Syracuse and Duke are playing an ACC college basketball game on the TV schedule on ESPN from Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday night and the start time is at 7:00 pm ET for tip off and comes after the Orange lost to Boston College for their first loss of the season after being undefeated and they remain number one as they matchup with the Blue Devils.
Syracuse was accused of overlooking Boston College for Duke and they set a mark as the team with the most losses to beat a number one team and now Duke comes in as the number five ranked teams for a top 25 matchup on Saturday night. The Orange play against Maryland on the road on Monday after this game and the team comes in averaging 70 points per game and the team is shooting nearly 49 percent from the field. Jabari Parker has been excellent and he will be the focal point for Syracuse and the team comes into the game after getting 20 points and 11 rebounds from CJ Fair and six assists from Tyler Ennis and that amounted to 59 points in the loss to BC, a big disappointment but really not a big deal for Cuse.
Wichita State is still undefeated and now Syracuse can finish the rest of the season with wins if they finish this game off, they have three more road games with Maryland and Virginia along with Florida State, while Georgia Tech is the lone game at the Carrier Dome. Fair is leading the team in scoring with 16 points per game and Ennis is leading in assists and he was the one that kept the team alive against Pitt with the overtime three that kept the team undefeated and now they could be getting their second loss of the season on Saturday night.
Duke is 21-6 on the season and they are 10-4 in the ACC this year and they are looking to rebound after a loss against North Carolina and the team has another game against the Tar Heels at the end of the year and on the schedule is also Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and then UNC and those will be tough matchups as well. Parker is leading the team in scoring and rebounding and has been playing very well as a freshman, while Rodney Hood has also been great for the team after transferring.
Quinn Cook led the team with 17 points against UNC and Parker grabbed 11 rebounds and the team comes in with 80 points per game, ranked 21st in the nation and they play Va. Tech next. The team had won four in a row between losses to UNC and Syracuse in overtime and now this is the second matchup. Duke has been playing very well this season and the Blue Devils and Cuse could be there at the end at the ACC tournament.
The game starts at 7 pm on ESPN.