Syracuse basketball put up one heck of a fight on Monday night at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas, and now the Orange will look to get back into the win column on Tuesday afternoon against another Big 12 Conference powerhouse.
The 'Cuse, which will be without its leading scorer, sophomore power forward Donnie Freeman, for the entire Players Era Festival, hung with No. 3/2 Houston on Monday evening. Houston went up by 11 points with around three minutes left, but Syracuse basketball stormed back.
About 90 minutes from the tip-off as Syracuse basketball will play No.