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Judah Mintz can’t be stopped on career night vs. LSU: ‘He’s just kind of like Barry Sanders with the Detroit Lions’

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team pummeled the LSU Tigers 80-57 during the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge. Sophomore guard Judah Mintz had a lot to do with that, finishing with a career-high 33 points to go with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

Mintz, who ranks third in the country in fouls drawn per 40 minutes, drew comparisons to one of the NFL’s great running-backs from his head coach.

“He has a great ability to change direction at the drop of a dime. He can move his body, he can contort and do all these things and hang.