The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team came into the season with just three scholarship guards on its roster and the squad suffered a tough blow when junior guard Symir Torrence sprained a knee ligament in the road loss to Duke last Saturday.
The injury sidelined Torrence against Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. Down to just two scholarship guards, Joe Girard and Buddy Boeheim would see an even heavier minutes log against the Panthers. The two guards combined to play 76 of 80 available minutes. Cole Swider played the top of the zone in those other four.
Girard has played mostly well this season, scoring in double-figures in 13 of Syracuse’s 20 games while leading the league in 3-point shooting (41.