On a day when they honored the late Pearl Washington, Syracuse could not defeat the Orange legend’s greatest rival, dropping a 78-71 game to Georgetown at the Carrier Dome.
Pryor is Georgetown’s best shooter. He’s made almost as many 3s as the rest of the team combined while shooting a blistering 52.5 percent from beyond the arc.
Pearl singlehandedly lit up the vaunted Georgetown defense to put SU up four late, before the infamous Andre Hawkins-Michael Graham tussle in which an apparent punch was thrown by Graham.
Lost in the glory of Syracuse’s unexpected run to the Final Four this season was that this year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Syracuse being the first 2-seed to lose to a 15-seed.