Brandon Triche scored a career-high 29 points to go with six rebounds and five assists, leading No. 6 Syracuse to a tougher-than-expected 76-65 victory.
In flow on offense in the second half, SU kept the Pirates at bay and clamped down on field goal defense to win going away. The victory kept the Orange in a three-way tie with Marquette and Georgetown atop the Big East standings at 9-3.
People look at the losses we’ve had recently and they don’t understand that this is still the Big East regardless of whether Syracuse is leaving or not.
With 11:47 remaining in the second half, Syracuse led UCONN 40-39, but over the next five minutes or so, Connecticut went on a 16-6 run to take a nine point lead that they never relinquished.