Despite a slow start and a stingy Cornell defense, the No. 7/8 Syracuse Orange buckled down and used a strong second half performance to push past the the no. 11/12 Big Red on Tuesday night, 11-8.
Syracuse improved its record to 13-4 on the season, and now Louisville is all that stands between the Orange and a No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament next week. Cornell drops to 10-3 overall and will face recent SU opponents Princeton and Harvard to close out their regular season.
The first half went back and forth as Cornell pulled ahead time after time, while Syracuse would play catch-up for the entire half.