After comeback, a couple mistakes doom Syracuse vs. North Carolina

It was starting to look like the game was out of reach for the Syracuse Orange, but then Frank Howard, Tyus Battle, and Oshae Brissett decided to take things into their own hands. The Syracuse big three mounted an impressive comeback to tie the game at 74 with 3:09 remaining.

What followed that Tyus Battle pull-up jumper were similarities from the first half offense the Orange were showing: stagnant ball watching. The Orange’s defense held its own for that final 3:09, holding the North Carolina Tar Heels to four points, but the Orange started to play hero ball, rather than doing what got them back in the game in the first place: attacking the rim.

So what went wrong for the Orange in that…