Mike Waters | [email protected] Syracuse, N.Y.
― The Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry might not burn as hot as it once did, but the 100th meeting between the two long-time foes lived up to the old rivalry. Georgetown closed the game on a 17-to-7 run for a 75-71 victory over the Orange on Saturday at the JMA Wireless Dome. Syracuse didn’t make a field goal after taking a 69-67 lead on Jaquan Carlos’ 3-pointer with 4:13 left in the game.
The loss dropped Syracuse’s record to 5-5 on the season. It was the Orange’s first home loss of the year. The Hoyas improved to 8-2, winning in the dome for the first time since 2016.
Jayden Epps scored a game-high 27 points to lead the Hoyas, while freshman center Thomas Sorber had 16 points. Syracuse center Eddie Lampkin’s 18 points paced the Orange, while reserve forward Jyare Davis scored 11 of his 15 points in the first half. Orange point guard Jaquan Carlos finished with 15 points and five assists.
The game began to feel like an old-fashioned Syracuse-Georgetown game when the two teams engaged in a minor dust-up midway through the second half. Georgetown’s Epps drew a foul on Elijah Moore. As the players moved upcourt, Sorber gave Lampkin a light shove.
Lampkin tried to sell the foul and players from both teams stepped in. The result was technical fouls on Georgetown’s Drew Fielder and Syracuse’s Lucas Taylor. Georgetown simply outran the Orange, scoring 19 transition points to just five for Syracuse.
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