A 1996 graduate of Syracuse University, Jim has reported on Syracuse sports for the Syracuse University Alumni Club of Southern California on nearly a decade. He has also written a fantasy basketball column published by NBA.com. He currently resides in Syracuse.
The Orange hung around by outrebounding Kansas, 36-31, including gathering 15 offensive boards, and also doubled up the Jayhawks in free throw attempts, 26-13, making 18 foul shots.
Following Monday night’s tight victory over Maryland to move to 6-0, it is pretty fair to think that this year’s Syracuse basketball team is a pleasant surprise.
Tyus Battle scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half, Oshae Brissett and Frank Howard each scored 15 and Syracuse held off Maryland 72-70 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Monday night.
With Tyus Battle on the bench due to what would be diagnosed after the game as a lower back bruise and Paschal Chukwu joining him on the sideline with four fouls, Syracuse had to dig deep on defense.
Syracuse put together their best performance of the young season on Monday night, putting away Oakland at the Carrier Dome in Hoophall Miami Invitational action, 74-50.
Tuesday night, Syracuse got a career-high 28 points out of Tyus Battle and needed almost every one of them to secure a 71-62 win over Iona at the Carrier Dome.