Category: Syracuse Orange Basketball

Syracuse goes for its second consecutive victory when it hosts Florida State on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome. Florida State was one of five teams ranked in the nation’s top 10 that lost this week as Georgia Tech defeated the Seminoles, 78-56, on Wednesday. Florida State is now 18-3 overall, 6-2 in the ACC. – Cuse.com: Game info,... more

Coming off their biggest win of the season in an 82-72 thriller over #6 Florida State, Syracuse looks to continue their winning ways as they visit NC State on Wednesday. Considering that the Orange are 0-7 in games away from the Carrier Dome this season, an ACC win on the road could do wonders to keep their existing momentum. NC... more

One week ago, Syracuse’s game against North Carolina State looked like just another run-of-the-mill game in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Syracuse’s record stood at 11-9 overall and a mediocre 3-4 in the conference. North Carolina State’s record was slightly better at 13-7, but the Wolfpack was off to a 2-5 start in league play. Then Syracuse won two straight, including... more

Graduate transfer John Gillon tallied a career-high 43 points from nine 3-pointers and 14-14 free throws as Syracuse (14-9, 6-4 ACC) defeated North Carolina State (14-9, 3-7 ACC), 100-93, on the road in an overtime thriller at PNC Arena. The point total for Gillon ties the most points scored by an Orange player since Syracuse assistant coach Gerry McNamara had... more

Saturday has a chance to be a big day in the Syracuse Orange basketball world. The Orange has a chance to get another signature win on the season, and Jim Boeheim goes for his 1,000th career victory. A win over No. 9 Virginia would give SU its fourth straight victory, but it’s bigger than that. Boeheim has a chance to... more

Tyus Battle and Andrew White III tallied a game-leading 23 points apiece as Syracuse (15-9, 7-4 ACC) upset No. 9 Virginia (17-5, 7-3 ACC), 66-62, on Saturday afternoon at the Carrier Dome to claim its fourth-straight conference win. The victory occurred in front of 27,553 fans to mark the largest on-campus crowd in the country this season and is the... more

Two more conference wins has bumped up Syracuse to No. 20 in the Week 14 Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Orange (17-7, 8-3 Atlantic Coast) had gone four weeks without getting ranked until it placed No. 24 in last Monday’s poll. Thursday night, SU beat Pittsburgh by 28 points behind Briana Day’s career-high 31 points. Sunday afternoon at Boston... more

Andrew White III tallied his fifth-straight 20-point outing and Tyus Battle sank a last-second buzzer-beater from behind the arc, as Syracuse (16-9, 8-4 ACC) defeated Clemson (13-10, 3-8 ACC), 82-81, on Tuesday night at Littlejohn Coliseum. With seven seconds on the clock and the Orange down, 81-79, John Gillon brought the ball down the court to find Tyler Lydon at... more

Let’s play a game: since Hakeem Warrick’s 2004-05 season, no Syracuse Orange player has averaged 20 points per game. Who has come the closest? I’m assuming you took at least a few seconds to make some guesses. Names like Donte’ Greene (17.7 PPG, 07-08), Rakeem Christmas (17.5 PPG, 14-15), Michael Gbinije (17.5, 15-16) or even Jonny Flynn (17.4, 08-09) would... more

Syracuse goes for its sixth straight victory when it faces Pittsburgh on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 1 pm at the Petersen Events Center. Fans can watch the game on the ACC Network, including WSTQ in Syracuse, and on ACC Network Extra. A live broadcast will also be available on the Syracuse IMG Radio Network. Preview, stats and game information... more

The Syracuse Orange had built up some serious momentum and had worked their way back into the NCAA Tournament picture over the past several games. On Saturday in Pittsburgh, they gave it all away, losing to the eleven-loss Panthers 80-75. Full game recap and stats at Cuse.com Ex-Syracuse basketball big man Fab Melo has died in Brazil BOXSCORE: Pittsburgh 80,... more

After a wild four-game winning streak, the Syracuse Orange drop one at Pittsburgh. How much does that loss actually hurt the Orange’s tournament chances? Jim Sinicropi and Brad Conner talk about it along with a look at Monday night’s game against Louisville. Also, remembering Fab Melo who passed away in Brazil on Saturday and some great Orange Trivia surrounding Jim... more