Your Georgetown Hoyas battled their forever rivals, the Syracuse Orange, this December afternoon and came out on the wrong end of the 80-68 score after a tough second half for the Hoyas. With both teams in the midst of building back to a once-prominent status, rankings didn’t mean anything for a physical first half in Washington, DC. Up only one point at intermission, with a score of 35-34, Syracuse managed to pull away with a pair of second half runs (9-0 and 11-2) that put away a poor-shooting Georgetown effort (5-27 3PT, 18.5%).
Final Syracuse 80, Georgetown 68
Hoyas shot 19% from 3, allowed the Orange to shoot 60% in the second half.