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Syracuse Basketball: 4-star J.J. Starling monster effort vs. top-ranked team

Syracuse basketball, J.J. Starling (Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports)

Syracuse basketball prospect and Central New York product J.J. Starling has gone up against the country’s top-two teams over the last two days.

Starling’s squad, the La Lumiere School in La Porte, Ind., unfortunately has dropped both of those contests in the 2021 Montverde Academy Invitational Tournament in Montverde, Fla., but he is really playing well.

The 2022 four-star prospect, one of the premier point guards nationwide in this cycle who received a scholarship offer from the Orange over the summer of 2019, finished with 18 points and two assists on Friday night, as No.