SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After returning home last week from the Maui Invitational, the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team returned to action to host LSU in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge. Behind a career-high 33 points from sophomore phenom Judah Mintz, the Orange (5-2) bested the Tigers (4-3) by a final score of 80-57 during the first Central New York lake effect snowstorm of the season.
Adrian Autry went with the same starting lineup for the seventh straight game, giving the nod to Judah Mintz, JJ Starling, Chris Bell, Justin Taylor and Naheem McLeod.
Taylor got things started for Syracuse with a transition triple to sit down the JMA Dome faithful.