Jim Stechschulte, Author at The Juice Online

Syracuse struggled for much of Tuesday night, but used a couple first half runs to build a big enough lead to hold off Boston College.

Swider has shot 9-of-11 from 3-point range in the last three games, lifting his shooting percentage from 3 in ACC games to 40.5 percent.

Syracuse kept up their sizzling offensive performance on Saturday, nearly running Louisville out of the building in a 92-69 home romp.

Syracuse guard Joe Girard III also had one of his best games as a set-up man with the Orange, handing out eight assists.

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Syracuse torched the nets in the second half, erasing a halftime deficit and pulling away in the final moments for an 89-82 victory.

Syracuse and North Carolina State have similar profiles at KenPom on defense with SU at 228 and the Wolfpack not far behind at 232.

Syracuse centers Jesse Edwards and Frank Anselem combined for 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting and eight rebounds.

Saturday night, Syracuse jumped all over Wake Forest at the start of the second half, rolling to a 94-72 home win.

Syracuse will need to go 7-4 the rest of the way to end the season above .500, and five games are against teams with losing records.

Thanks to a woeful second half performance, Syracuse now has a new contender for their most embarrassing loss of the season.