The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team looked dead on the water against Notre Dame on Saturday. Trailing by as much as 20 in the second half the game was seemingly out of reach.
But junior guard Buddy Boeheim erupted for a career-high 29 points that propelled Syracuse’s 23-2 run that got the Orange back in it. The inflection point happened when Jim Boeheim inserted Kadary Richmond and Robert Braswell into the game and turned to his press. The Orange eventually erased the 20 point deficit and won 75-67.
Marek Dolezaj and Richmond made some key plays to begin the run, but Boeheim’s shooting elevated Syracuse.