Syracuse (18-8, 9-4) topped No. 18 Louisville (18-9, 9-5 Atlantic Coast),69-49, in the Carrier Dome. Tyus Battle paced the Orange with seven assists and Elijah Hughes scored 18 points in 37 minutes. SU’s next game is on Saturday when it hosts No. 1 Duke.
Here are the best shots from Wednesday’s win.
Syracuse entered the Carrier Dome Wednesday night coming off six days of rest after a blowout loss to North Carolina State.
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Junior shooting guard Tyus Battle scored a total of 11 points and had 38 minutes of playing time.
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Louisville, ranked No. 18 in the country, once held a 23-point lead on Duke, but the Cardinals were all out of sorts against the Orange.
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Senior point guard Frank Howard played only 11 minutes. He didn’t score and attempted one field goal. SU head coach Jim Boeheim said he needs to attack more off the dribble to play more minutes.
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Boeheim also said the box score doesn’t tell the full story of sophomore forward Marek Dolezaj, who played a key role in assists and rebounds. He was also “key” on defense, Boeheim said, and he had nine rebounds in the ball game.
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Louisville head coach Chris Mack had been leading a surging UofL team that ranked near the top of the ACC. The Cards shot just 6 for 28 from deep, though, and just 25.9 percent from the field overall.
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The Carrier Dome had its first “baby race” at halftime, where infants raced from the baseline to half court. Most of them crawled their way to the half.
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Howard and Boeheim have clashed several times over the past two seasons, and Howard expressed concern over a play on Wednesday night.
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Battle was 4-of-14 from the field and 1-of-4 from deep. His first three touches ended in two missed shots and a turnover, but he managed to finish with 11 points and seven assists.
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Inside, Louisville struggled to hit shots against the zone. Defensively, their help defense wasn’t exactly great, as SU found lanes to score.
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Boeheim and the Orange are now 9-4 in the conference, winners of four of their last six games.
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Sophomore forward Oshae Brissett had 16 points, two fewer than junior Elijah Hughes (team-high 18 points).
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Dolezaj was 4-of-5 from the charity stripe across 23 minutes of time.
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Brissett shot 2-of-4 from deep, hitting his first 3-pointer in nearly a month.
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Battle became the 20th-highest scorer in program history, surpassing SU associate head coach Adrian Autry.
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Syracuse led 35-23 at the break and outscored the Cardinals by eight in the second half to surge to a 20-point win.
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Brissett turned the ball over twice, but he blocked a shot, played solid defense inside and played 39 minutes.
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Battle’s seven assists were all on 3-point shots.
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Dolezaj didn’t make either of his 3-point shot attempts, but that he didn’t hesitate to shoot them represents a step forward. He has said he wants to shoot more.
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Buddy Boeheim is usually a sharpshooter, but he attacked off the dribbled several times, including one pull-up jumper.
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Brissett plowed through the Louisville pack-line defense and drew a foul. The Orange shot 14-for-16 from the line.
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Louisville has now blown a big lead to Duke, lost to Florida State and received a beat-down from the Orange.
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Battle and the Orange return to the Carrier Dome on Saturday to face the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils in a rematch.
Alexandra Moreo | Senior Staff PhotographerPublished on February 20, 2019 at 11:54 pm Contact Alexandra: amoreo@syr.edu
