Boston College let Syracuse pull away late in a 77-68 loss tonight.
The first few minutes went back-and-forth, with both sides trading buckets early. Makai Ashton-Langford got an early triple to fall, and then a nice and-1 bucket from Quinten Post had things all tied up at 10 after 4 minutes of action. The Orange’s zone defense, which gave BC major fits in the first matchup between these teams, did not slow the Eagles down as much in the first few minutes of the contest. BC’s ball movement – which was so effective in their upset of #20 Clemson – was similarly good to start this one, finding open shooters for good looks.