UConn back at Garden to face Syracuse

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• UConn is likely to be without guard Alterique Gilbert (shoulder) again.
• Syracuse has won nine of the last 15 games in the series.
• UConn has not won consecutive games against the Orange since taking wins on Feb. 6, 2008 and Feb. 11, 2009.
• Syracuse is coming off a 76-60 loss to Kansas in the Hoophall Invitational in Miami.
• The Huskies are making their third appearance in the Jimmy V Classic. The other two appearances both resulted in defeats (N.C. State in 2012 and Maryland in 2015).
  
• Syracuse sophomore guard Tyus Battle has led the Orange in scoring in six of their seven games.
• Westport?s Paschal Chukwu, whom UConn recruited before he chose Providence, is in his second year with Syracuse after transferring away from the Friars.
  

 

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Syracuse Should Get Huskies' Best Shot At The Garden



There?s a distinct decibel level at Madison Square Garden, a ?sustained roar? reserved for certain sporting events at the storied arena, according to UConn men?s beat reporter Dom Amore.

College basketball games involving the UConn men have historically hit that mark. And the Huskies will have another chance to get there Tuesday when they take on old Big East foe Syracuse in the Jimmy V Classic.

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The Syracuse Orange suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday to No. 2 Kansas at the HoopHall Invitational in Miami. The Orange (6-1) will look to get back in the win column on Tuesday when it faces Connecticut in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.
This the third straight year that SU and UConn have played each other and they're meeting at Madison Square Garden for the second consecutive year. Syracuse beat UConn in the Battle 4 Atlantis in the 2015-16 season. Last year, Connecticut knocked off the Orange 52-50 at the Garden.
Syracuse's top two players are guards Frank Howard (23) and Tyus Battle (25), who had 15 and 22 points, respectively in the loss to Kansas.
Connecticut brings a 6-2 record into Tuesday's game. The game is scheduled to start after the conclusion of the night's first game, featuring Villanova against Gonzaga. That game starts at 7 p.m. Both games are televised on ESPN.

Don't expect Syracuse's starting lineup to change. Jim Boeheim has gone with the same five starters in each of SU's first seven games.

The Orange's starting lineup should consist of: guards Howard and Battle, forwards Matthew Moyer and Oshae Brissett and center Paschal Chukwu.

Connecticut's lineup has had a lot more fluctuation. Forward Terry Larrier is the only player who has started every game this season for the Huskies.

Starting along with Larrier will likely be a three-guard lineup of Jalen Adams, Antwoine Anderson and Christian Vital plus former Cornell center David Onuorah.