On the other side of the ball, Starling got off to a hot start offensively by making his first three field goals including a transition three. Quadir Copeland would come in for Taylor shortly after. Colgate led 16-9 just five minutes in.Īutry would replace McLeod with Maliq Brown at center. The Raiders were interested in getting Keegan Records the ball down low as the Orange gave up three early rebounds for eight second chance points. Junior forward Benny Williams rejoined the team after what amounted to a two-game and one exhibition suspension for a “violation of team rules.” Adrian Autry went with a starting lineup of Judah Mintz, JJ Starling, Chris Bell, Justin Taylor and Naheem McLeod for the third straight game.Ĭolgate came out aggressive from the opening tip, starting 4-4 from outside. On a night where fans inside the JMA Wireless Dome both cheered and jeered the Orange, Syracuse came all the way back from down 24 to both tie and take the lead with just over one minute left as Colgate collapsed. Colgate looked the part of a more experienced team with better execution for the first 24 minutes.

The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team (3-0) trailed by as many as 24, but came from behind in the second half to beat the Colgate Raiders (1-1) in the 175th meeting between the two programs by a final score of 79-75.įor most of the night, Syracuse’s relative youth and inexperience showed.

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