With the Cardinals leading 7-3 after a quarter, Louisville jumped all over Syracuse in the second, steamrolling the Orange for 28 unanswered points to take a 35-3 lead into halftime.
Syracuse put up a valiant effort, rallying from seven points down in the final two minutes of regulation, but gave up ten straight points to #4 Louisville in overtime en route to falling at the Carrier Dome, 76-72.