The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team handled the Cornell Big Red by a final score of 80-68 inside the Carrier Dome. The Orange jumped out to a 16-point first half lead but allowed Cornell to get hot from range to close the gap by the half, holding on to a 34-29 lead.
For the second time this week, Syracuse came out hot following the intermission and eventually jumped out to a 19-point lead. But unlike the Brown game earlier in the week, the Orange failed to put Cornell away as the Syracuse bench allowed the game to be cut to single digits late, resulting in the starters having to be reinserted to the game with two minutes left.