Elijah Hughes scored a game-high 27 points, and Buddy Boeheim added 17, as Syracuse beat North Carolina 81-53 in the ACC Tournament second round at Greensboro Coliseum on Wednesday night.
Junior forward Bourama Sidibe had a 12-point, 13-rebound double-double, while Marek Dolezaj scored 13 points on a 6-for-11 shooting performance. The Orange hit 28-of-60 shots on the night, and 7-of-21 from three-point range. They racked up 15 assists on 28 made buckets, and only lost the rebounding battle by four. They also came away with 11 steals, while the Tar Heels didn’t have a single theft on the game.