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Syracuse basketball holds off Cornell for a 81-70 victory: Live score, updates – syracuse.com
Syracuse Orange guard Judah Mintz (3) with a three pointer. The Syracuse Orange basketball team take on Cornell at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse N.Y. Dec 5, 2023. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.comdnett@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse men’s basketball team takes on the Cornell Big Red at 8 p.m., Tuesday in the JMA Wireless Dome.
The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.
See in-game team and individual stats here.
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SU football coach Fran Brown’s message to the crowd here at the Dome: “Syracuse! I’m so happy to be here. I can’t wait to have your support during football season. Let’s cheer these guys on all the way through March Madness. Go Orange!”
A big sigh of relief at the JMA Dome as Syracuse holds off the Big Red down the stretch to improve to 6-3. Judah Mintz and Quadir Copeland punctuated the game with two big dunks before the clock expired.
Judah Mintz led Syracuse with 28 points. He had a career-high five 3-pointers against Cornell. Chris Bell added five from distance as well and had a total of 19 points. Justin Taylor added 15 points and 8 rebounds for the Orange. Maliq Brown had a tremendous day on the glass with 12 rebounds.
Benny Williams did not play for Syracuse.
The Orange return to the court Saturday afternoon in Washington D.C. against old Big East rival Georgetown.
1:37 remaining: Syracuse 73, Cornell 68
J.J. Starling hit a jumper in the paint to put SU up by 5 with just under 2:00 remaining. A big shot for a guy who has struggled on the offensive end tonight.
Judah Mintz missed two free throws with 1:40 remaining. Mintz had been on the bench for a long time this half with four fouls.
2:40 remaining: Syracuse 71, Cornell 68
Oh my. Cornell’s Isaiah Gray just threw down a nasty one-handed jam over Syracuse’s Kyle Cuffe. Cornell is not going away quietly, folks. Buckle up.
3:53 remaining: Syracuse 71, Cornell 65
It feels like Syracuse is, for lack of a better term, getting away with one here. Cornell is hanging around and is in the bonus. SU has to be careful about fouling down the stretch.
Chris Bell hit a nice step-back jumper on a possession where it felt like it had to score. He has 19 points, including five 3′s. Cornell answered with a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 8, but J.J. Starling answered with a drive to put SU up by 10.
7:28 remaining: Syracuse 66, Cornell 58
J.J. Starling is struggling on the offensive end for the Orange again. He has just 4 points and is shooting 2-of-10 overall with an 0-and-3 mark from outside.
9:20 remaining: Syracuse 64, Cornell 54
The Orange are keeping Cornell at bay here with Chris Bell making shots and Maliq Brown grabbing boards, he’s up to nine rebounds on the night. Justin Taylor drilled a 3-pointer in that last sequence as well. He has 13 points.
Benny Williams, now wearing his long sleeve orange warm-up, sat on the bench by himself during the last timeout.
12:16 remaining: Syracuse 59, Cornell 50
Judah Mintz continues to plow the road for the Orange with 24 points. He has a new career-high with five 3-pointers in a game. He also has four fouls.
Chris Bell has 14 points.
Mintz and Bell have 21 of SU’s 25 points this half.
Syracuse was called for six fouls in a span of over a minute in one stretch.
It’s become apparent Benny Williams will not play as he sits near the end of the bench in his blue warm-up tank top and pants.
15:13 remaining: Syracuse 51, Cornell 42
Chris Bell has come on here in the second half, scoring 8 straight points in one stretch. He has 14 points. Judah Mintz still leads the Orange with 16 points.
The Big Red still have a slight edge on the boards at 30-29.
The Big Red went on an 11-1 run to end the half and keep this game tight. Cornell has stayed in it but recovering from missed 3-pointers (5-of-21) by scoring in the paint where it leads SU 14-12. Cornell out-rebounded SU 25-22.
Judah Mintz leads Syracuse with 11 points. Justin Taylor had a nice first-half with 8 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds. SU shot 38% overall.
Benny Williams did not play in the first half. With just over a minute remaining in the half, he slipped his blue warm-up pants and tank top back on. Hmmm.
3:00 remaining: Syracuse 33, Cornell 25
Justin Taylor connected with Naheem McLeod for the play of game so far on a pretty alley-oop. Taylor has 8 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds.
I know I sound like a broken record here, but Cornell is getting a lot of open 3-point shots but just isn’t connecting on them. The Big Red is 3-of-17 from beyond the arc. Cornell does maintain a 14-12 lead in the paint.
Just an FYI, Benny Williams has not checked into the game yet. He is in uniform and on the bench.
7:09 remaining: Syracuse 24, Cornell 18
Justin Taylor has started to get the engines cranking a bit here at the Dome. He has 8 points and 3 rebounds with two 3-pointers. SU has cashed in 10 points off turnovers so far. Cornell is having trouble connecting from beyond the arc. The Big Red are 2-of-11 from distance.
11:28 remaining: Syracuse 15, Cornell 12
Both the Orange and Big Red are having trouble hanging on to the basketball. Each has four turnovers so far.
14:49 remaining: Syracuse 10, Cornell 8
Judah Mintz has put home two shots from beyond the arc with Chris Bell adding a 3-pointer as well. Cornell is not afraid to take 3′s but aren’t connecting so far. The Big Red are 2-of-7 from distance.
Hello from the JMA Dome, friends. Looking forward to what should be an interesting matchup here tonight.
Cornell can flat-out score and is not shy about shooting the three-pointer. Almost 48% of Cornell’s field goal attempts come from outside the 3-point line. It’s a rate that ranks 12th in the country. But even though Cornell shoots a more than respectable 35.2% as a team from 3-point range, it’s inside the line where the Big Red really excels.
Cornell, as a team, makes 63.7% of its 2-point shots. That ranks second in the nation. In comparison, Syracuse ranks 251st nationally in 2-point percentage at .477.
Here is Syracuse’s starting 5 for tonight:
G – Judah Mintz G – JJ Starling F – Justin Taylor F – Chris Bell C – Naheem McLeod
New Syracuse football head coach Fran Brown is set to address the crowd here tonight in his first public appearance at the JMA Dome. Brown will speak during the 12:00 television timeout.
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