Orange Drop OT Battle to #8/7 Cardinals

Monday, February 13

7:00 PM

Syracuse University

(16-11) (8-6)

Louisville

(21-5) (9-4)

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Louisville

Syracuse

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

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White III leads with seventh-straight 20-point outing

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse came back from a 14-point first-half deficit to force an overtime period, but the Orange (16-11, 8-6 ACC) came up short to #8/7 Louisville (21-5, 9-4 ACC), 76-72, on Monday night at the Carrier Dome.

Graduate transfer Andrew White III led the Orange in scoring for the 15th time this season, as the guard tallied 22 points to mark his seventh-straight 20-point outing. White III also added eight rebounds on the night.

Sophomore Tyler Lydon came through with 14 points and a game-high nine rebounds, while the pair of graduate transfer John Gillon and freshman Taurean Thompson had 11 points apiece. Gillon led the Orange with five assists on the night, while all 11 of Thompson's points came in the second half.

Syracuse began its comeback when trailing by 14, 28-14, with 5:54 on the clock in the first half. The Orange constructed an 11-1 run keyed by six points from Lydon to cut the margin to four, 29-25, and held the Cardinals without a field goal for the remainder of the half.

After falling behind by seven early in the second half, Syracuse produced eight consecutive points, split evenly by Thompson and White, to take the lead, 37-36.

The two clubs traded leads and a conventional three-point play by Frank Howard put Syracuse ahead 48-46 with 6:33 remaining. The Cardinals responded with nine unanswered points, eight of which came from Donovan Mitchell.

Gillon ignited another Orange assault with a 3-pointer at the 2:01 mark. Louisville answered with a free throw to move ahead, 56-51, with 1:28 remaining in regulation. Gillon answered with two free throws and White scored in the lane to pull Syracuse within one.

Louisville's Jaylen Johnson dunked with 45 ticks left but the Orange raced back down court and Gillon hit a high-arching 3-pointer to tie the score at 58-58 with 37 seconds on the clock. Louisville's Deng Adel missed two free throws with 16 seconds remaining but Syracuse was unable to get a shot off before time ran out.

White got the Orange off to a fast start in the extra session, scoring on a driving layup and drawing a foul that resulted in a made free throw. The Cardinals answered with a three-pointer from Ryan McMahon on his first shot of the game, before White put Syracuse up two with two free throws.

Louisville ran off 10 consecutive points, including five from Anas Mahmoud to move in front 71-63 with 45 seconds left in overtime. Syracuse summoned one last gasp, thanks to 3-pointers from White and Howard. White was fouled shooting a 3-pointer and after converting all three free throws, Syracuse was down 74-72 with 13 seconds left. The Orange had a shot at tying the game again but Tyler Roberson missed two free throws with three second left and McMahon sealed the Louisville triumph with two free throws.

The Orange will take to the road to face Georgia Tech on Sunday, Feb. 19. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m.