The Oakland Golden Grizzlies and Syracuse Orange meet Tuesday in college basketball action at the JMA Wireless Dome. The Oakland Golden Grizzlies look for their third win. The Syracuse Orange look to get above a .500 record.
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are averaging 75.6 points on 44 percent shooting and allowing 80 points on 47.2 percent shooting. Trey Townsend is averaging 16.1 points and 7.1 rebounds, while Keaton Hervey is averaging 14.4 points and 7.9 rebounds. Jalen Moore is the third double-digit scorer and Blake Lampman is grabbing 3.1 rebounds. The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are shooting 33 percent from beyond the arc and 73.7 percent from the free throw line. The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are allowing 36.8 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29.1 rebounds per game.
The Syracuse Orange are averaging 69.4 points on 43.6 percent shooting and allowing 69.3 points on 40 percent shooting. Jesse Edwards is averaging 14.8 points and 11.6 rebounds, while Judah Mintz is averaging 14.4 points and 3 assists. Joseph Girard III is the third double-digit scorer and Chris Bell is dishing 0.4 assists. The Syracuse Orange are shooting 30.6 percent from beyond the arc and 71 percent from the free throw line. The Syracuse Orange are allowing 34.6 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.3 rebounds per game.
The Golden Grizzlies are 1-11 ATS in their last 12 road games and 6-20 ATS in their last 26 games overall. The Orange are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The over is 7-2 in Golden Grizzlies last 9 overall. The under is 4-0 in Orange last 4 overall.
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies don’t cover numbers on the road, and there’s a clear talent gap here. However, let’s not act like the Syracuse Orange are lighting the world on fire right now, and they’re only winning at home by an average of 8.3 points and in the favorite role by an average of 7.2 points. This line is thick. It’s Oakland or pass for me.