Big East battle pits Hoyas against Orange

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02/14/2009 - Syracuse, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Big East Conference rivals collide at the Carrier Dome today, as the Georgetown Hoyas pay a visit to the 23rd-ranked Syracuse Orange.

The 2008-09 season began fine enough for Georgetown, as 10 of the club's first 11 decisions landed in the win column. However, since posting a 74-63 victory over now No. 1 UConn on December 29th, the Hoyas have lost eight of their last 11 games, the most recent of which being a 64-62 overtime setback at home to Cincinnati last Saturday. As a result, GU is just 4-7 in conference and begins a stretch today in which of it will play four ranked opponents in the next five games.

Much like their counterpart, the Orange had an easy time of it during the first couple of months of the season, logging a 16-1 record before running into the meat of its conference slate. Syracuse dropped an 88-74 decision to these same Hoyas in Washington, D.C. on January 14th, starting a run in which the team would lose 6-of-8 bouts, in the process evening its Big East record at 6-6. SU is just 1-5 in its last six games and is coming off a pair of demoralizing defeats to ranked foes Villanova (102-85) and UConn (63-49).

The Hoyas are just 1-5 in true road games this season, while the Orange is an impressive 13-2 at home, which includes a 4-1 mark against Big East competition.

Syracuse owns a 43-37 lead in the all-time series with Georgetown, but the Hoyas have won two of the last three meetings. The Hoyas have however dropped four straight at the Carrier Dome, last winning on SU's home floor during the 2000-01 season.

Syracuse has five double-digit scorers on the roster, led by Johnny Flynn with his 17.2 ppg. Flynn performs in other areas as well, also pacing the team in assists with 5.9 per game. Fellow guard Eric Devendorf currently ranks second in scoring with his 15.5 ppg, while Paul Harris averages 13.1 points and a team-best 8.3 rebounds per contest. Arinze Onuaku joins Harris in the SU frontcourt and adds 11.2 points and 7.6 rebounds to the mix, while Andy Rautins pitches in with 10.1 points and serves as the team's top three-point shooter with 62 made treys to this point in the campaign. Flynn has led Syracuse's offensive effort in each of the last four games (tying Devendorf with 22 points in a win against West Virginia on February 4th), the most recent of which being a 16-point performance in the loss to top-ranked UConn earlier in the week. Devendorf finished with 12 points for the Orange, who shot just 31.7 percent from the floor, which included a 5-of-18 showing from beyond the arc.

The Hoyas squandered a five-point lead with just over two minutes remaining in last week's tilt against Cincinnati, eventually falling in overtime in a 64-62 final. Greg Monroe, who was recently named one of the 30 mid-season nominees for the Wooden Award, led the way for Georgetown with 13 points and six rebounds, doing so despite shooting just 4-of-12 from the floor. Austin Freeman was the only other Hoya to finish in double figures, tallying 10 points on 3-of-9 shooting. The team as a whole converted 40.8 percent of its field goal attempts, but managed a 6-of-15 effort from three-point range. GU features four double-digit scorers on the season, led by DaJuan Summers with his 14.2 ppg. A 50.5 percent shooter overall who has drained a team-high 35 triples thus far, Summers also grabs 4.5 rpg, while Monroe has made a significant impact in this his freshman season by averaging 13.0 points and 6.4 caroms per contest. Monroe shows even more when you realize he leads the team in both blocks (34) and steals (43). Freeman (12.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg) and Chris Wright (12.0 ppg, 78 assists) have put their best foot forward in helping the Hoyas net 71.3 ppg behind 46.9 percent field goal efficiency.

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