Jim Stechschulte, Author at The Juice Online

After Jesse Edwards’ play against similarly-sized opponents, it is clear he needs to be the first option for the Syracuse offense, period.

After the first six minutes of action, Syracuse climbed out of an 11-point hole to grab an 83-64 home win over longtime rival Georgetown.

The Syracuse offense against Oakland featured a lot of good passing early, which resulted in 13 first half assists.

Joe Girard and Jesse Edwards each had 18 points, and Syracuse shot nearly 60 percent from the field in a rout of Oakland.

It hardly needs mentioning that the Orange should continue to focus on getting the ball to Jesse Edwards in pretty much every game.

Syracuse got a lay-up from Judah Mintz in the final 15 seconds to pull out a 62-61 victory at Notre Dame in the first ACC game for the Orange.

Judah Mintz has made just 5-of-his-last-26 shots and committed 11 turnovers going back to the second half of the game against St. John’s.

Syracuse had a woeful night on offense as they got blown out in the second half at No. 16 Illinois in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, 73-44.

Syracuse roared back with 26 unanswered points in the final 13 minutes to grab a late lead, then held on to defeat Boston College, 32-23.

The game saw four players, multiple assistant coaches, and one support staffer ejected in the first half, and had additional technical fouls.