Albany Great Danes vs Syracuse Orange Prediction, 12/10/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Albany Great Danes vs Syracuse Orange

Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Location: JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, NY

TV: ESPN+

The Syracuse Orange (4-4) will compete against the Albany Great Danes (6-4) at JMA Wireless Dome on Tuesday.

The Albany Great Danes faced Boston and took a loss by a final of 80-74 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Great Danes finished with 20 and Boston totaled 12 personal fouls. They also made 9 out of their 24 attempts from distance. Boston ended up shooting 57.7% from the free throw line by burying 15 of their 26 tries. In addition, Boston had 38 boards (10 offensive, 28 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Boston doled out 16 dimes and had 8 steals for the contest. With respect to defending, Albany allowed 53.8% from the field on 28 of 52 shooting. They also doled out 20 dimes for the game while forcing 19 turnovers and earning 15 steals. Pertaining to pulling down boards, they collected 20 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Great Danes knocked down 11 of their 14 tries for a percentage of 78.6%. Albany ended the game with a 41.9% field goal percentage (26 of 62) and converted 11 out of their 22 shots from beyond the arc.

DeMarr Langford Jr. is a guy who was a factor in the game. He ended up shooting 50.0% from the floor and also totaled 1 assist. He played for 38 minutes and also grabbed 6 rebounds. He ended up finishing with 14 points on 5 of 10 shooting.

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Albany comes into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 6-4 for the campaign. They are giving up possession 10.5 times per game and as a group they commit 21.4 fouls every game. As a team, Albany is grabbing 31.4 rebounds per game and has 123 assists on the campaign, which is 237th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. The Great Danes are hitting 35.9% from downtown (80 of 223) and 73.2% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 77.2 points per game (158th in D-1) while going 45.0% from the field.

Defensively, the Great Danes are forcing 16.4 turnovers every game and they draw 17.2 fouls. They give up 35.5% from 3-point land and they are 204th in college basketball in opponents points per game (71.8). The Great Danes are giving up a FG percentage of 49.2% (249 of 506) and they relinquish 31.7 boards per contest as a basketball team. They are ranked 256th in the nation in allowing assists to their opponents with 133 surrendered for the campaign.

In their last game, the Syracuse Orange walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 69-64 when they faced Notre Dame. When talking about cleaning the glass, Syracuse permitted Notre Dame to snag 31 in total (7 on the offensive side). They finished 36.4% from 3-point land by connecting on 8 of 22 and finished the contest at 17 out of 27 at the free throw line (63.0%). The Orange allowed Notre Dame to bury 22 out of 49 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 44.9% for the matchup. When this game wrapped up, the Orange shot 24 for 51 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 47.1%. In the matter of 3-point shots, Syracuse buried 0 out of their 9 tries (0.0%). They were able to knock down 16 of them for a clip of 66.7%. Notre Dame committed 18 fouls for the matchup which took the Orange to the free throw line for a total of 24 attempts. They coughed up the ball 11 times, while getting 6 steals for this contest. The Orange snagged 21 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive rebounds for a total of 26 for the matchup.

Donnie Freeman pitched in for the Orange in this contest. He totaled 20 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood, but finished this game without an assist. He buried 6 of 10 for the contest for a field goal rate of 60.0%, and totaled 11 rebounds.

Syracuse has a mark of 4-4 on the year. The Orange are committing 15.8 personal fouls per contest and they hit 67.6% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 14.0 times per game (189th in the nation) and they are turning it over 10.3 times per contest. Syracuse has accounted for 620 pts for the campaign (77.5 per game) and they average 39.4 rebounds per contest. In terms of offensive execution, the Orange are hitting on 45.2% from the floor, which ranks them 185th in the nation.

The Orange on defense are ranked 338th in college hoops in points allowed per contest with 79.4. They have forced 10.0 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 45.7% from the floor (308th in college hoops). The Syracuse defense surrenders 32.4% on 3-point attempts (69 of 213) and their opponents are connecting on 72.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 12.9 dimes and 34.6 boards per game, which is ranked 181st and 183rd in college hoops.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Albany

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