The Orange flexed its offensive muscles in its home opener, as it scored on its first three possessions and closed the half on a 6-1 run to take a commanding 13-4 lead at intermission.
Faced with yet another team preferring to grind it out, top-ranked Syracuse closed each half with a strong run on Sunday night, giving them enough punch to knock out Clemson at the Carrier Dome, 57-44.
The Orange closed the first half with a 9-0 run, opening up a game that had been tight from the opening jump. Clemson was never able to get all the way back in it, as the SU lead never shrank below five points.
Less than a week after experiencing the thrilling environment of the Duke-Syracuse game, 2016 Gill St. Bernard’s guard Tyus Battle will be at Villanova Friday night when the Wildcats face Seton Hall.
The preseason prognosticators got it wrong with Clemson. The Tigers were picked on ACC media day to finish second to last in the realigned ACC, just ahead of Virginia Tech.
I managed to find the one downside with Syracuse being #1 and undefeated- I honestly have nothing interesting or, more importantly, new to write about.