The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team (12-7, 5-3) fell to the Miami Hurricanes (15-3, 6-2) by a final score of 82-78 from the Watsco Center on Monday night. The Orange missed an opportunity to secure its first quadrant one win of the season.
Once again Syracuse found itself in a hole early as Miami jumped out to an 11-2 lead at the first media timeout. But Jim Boeheim’s bench was able to provide a lift in the first half to get the Orange back into the game. The offense picked up after Joe Girard and Jesse Edwards were reinserted into the game and Syracuse was able to head into the half securing a 38-34 lead.