Syracuse vs UConn Preview

The Orange and Huskies meet for the third time in NCAA Tournament play since 2016.

Syracuse faces the one seed UConn in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Tuesday night. Here is a comparison of the two teams. 

Category	Syracuse	UConn
Seed	8	1
Record	15-8	25-1
Conf Record	9-7	18-0
Conf Tourney	Lost Semifinals	Won
Points	73.0	82.8
FG%	41.6%	51.6%
3PT%	30.6%	34.7%
FT%	67.6%	71.4%
Assists	15.3	21.0
Points Allowed	67.4	50.8
FG% Def	38.1%	33.1%
3PT% Def	31.0%	26.4%
Reb Margin	+1.2	+12.5
Blocks	7.2	5.8
Steals	7.8	10.0
TOs	16.3	14.3
TOs Forced	16.1	18.3

Point Guard

Category	Syracuse	UConn
Player	Tiana Mangakahia	Paige Bueckers
Height	5-6	5-11
Points	11.6	19,9
FG%	42.8%	54.5%
3PT%	34.9%	47.5%
FT%	84.2%	83.6%
Assists	7.5	6.1
Reb	3.1	4.7
Steals	1.5	2.4
Blocks	0.1	0.4
TOs	4.8	2.6

Shooting Guard

Category	Syracuse	UConn
Player	Kiara Lewis	Nika Muhl
Height	5-8	5-10
Points	14.3	5.0
FG%	33.9%	38.2%
3PT%	24.1%	34.8%
FT%	71.4%	72.7%
Assists	3.1	2.8
Reb	3.3	2.4
Steals	1.2	1.8
Blocks	0.2	0.2
TOs	2.7	2.0

Small Forward

Category	Syracuse	UConn
Player	Emily Engstler	Christyn Williams
Height	6-1	5-11
Points	10.5	15.7
FG%	42.8%	48.3%
3PT%	36.9%	33.3%
FT%	53.3%	68.9%
Assists	1.9	2.4
Reb	9.2	4.2
Steals	1.8	1.0
Blocks	1.6	0.5
TOs	2.0	1.7

Power Forward

Category	Syracuse	UConn
Player	Digna Strautmane	Evina Westbrook
Height	6-2	6-0
Points	7.6	9.3
FG%	39.3%	44.0%
3PT%	28.6%	31.4%
FT%	100%	78.0%
Assists	1.5	4.2
Reb	5.9	5.2
Steals	1.3	1.8
Blocks	1.1	0.7
TOs	1.4	2.7

Center

Category	Syracuse	UConn
Player	Kamilla Cardoso	Olivia Nelson-Ododa
Height	6-7	6-5
Points	13.7	12.9
FG%	57.7%	58.0%
3PT%	0.0%	26.7%
FT%	59.4%	61.8%
Assists	0.7	2.8
Reb	8.1	7.7
Steals	0.6	0.6
Blocks	2.8	1.7
TOs	0.7	1.9