A season-high 24 points from Tyus Battle led the Syracuse basketball team past Colgate, 77-56, Wednesday night at the Carrier Dome. Battle was nearly perfect on the night with an 8-of-10 (80 percent) shooting performance including a spotless 3-of-3 mark from three-point range. His 24 points came in just 26 minutes.
Oshae Brissett and Elijah Hughes both added 17 points while Bourama Sidibe was the fourth Orange player to reach double-digits with 11. Brissett tallied seven of his points from the charity stripe in addition to his nine rebounds. Nine of Sidibe’s points came in the first-half while his game-high 10 rebounds pushed him to his second career double-double. Read More
- Syracuse basketball gets going in 2nd half to knock off Colgate (Syracuse.com)
- Syracuse 77, Colgate 56: The Orange get back on track with a win (NunesMagician.com)
- Battle sparks 2nd-half spurt that helps Syracuse pull away from Colgate, 77-56 (Daily Orange)
- Box Score: Syracuse 77, Colgate 56 (Cuse.com)
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MORE COVERAGE & TWITTER REACTION:
– Three takeaways from Syracuse’s win over Colgate (NunesMagician.com)
– Frank Howard returns to Syracuse basketball, reveals he had surgery (Syracuse.com)
– Syracuse basketball guard Tyus Battle found his jumper in film room, practice gym (Syracuse.com)
– Frank Howard makes his Syracuse basketball 2018-19 debut (Syracuse.com)
Frank Howard gets a nice ovation from Syracuse fans when he’s introduced. pic.twitter.com/4AnqLhAmFZ
— Donna Ditota (@DonnaDitota1) November 22, 2018
Brissett & Hughes with back-to-back 3-pointers!
22-3 Cuse run!
63-46 Orange | 10:13 2nd pic.twitter.com/TbuOCM3Yr0— Syracuse Men’s Basketball (@Cuse_MBB) November 22, 2018
9 points, 5 rebounds for Bourama Sidibe pic.twitter.com/EAWglaNSqe
— Syracuse Men’s Basketball (@Cuse_MBB) November 22, 2018
