The Syracuse Orange and the Florida State Seminoles meet in college basketball action from the Donald L. Tucker Center on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Syracuse is listed as a 1.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -125. The total for this game is set at 149.5 points.
Injuries
For Syracuse, Peter Carey is still out for the season with a knee injury while no new injuries for FSU have been announced coming into this game.
Matchup History
Syracuse’s 96-57 win over Florida State back on March 9th, 2022, made it four straight meetings without back-to-back winners, but it was a 3rd straight win for the road team in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Syracuse is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games and 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 10-1 in their last 11 games following an ATS win. Florida State is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games overall.
Pick
I’m backing the over here. I just think that this is a higher-scoring game, especially when both teams have been trending to the over and high-scoring games in a lot of their recent outings. I look for this game to be a track meet from the opening tip, so give me the over here.