Syracuse University (SU) basketball team faced off against the University of North Carolina (UNC) in a closely contested game. SU initially led 13-7, with Maliq Brown scoring 8 points. UNC mounted a comeback, taking a 37-36 lead at one point. The game remained tight, with JJ Starling making crucial shots for SU. Ultimately, SU secured a hard-fought victory, with a final score of 84-77. The game was marked by intense plays, including a court-storming by SU students.
Syracuse basketball guard Quadir Copeland stole the game from North Carolina. Then he stole the show. https://t.co/frl58yieFt via @JamesSzuba
Don’t think I’ve ever covered a team that needed a win more than Syracuse did last night vs. North Carolina. https://t.co/XQ7ppXiXiy
How Syracuse took down 7th-ranked North Carolina for much-needed win: “We showed that we got heart’ https://t.co/PH1Rbd6Kbc
The Syracuse students have gathered all around the court. Get ready for the court storm.
Flagrant 1 on Bacot for pulling down Mintz under the basket. Syracuse up 84-77 with 18.6 to go and the ball.
The refs were not going to review that play for a flagrant foul on Bacot until Adrian Autry insisted from the sideline. It is a flagrant. Mintz is headed to the line for 2 shots. SU will keep the ball.
After a 3rd straight 1-for-2 trip to the line, SU gets a much-needed stop. Copeland steals it from Cormac Ryan with 33 seconds left. Then Quadir goes 1-for-2. SU up 83-77
Quadir at the #FreeThrowsMatter line. He goes 1/2. SU 83, UNC 77. :32 to go.
Students want to rush the court here at the Dome. https://t.co/9beTSj91Fe
SU 81, UNC 77. :39 to go. There's a mass of students gathering courtside that want to rush the court here at the Dome.
SU has gone 1-for-2 in its last 2 trips to the line. UNC's Ingram narrows the lead to 81-77 with 39 seconds left.
help. we are being stampeded by su students about to storm the court
An incipient court-storming here at the (Not Carrier) Dome with 49.4 to go and Syracuse up 80-75.
Maliq with 2 #FreeThrowsMatter. SU 79, UNC 72. :59 to go. Timeout for another review of an out of bounds play.
SU 77, UNC 72. Maliq with 1/2 at the #FreeThrowsMatter line. 1:23 to go. Timeout to review an out of bounds play here. UNC was hunting for a 3-pointer on that possession.
SU 76, UNC 72. 1:37 to go. The Dome is rocking. They're hungry for an upset. Everyone remembering to breathe out there? https://t.co/kfLx4oqiBR
Ingram blocks Starling. Ryan got the loose ball, then Copeland knocked it off Ryan. Refs are checking possession vis-a-vis the shot clock, but Ryan had possession. SU leads 76-72 at 2:02
JJ Starling has hit some lethal shots in this one. Another strong 3 there to give SU a 76-69. Time after time after time SU has answered on the offensive end. SU 76, UNC 72. 2:30 to go.
Starling for a wild 3 to put Syracuse up 76-69, and with 2:46 to go that feels vaguely daggerish.
Gut-check time for UNC. Down 71-67 with 3:38 to play. Judah Mintz and JJ Starling have combined for 39 and Mintz is headed to the line after the timeout.
Never mind, *this* is the under-8, and Starling's prayer gives Syracuse a 67-65 lead with 6:06 to go.
JJ Starling went to the bank on a no, no, no, YES 3-pointer as the shot clock was winding down. I mean...wow. SU 67, UNC 65. 6:06 to go.
JJ Starling banks in a long 3. He thought the shot-clock was running out. It was, but he still had 3.5 seconds left. SU leads 67-65
Starling, off glass, from 40 feet, as the shot clock ticks down. Syracuse is making everything.
RJ Davis gives UNC a 65-64 lead at the under-8 with a driving layup. One of three Tar Heels in double figures: Ryan (15), Davis (14), Bacot (14).
Autry calls a good timeout as Syracuse was starting to get out of sorts a bit. UNC is looking for Bacot more here down the stretch. He has 14 points. UNC 65, SU 64. 7:08 to go at the Dome.
Syracuse guards JJ Starling and Judah Mintz have played the entire game so far. 28 minutes and counting.
Cadeau's coming back in but Bacot is still standing behind the bench and Syracuse is up 8-1 to start the second half and going to the line after this timeout. 50-43.
I'm pretty sure that JJ Starling intended that pass for Chris Bell and Judah Mintz just ran into it as he cut through the lane. Mintz winds up with a layup and SU leads 50-43.
It's 42-42 at the break. Whew! A lot of shots were taken, a lot of shots were made. JJ leads SU with 10. Ryan has 13 for UNC
JJ Starling can't score over Jalen Washington, and we're tied at 42 at the half. Cormac Ryan with 13 for UNC, Starling with 10 for Syracuse.
A 17-6 run gives UNC a 37-36 lead at the under-4. Four different players (Ryan, Davis, Washington, Ingram) have connected from long range for UNC (6-for-11).
Harrison Ingram with back-to-back 3s to put UNC up 37-34. He's made such a difference for the Tar Heels this year.
UNC has cut the Syracuse lead to 32-31 and Red Autry wants to talk it over with 5:03 to go. A 6-0 UNC run thanks in part to RJ Davis' first basket.
Autry calls timeout as UNC is on a 11-2 run and has cut SU's lead to 32-31. 5:04 remaining in the 1st half. SU's zone has been working but Autry switched to man for a bit there and UNC pushed back on it.
Bacot scores easily with Maliq Brown out. UNC with 11-2 run to cut SU's lead to 32-31 with 5:04 left.
Maliq gets called for a foul on Bacot inside. The Tar Heels can't score against SU's zone -- except when they dump it down to Bacot, who is fighting for position in there. 23-13 SU.
Hot-shooting Syracuse up 13-7 and headed to the line after the first TV timeout. Orange opens 5-for-7 from the floor, 3-for-4 from long range.
SU leads UNC 13-7 at the 15:26 mark. Maliq Brown had hit 4 3-pointers all season. He's 2-for-2 in this game and has 8 points.