Orange Fly Past Eagles

Wednesday, January 15

Syracuse, N.Y.

6:30 PM

Syracuse University

10-7,3-3ACC

Boston College

9-8,3-3ACC

Boston College

Syracuse

1/15/2020 8:35:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – After building a 25-point, first-half lead, Syracuse cruised to its second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) victory, defeating Boston College, 76-50, Wednesday night in the Carrier Dome.

Buddy Boeheim led all players with 22 points on 9-of-17 shooting including a game-high four 3-pointers. Marek Dolezaj recorded his second double-double in his last four games with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

FIRST HALF RUN CARRIES ORANGE
Ten points from Boeheim, including seven in a row and two 3-balls, as well as nine points from Elijah Hughes propelled the Orange to a commanding lead late in the half. Syracuse closed the first 20 minutes on a 27-6 run in 9:12 of action and led 38-13 at the break. Boeheim went to the locker room with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting and Dolezaj paced the Orange with seven rebounds.

Syracuse shot 46.4 percent (13-28) from the field and was 5-for-11 from beyond the arc in the opening half. The Orange held Boston College without a 3-point shot made in the first half on 12 attempts and the Eagles converted only five of their 27 field-goal tries.

The 13 points yielded by the Orange represented the best defensive half posted by Syracuse this season.

SLEEPY OFFENSIVE START
Offense was nearly nonexistent in the opening 8:38 of the contest, as Syracuse led 6-3 and the teams shot a combined 3-for-19 from the field. The Orange offense came from a Joseph Girard III 3-point play and a perimeter shot from Boeheim. 'Cuse forced five Eagle turnovers in the slow scoring stretch and all six points came on the fast break.

NO LOOKING BACK
Despite shooting 15-for-34 and knocking down six shots from 3-point range, the smallest deficit Boston College faced in the second half was 21 points as the Orange converted 57.7 percent of their shots from the field (15-of-26).

NOTABLE NUMBERS

The last time the Orange allowed less than 20 points in a half was in a victory against Eastern Washington on Nov. 6, 2018. Syracuse limited its foe to 10 in the opening period that night.
Four different 'Cuse players scored in double figures -- Boeheim (22), Hughes (19), Girard (12), and Dolezaj (10).
Syracuse did not allow any Boston College player to score in double figures. Freshman CJ Felder and sophomore Jarius Hamilton each had nine points for the Eagles.
The Orange outrebounded BC, 40-28.
'Cuse shot 28-54 (51.9 percent) from the field and 8-18 (44.4 percent) from downtown.
The Orange finished with 36 points in the paint, compared to 18 for the Eagles.
By limiting Boston College to 50 points, Syracuse furnished its second-best defensive effort of the campaign. The Orange held Virginia to 48 in the season opener.
The Orange were a perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line.
It was the 50^th triumph for the Orange in 76 meetings with Boston College.

UP NEXT
The Orange head to Blacksburg to take on Virginia Tech for the second time in 11 days this Saturday, Jan. 15. The action tips off at 12 p.m. and will be televised on the Regional Sports Network.

Syracuse plays its next game in the Dome Saturday, January 25, against Pittsburgh.

Tickets for all regular-season home games are on sale now online (Cuse.com/tickets), by phone (888-DOME-TIX) and at the Dome Box Office located in the Ensley Athletic Center.

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