Syracuse vs Cornell 12/17/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Cornell Big Red and the Syracuse Orange meet in college basketball action from the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday afternoon.

The Cornell Big Red will look to rebound from a 107-105 loss to Miami in their last game. Greg Dolan leads the Big Red in scoring with 13.9 PPG and in assists with 4.1 APG along with 4.6 RPG while Nazir Williams has 11.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG and Chris Manon has 10.1 PPG with 3.3 RPG and 3 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Cornell up to this point in the season. Sean Hansen also has 9.6 PPG with a team-high 5.4 RPG to lead the Big Red in rebounding up to this point in the year. As a team, Cornell is averaging 85.1 PPG on 49.8% shooting from the field, 37% from the foul line and 67.9% from the foul line this season.

The Syracuse Orange will hope to build on their current four-game win streak after an 86-71 win over Monmouth in their last game. Jesse Edwards leads the Orange in scoring and rebounding with team-highs of 15.3 PPG and 11.3 RPG while Judah Mintz leads the Orange in assists with 4 APG to go along with his 15 PPG this season. Joseph Girard III has 14.8 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Syracuse up to this point in the season. As a team, Syracuse is averaging 74.5 PPG on 46.3% shooting from the field, 32.6% from three and 73.8ok% from the foul line this season

Cornell is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 9-1-1 ATS in their last 11 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 7-0 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record. Syracuse is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record and 6-21 ATS in their last 27 home games against a team with a winning road record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win.

I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m backing the over here. These matchups between Cornell and Syracuse are normally lower-scoring as the under has been a common trend in recent years, but the fact is that Syracuse is back to scoring in bunches at home and Cornell’s coming off of that 212-point thriller against Miami. Hopefully they still have something in the tank here, but either way I like the over here.