BOSTON – Playing a third former NCAA champion in four games, the Boston University men's basketball team will visit ACC power Syracuse on Saturday with tip-off slated for 12 p.m. The trip marks the Terriers' first to the Carrier Dome since 1993-94.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU is on a four-game losing streak after winning four straight at home with tough losses at UConn (51-49) and NC State (77-73).
• The Syracuse contest will give the Terriers three major conference opponents in one regular season for the first time since 2011-12 ... That year, BU went 1-2 with a victory at Boston College and losses to both Texas and Villanova.
• The Terriers are 2-1 against the ACC under head coach Joe Jones with the BC win and victory at Maryland ... BU owned a 2-point advantage at NC State last Saturday before the Wolfpack went on their game-changing run.
• BU has used a different starting lineup in each of the last six games ... Senior Justin Alston (8.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg) is the lone Terrier to start all nine games, while sophomore Kyle Foreman (7.1 ppg, 4.4 apg) has started in all eight of his appearances.
• Junior Cedric Hankerson went 5-of-8 from three on Wednesday vs. Canisius and led BU in scoring for the second time this season behind 18 points after previously tallying 19 against LIU Brooklyn.
• Senior Eric Fanning leads the Terriers in scoring at 13.9 ppg (+ 5.0 rpg), while junior Cheddi Mosely (9.7 ppg) is averaging a team-high 2.1 3-pointers per game at 34.5 3FG%.
• Highlighted by a career-high nine assists at NC State, Foreman has averaged 6.2 assists over the last five games.
• Junior Nick Havener (5.6 ppg) leads BU in rebounding at 6.3 rpg, as the Terriers own a rebounding margin of 2.9. 

SCOUTING SYRACUSE

• The Orange are a perfect 5-0 at home with a pair of blowout victories over Patriot League members Colgate (83-55) and Holy Cross (90-46) ... They lost edged North Florida, 77-71, on Dec. 3.
• Syracuse is 1-3 in the last four games, but all three losses came against major conference opponents - South Carolina (64-50), Wisconsin (77-60) and UConn (52-50).
• Syracuse features one of the nation's top defenses in the country, holding teams to 59.3 ppg (16th nationally), 35.0 percent shooting (5th) and just 25.3 percent shooting from behind the arc (5th).
• The Orange have also been dangerous from 3-point territory, averaging 9.0 treys a game (58th) while shooting 40.0 percent (37th).
• Andrew White III leads Syracuse in scoring at 16.6 ppg, while Tyler Lydon is nearly averaging a double-double at 9.9 ppg and 7.4 rpg ... Frank Howard directs the offense at 8.3 ppg and 6.3 apg, respectively.
• The Orange are averaging three more free throw attempts compared to their opponents, while the Terriers are attempting six fewer in their respective games ... BU is 1-5 this season when finishing behind in made free throws.

SERIES HISTORY

• Syracuse owns a 6-1 all-time advantage in a series dating to 1946-47.
• The Orange are hosting the Terriers for the first time since an 89-70 win on Dec. 3, 1993. 
• BU won its lone meeting, 72-71, on March 5, 1960, at home.
• The Terriers have one other connection with Syracuse in Naismith Hall of Famer Rick Pitino ... An assistant at Syracuse from 1976-78, Pitino took his first full-time head coaching job at BU from 1978-83 and led the Terriers to both the 1980 NIT and 1983 NCAAs.