Four Orange Reach Double-Digits in Loss to Oregon

Friday, November 16

New York, NY

4:30 PM

Syracuse University

2-2

Oregon

3-1

Syracuse

Oregon

Four Orange Reach Double-Digits in Loss to Oregon

11/16/2018 6:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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NEW YORK – Despite four players scoring in double-digits, #15/14 Syracuse (2-2) was unable to push past #14/16 Oregon (3-1) Friday evening, losing 80-65, in the 2K Empire Classic to benefit the Wounded Warrior Foundation at Madison Square Garden.

Tyus Battle led the Orange with 17 points that included a 9-of-10 performance from the free throw line. Elijah Hughes and Jalen Carey added 14 points each followed by Oshea Brissett's 11. Hughes and Brissett lead the rebounding effort with five a piece.

The Ducks were led by Bol Bol's career-high 26-point performance. Bol wrangled nine rebounds, two steals and two blocks.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Oregon had a 13-point lead going into halftime and began the second half with a 10-3 run, pushing to its largest lead of the game, 49-34. Syracuse responded with a 7-0 run, cutting the deficit to single digits, 49-41. The Ducks could not be silenced for long as they quickly added five unanswered points for a 54-41 lead. Syracuse notched three free throws and a three-pointer from Brissett but were unable to close the gap to less than 10.

STREAKY SCORING
The first half proved to be streaky for both teams with several back-and-forth scoring runs. Back-to-back three's from Hughes and Carey early in the first half ignited a 7-0 Orange run and produced an 11-6 lead. The Ducks found an answer of their own in the form of a 12-3 run. Kenny Wooten led the offensive charge for the Ducks with six points in the stretch. The Ducks would not trail again the game and they ended the half on a 12-0 scoring run.

OF NOTE

Syracuse is 2-2 to start the season for the first time since the 1987-88 campaign. The Orange finished that campaign 26-9 with an NCAA berth and won the BIG EAST Tournament Championship.
The Orange have not lost two games in an in-season tournament since 1978-79 when Syracuse was defeated by Illinois and host Kentucky in the Kentucky Invitational.
In the first ever meeting between the two schools, Oregon shot 25-0f-51 (49 percent) including a 7-of-18 (38.9 percent) performance from beyond the arc. The Orange went 18-of-52 (34.6 percent) overall, and 5-of-28 (.179) on three-point attempts.
Oregon outrebounded Syracuse, 35-28, outscored the Orange on second-chance points, 19-7.
The Ducks dominated points-in-the-paint, 34-20.
Syracuse tallied 24 free throws, marking the second game this season the Orange accumulated 20 or more points from the charity stripe.
Syracuse forced 17 turnovers by the Ducks and tallied 12 steals. The dozen steals are the most for the Orange since their 12 against Maryland Nov. 27, 2017.
Hughes led Syracuse with a career-high five steals. Additionally, seven of his 14 points came in the first three minutes of the second half.

UP NEXT
The Orange return to the Carrier Dome on Nov. 21 for an in-state matchup against Colgate. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.