Hustle Belt · Dec 20, 2017
Buffalo Plays Syracuse Tough, But Falls 84-74
The Buffalo Bulls headed a few hours east to take on in-state foe the Syracuse Orange.
Both teams felt their way around early before Syracuse started to make a few runs, usually after some sloppy ball handling by the Bulls. For most of the first half, the Bulls were able to answer the runs, but never could catch all the way up.
The Orange were effective working the ball inside for most of the half, and took a 32-23 lead at the 3:31 mark that forced Nate Oats to call a timeout. The Orange were hitting over 50% from the floor at that point, mostly because of how they worked the ball inside or ran after a Buffalo turnover.