The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team (16-12, 9-8) fell on the road to the Clemson Tigers (20-8, 12-5) on Wednesday night, unraveling in a 91-73 defeat. Syracuse saw its 2-3 zone dissected as Clemson shot 52.3% from the floor including 38.9% from deep on 14-made threes.
The game was seemingly over as quick as it started. Syracuse reverted to its tendency to start slow as the 2-3 zone gave up open threes—two to Chase Hunter—before the first media timeout. The Orange trailed 13-3 early and would never lead in this game.
Quadir Copeland made a quick appearance as the first substitution off the bench.