The Syracuse Orange had been pushing to enter the Top 25 but on Saturday afternoon they watched the Colgate Raiders rain down jumpers from every spot of Jim Boeheim Court. The Orange broke out the beautiful script uniforms for this one and for the first few minutes it looked like a blowout.
Syracuse and Colgate started off opposites on the offensive end. While the Orange hit everything the Raiders couldn’t find the range missing 12 in a row from beyond the arc despite open looks. Syracuse was off to a 15-2 lead in the first five minutes led by Joe Girard III with eight of those early points.