Donnie Freeman was on prime of his recreation once more Saturday, hitting three 3-pointers and pouring in 22 factors as Syracuse gained its second in a row with an 83-72 victory over Pitt in Pittsburgh, Pa.
JJ Starling additionally made three pictures from distance and scored 19 factors for the Orange (11-5, 2-1 ACC), who beat the Panthers (7-9, 0-3) to snap a two-game dropping streak within the sequence. William Kyle III chipped in 11.
Pitt misplaced its third in a row regardless of a monster 29-point effort from Brandin Cummings, who was 11-of-17 from the sphere. Roman Siulepa added 13 factors.
The Orange entered the weekend main the ACC in scoring protection as opponents had been averaging simply 65.3 factors per contest in opposition to them.
They gave up greater than their common on this one however allowed just one area aim within the ultimate 3:26.
Syracuse went to halftime with a 48-37 lead and opened the second half in sturdy style, main 59-42 with 16:12 remaining after Starling hit a 3-pointer.
Cummings pulled Pitt inside 72-66 with 6:33 to go after making his second 3-pointer of the day, however Freeman answered 29 seconds later to provide the Orange a nine-point lead.
The Orange led 77-70 with 3:26 to play and held on from there.
Syracuse wasted little time grabbing the higher hand in opposition to Pitt, utilizing a 13-0 run that ended with a 3-pointer from Nate Kingz and a layup by Starling, giving the Orange a 13-2 lead with 14:36 to play.
The Panthers went greater than 5 minutes with out scoring early within the half however battled again and sliced the result in single digits with 7:09 within the first after Omari Witherspoon hit a 3-pointer that made it 31-22.
The Orange responded moments later with a shot from distance by Tyler Betsey that pushed the lead again to 34-22.
Syracuse made 8 of 15 3-pointers (53.3%) within the opening half to steer by double digits.
–Discipline Degree Media
