Long Beach State

While SU bounced back from a less-than-stellar performance in the first half, the 49ers showed the Hall of Fame coach that there is a lot of work to be done.

Sunday afternoon, Syracuse won consecutive games for the first time in a month when they put away Long Beach State in the second half in an 85-67 win.

Syracuse (8-4) ended the first half with a bang on route to winning a game of back-and-forth streaks by both teams until the final 10:00.

If you think Long Beach State is going to be intimidated by playing against an FBS program with a long basketball tradition, think again.

Rakeem Christmas, Trevor Cooney and Brandon Triche each scored 11 points in the 897th win of coach Jim Boeheim’s career.