Syracuse and Pittsburgh are playing live online Wednesday in an ESPN college basketball matchup and the game will be streaming online from the Petersen Events center and has two top 25 teams matching up with each other in the ACC and it has the number one team and the last ranked one on the list as the Orange and the Panthers have a conference battle.
Syracuse comes into the game undefeated at 23-0 on the season and they are looking to continue that streak and they have a 10 game winning streak going in the conference and are coming into the matchup after a win over Clemson. The Tigers were held to just 44 points in the game and CJ Fair led the way with 19 points and now the Orange have the chance to stay undefeated against Pitt before matching up against NC State on Saturday at the Carrier Dome.
Syracuse is 23-0 on the season and Pitt comes in 20-4 and 8-3 in the ACC and this is a matchup that the Orange could lose and it comes ahead of some tough games on the schedule, as they play Boston College next before a three game road trip. Syracuse plays on the road against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium and then they play against Maryland and Virginia, while Georgia Tech and Florida State are the last two teams on the schedule.
The team has the chance to make it into the tournament as the first undefeated team in decades and they are looking very strong as the second part of the season starts to finish up. Fair has 16.8 points per game to lead the team in scoring and they are first in the polls and that likely will remain until they lose a game. The team is ranked 187th in the league in points per game with 71 points per contest and they are shooting over 45 percent from the field and they are allowing just 60 points per game and are ranked in the top 10 in total defense, seventh in the nation.
The team has been solid on the boards and they rank in the top part of the nation in blocks and they are also in the top 15 in steals and that will be a main focus for the defense on Wednesday night. Pitt comes into the game after a win against Virginia Tech and they have a nice matchup on the road against North Carolina coming next and they come into the game averaging 73 points per game and they are ranked 19th in assists per game and are averaging nearly 47 percent shooting from the field for the season.
Pitt has won the past two games and four of the past six and those middle games were losses to Duke and Virginia and now they have matchups against UNC and FSU coming up before road games against Boston College and Notre Dame. The two teams are best in the ACC right now with Virginia and the standings has four teams in the top 25 and Duke is right there in the mix ahead of North Carolina.
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