
• The Cavaliers have out-scored their opponents by a total of 158 points this season (13.2 points per game on average), and the Orange have put up 131 more points than their opponents on the year (10.1 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Cavaliers average 30.4 rebounds per game, -6.4 boards per contest fewer than the Orange.
• When Syracuse earns the rebounding advantage they are 6-2 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Virginia is 1-1.
• The Cavaliers average 5.8 offensive rebounds per game, -4.0 rebounds less than the Orange.
• The Orange are 3-2 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Cavaliers are 2-2 when they trail in offensive rebounds.
• Both teams tend to win the rebounding battle. Virginia records an average rebounding margin of +4.5 rebounds per game. Syracuse averages a margin of +0.3 rebounds.