No. 15 Syracuse (2-2) dropped its second-straight game at Madison Square Garden in an 80-65 loss to No. 13 Oregon (3-1). The Orange suffered from poor shooting all game long and Oshae Brissett shot a paltry 2-12 from the field.
Here are the best shots from the game.
No. 15 Syracuse entered New York on Thursday with a legitimate chance at a tournament title. Instead, SU left with a pair of losses.
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The Orange feel to Connecticut, 83-76, and to Oregon, 80-65, on back-to-back nights at the Garden.
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SU plays next against a Colgate — almost a certain win — and has nearly two weeks to prepare for a road matchup with Ohio State.
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The primary issue with Syracuse, aside from shooting woes, was its interior play on both ends of the floor.
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Sophomore forward Oshae Brissett shot just 2-for-12 from the field, a performance that kept the Orange from a win.
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Marek Dolezaj played 17 minutes and scored only two points on Friday night.
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Jalen Carey, making his second-ever start at point guard, scored 14 points over 36 minutes in a second-straight solid performance.
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Oregon freshman star Bol Bol, a 7-foot-2 big who can stretch the floor, feasted for 26 points and nine boards.
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Buddy Boeheim played seven minutes and went 1-for-5 from deep.
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Syracuse allowed 45 second-half points and 34 points in the paint to the Ducks.
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SU forward Elijah Hughes scored 14 points over 38 minutes.
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Hughes shot 4-for-10 and 2-for-7 from deep.
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Tyus Battle led the team with 17 total points, though it wasn't as efficient as Syracuse would have liked. He missed all four of his 3s and missed six shots from the floor.
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Sophomore forward Bourama Sidibe said SU's defense broke down at times because the Ducks exploited the middle of the 2-3 zone.
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Battle has gotten off to a slow start to his junior season.
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Hughes and the Orange were "out-toughed," Boeheim said this week.
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Brissett grabbed six rebounds, and he had four assists and committed two turnovers.
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Carey was poised running the point in his hometown New York City.
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Bol knocked down a 3, hit floaters consistently and dunked a few times to create problems for SU.
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Carey tried to push the ball up the floor when he could and attacked the Oregon matchup zone, though he couldn't generate offense alone.
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Syracuse shot 35.3 percent overall and just 17.9 percent from deep.
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Brissett went 1-for-9 from 3-point range, though Boeheim said he's been shooting well in practice.
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Battle and the Orange shot 77.4 percent from the charity stripe and grabbed four dead ball rebounds.
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The Orange leaves New York at 2-2, its worst start in 31 years.
Alexandra Moreo | Senior Staff PhotographerPublished on November 16, 2018 at 9:59 pm Contact Alexandra: amoreo@syr.edu
