Category: Syracuse Orange Basketball

A near flawless performance from Tyus Battle in front of 21,968 fans led Syracuse (9-4) to an 81-47 victory over St. Bonaventure (4-9) Saturday afternoon at the Carrier Dome. The Orange’s 34-point victory is its largest margin of victory since Dec. 19, 2016, when the Orange defeated Eastern Michigan by 48 points, 105-57. Battle was perfect from the floor, going... more

Despite four players scoring in double-digits, the Syracuse men’s basketball team fell to No. 14/15 Buffalo, 72-63, Tuesday evening at the Carrier Dome. Buffalo remains undefeated on the season at 11-0 as the Orange move to 7-4. Frank Howard led the Orange, notching season-highs in nearly every statistical category including 13 points and a 3-of-5 performance from beyond the arc.... more

A strong second half showing gave Syracuse (8-4) an 82-52 victory over Arkansas State (5-7) Saturday afternoon at the Carrier Dome. The Orange, who have been plagued this season with troubles in the second half, put it together shooting 15-of-28 (53.6 percent) in the second half including 10-of-11 from the charity stripe. Tyus Battle and Elijah Hughes led the charge... more

In what was billed as the ‘Battle of the Boeheims,’ it was the Orange’s Boeheim duo that emerged victorious. The Syracuse basketball team, spurred by Tyus Battle and Oshae Brissett’s hot hands, overcame a five-point, first-half deficit and a 26-point scoring effort from Cornell’s Matt Morgan, grinding out a 63-55 win Saturday night at the Carrier Dome. Battle poured in... more

A pair of season-highs from Oshae Brissett Tuesday evening against Northeastern (4-5) helped Syracuse (6-2) secure its fourth-straight victory, 72-47. Brissett led all players with 21 points and 14 rebounds for his second double-double of the season. Joining Brissett in double-digits was Elijah Hughes and Buddy Boeheim. Hughes picked up 17 points on a 6-of-11 performance including three three-pointers. Boeheim... more

In a heated battle from the Carrier Dome, the Syracuse Orange came away with the narrow edge in a 72-71 win over the Georgetown Hoyas. After going down by 13 in the first half, Syracuse battled back and took down their longtime rivals. The first half started with a ton of energy, as both sides applied pressure on defense and... more

A strong second half, highlighted by double-digit performances from Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett and Elijah Hughes, helped lift the Syracuse basketball team to a 72-62 victory over #16 Ohio State. Battle finished the night with 20 points on a 6-of-10 shooting performance. 11 of Brissett’s 14 points came in the second half where he shot 3-of-6 after contributing just one... more

The Syracuse Orange fell in love with the 3-point shot, but the trey did not love the Orange back in an 80-65 loss to the 13th-ranked Oregon Ducks here at Madison Square Garden on Friday. Although not a good shooting team, Syracuse inexplicably took shot after shot from the 3-point line in Friday’s game. Oregon, which spent most of the... more

After two losses in less than 24 hours on Thursday and Friday, Syracuse (2-2) has fallen out of the AP Top 25. The Orange opened the season at No. 16 and had risen a spot to No. 15 before this week’s precipitous drop. Syracuse falls out of the AP Top 25 after two losses at MSG: https://t.co/M61SrP8uXA pic.twitter.com/4A6rkHy1Ao — Daily... more

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... more

Redshirt junior Elijah Hughes led Syracuse with 21 points and five rebounds in an 89-52 victory against Le Moyne in an exhibition game at the Carrier Dome on Wednesday night. Hughes, who had 16 of his 21 points in the first half, was 7-of-9 from the field, including two three-point field goals, and was 5-of-5 from the free throw line.... more