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Louisville Looking For Their Second Straight Win With Quentin Snider Back As They Visit Syracuse

Louisville 20-5 8-4 in the ACC is coming off a win over Miami Saturday where Quentin returned from injury to score 13 points in his first game back while hitting a three- pointer with 41 seconds remaining. "according to http://gocards.com/news/2017/2/11/mens-basketball-no-4-louisvilles-second-half-rally-tops-miami-71-66.aspx?path=mbball

Beating Miami wasn't easy though as Louisville had to come back from a 14 point first half deficit and drew even with Mitchell's three with 6:12 left before going on a 13-0 run for a 61-53 lead. "according to http://www.gocards.com/news/2017/2/11/mens-basketball-no-4-louisvilles-second-half-rally-tops-miami-71-66.aspx?path=mbball

Deng Adel and Donovan Mitchell each contributed 18 points as Louisville rallied past Miami although Miami rallied to tie it at 61 with 1:56 left before Snider knocked down two free throws to go along with a three-pointer. "according to http://www.gocards.com/news/2017/2/11/mens-basketball-no-4-louisvilles-second-half-rally-tops-miami-71-66.aspx?path=mbball

Syracuse meanwhile has a record of 16-10 8-5 in the ACC and is coming off an 80-75 loss on the road at Pittsburgh Saturday after winning five games." according to http://www.cuse.com/news/2017/2/11/mens-basketball-cuse-winning-streak-ends-at-pitt.aspx

Andrew White and John Gillian led three in double figures with 20 points while Frank Howard had 12 points. Andrew White was 7-16 from the floor that included three-three pointers. "according to http://www.cuse.com/news/2017/2/11/mens-basketball-cuse-winning-streak-ends-at-pitt.aspx

Pittsburgh's Cameron Johnson led all players with 22 points while he was 6-9 shooting from the field with all his points coming from beyond the three -point line. Michael Young also added 21 points for Pittsburgh to go along with nine rebounds and six assists. Sheldon Jeter also contributed as he had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds." according to http://www.cuse.com/news/2017/2/11/mens-basketball-cuse-winning-streak-ends-at-pitt.aspx

Will Syracuse get back in the win column against Louisville?  Will Louisville dominate Syracuse compared to what they did against Miami Saturday? 

Tip-off is set for 7:00 pm. The game will be televised on ESPN. "according to http://gocards.com/sports/2016/4/7/2016-17-mens-basketball-ticket-info.aspx