Michael Gbinije scored a game-high 23 points, Tyler Lydon scored 14 and No. 10 Syracuse held No. 15 Middle Tennessee State to 29.7 percent shooting from the floor in Sunday’s 75-50 win to advance to the Sweet 16.
Like their male counterparts, the Syracuse women’s basketball team clinched a Sweet Sixteen berth on Sunday, marking the first time in school history that both programs have advanced that deep in the NCAA Tournament.
Syracuse and Dayton met in a first round NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis Friday afternoon with the Orange winning going away 70-51. Malachi Richardson paced SU with 20 points, while Tyler Roberson had 18 rebounds.