Syracuse Orange vs Pittsburgh Panthers Prediction, 2/18/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Syracuse Orange vs Pittsburgh Panthers

Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Location: Petersen Events Center in Madison, WI

TV: ESPN+

The Pittsburgh Panthers (14-10) host the Syracuse Orange (11-14) at Petersen Events Center on Tuesday.

The Syracuse Orange played Miami and went home with a loss by a final score of 91-84 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Orange ended up with 17 and Miami finished the game with 12 personal fouls. They made 10 out of their 20 attempts from downtown. Miami finished shooting 82.6% from the charity stripe by making 19 of their 23 shots. Moreover, Miami collected 25 boards (3 offensive, 22 defensive), but didn't have a block. Miami recorded 14 assists and had 8 steals for the matchup. In terms of defending, Syracuse allowed the other team to shoot 55.4% from the field on 31 out of 56 shooting. They also recorded 19 dimes in the game in addition to forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and earning 6 steals. Concerning hauling in rebounds, they compiled 31 with 10 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Orange knocked down 16 of their 17 shots for a percentage of 94.1%. Syracuse finished having earned a 45.5% FG percentage (30 of 66) and converted 8 of their 21 shots from beyond the perimeter.

JJ Starling is a player who was a major factor for this game. He scored 25 points on 8 of 21 shooting. He played for 36 minutes played and grabbed 5 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 38.1% from the floor and distributed 3 dimes.

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Syracuse enters this matchup with a win-loss mark of 11-14 for the season. They are averaging 74.6 pts per game (169th in the nation) while shooting 45.2% from the floor. The Orange are hitting 32.1% on shots from 3-point land (161 of 502) and 69.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, Syracuse is snagging 37.9 boards per game and has accumulated 334 dimes for the campaign, which has them ranked 205th in college hoops in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 12.5 times per contest and as a team they commit 16.0 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Orange are forcing 9.7 turnovers per game while drawing 17.3 personal fouls. They are 208th in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 333 relinquished this season. The Orange defensively are allowing a FG percentage of 45.6% (700 of 1,535) and they concede 34.6 boards per game as a group. They give up 33.8% on three-point shots while they are 329th in D-1 in PPG allowed (78.2).

The last time they took the court, the Pittsburgh Panthers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 83-63 when they played SMU. When it comes to rebounding, Pittsburgh permitted SMU to snag 37 overall (9 on the offensive side). They finished 50.0% from three-point range by going 10 of 20 and walked away from this one shooting 15 out of 23 from the free throw line (65.2%). The Panthers permitted SMU to bury 29 out of 52 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 55.8% in this matchup. When this game wrapped up, the Panthers finished 21 out of 66 from the field which had them at 31.8%. In the matter of 3-pointers, Pittsburgh converted 9 of 35 attempts (25.7%). They were able to convert 12 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 80.0%. SMU had 18 personal fouls for this contest which took the Panthers to the charity stripe for 15 attempts. They turned it over 11 times, while earning 9 steals for the game. The Panthers were able to corral 18 defensive rebounds and 14 offensive boards totaling 32 in this contest.

Guillermo Diaz Graham ended up being important for the Panthers in the matchup. He converted 5 of 9 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 55.6%, and earned 8 rebounds. He racked up 15 points in his 32 minutes on the court and tallied 2 dimes for the contest.

Pittsburgh has a mark of 14-10 so far this year. As an offensive unit, the Panthers are hitting on 45.8% from the field, which ranks 132nd in D-1. Pittsburgh has earned 1,857 points for the campaign (77.4 per game) and they collect 33.6 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 13.7 times per game (183rd in the country) and they are turning it over 9.9 times per contest. The Panthers are responsible for committing 16.4 personal fouls per game and they shoot 79.3% from the free throw line.

The Panthers are ranked 176th in Division 1 in points per game surrendered with 71.3. They are forcing 12.2 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 44.0% from the floor (205th in the country). The Pittsburgh defense allows 34.9% on shots from behind the 3-point line (192 of 550) and opponents are making 70.5% of their free throw shots. They surrender 12.9 assists and 34.3 total rebounds per game, ranking them 160th and 180th in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Syracuse

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