Wendell Moore, Jr., Mark Williams and Jeremy Roach keyed a second-half comeback that pushed Duke over Syracuse 88-79 in the ACC Tournament semifinals Thursday afternoon.
A Duke win surprised few. But the fact that short-handed Syracuse dominated the middle portion of the game led by as much as seven in the second half certainly did.
The Orange came into the tournament with some key injuries, most notably center Jesse Edwards, out for the season with a hand injury and Benny Williams out with a leg injury. Then leading scorer Buddy Boeheim was suspended for the game following his infamous sucker punch of FSU’s Wyatt Wilkes yesterday.