Scott Shafer steered his team to a 20-17 win over Boston College in a defensive struggle that was not decided until the final play when Cole Murphy drilled a 35-yard field goal.
Syracuse rallied from a ten-point first half deficit, took their own ten-point lead in the second half, then barely held on before escaping with a 79-76 win over Connecticut.
The only thing hotter than the sultry temperatures of the Bahamas on Tuesday afternoon was the sizzling perimeter shooting on display from Syracuse at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
The Syracuse basketball program will gain back one scholarship per year over the next four years after a successful appeal, the University announced on Wednesday afternoon.