The Syracuse basketball team takes on Drexel at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Carrier Dome.
The game will be televised on ESPN2.
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2nd Half
FINAL: Syracuse 75, Drexel 60.
Syracuse improves to 2-0 on the season. Drexel led 33-32 at halftime but Syracuse shot 63% in the second half to Drexel’s 37% and the Orange cruised to the victory.
Buddy Boeheim led Syracuse with 23 points. Jimmy Boeheim had 14 points.
Cole Swider had an active game with 11 points, five steals and five assists.
Timeout at 1:13. Syracuse 75, Drexel 56.
Worth noting that Joe Girard III has not missed a 3-pointer in the regular season so far. He was 5-of-5 in Syracuse’s first game against Lafayette. He is 3-of-3 from distance against the Dragons tonight. Girard also has 5 assists and 3 steals.
Timeout at 2:53. Syracuse 71, Drexel 52.
Syracuse is just about to put this game away at the Dome. Buddy Boeheim leading the way with 23 points. The Orange have shot 64% in the second half while the Dragons are at a mere 28%.
Timeout at 7:25. Syracuse 61, Drexel 50.
Buddy Boeheim leads Syracuse with 17 points. Jimmy Boeheim has 13.
Timeout at 11:12. Syracuse 55, Drexel 45.
Cole Swider is playing really well on defense this half for the Orange. He has three steals in the game.
Jimmy Boeheim hit a really nice 3-pointer in front of the Syracuse bench just before the timeout.
Drexel is 9-of-20 from 3-point range.
Timeout at 15:29. Syracuse 48, Drexel 39.
Syracuse started the second half on an 16-6 spurt on back-to-back 3′s by Cole Swider and Joe Girard III. Jimmy Boeheim with two scores inside as well. Syracuse hit seven straight shots to start the half.
Jesse Edwards continues to play really well for Syracuse. He has 4 blocked shots.
1st Half
HALFTIME: Drexel 33, Syracuse 32.
The Dragons hit seven 3-pointers in the first half to keep pace in this game. Buddy Boeheim leads Syracuse with 11 points, including three 3-pointers. Mate Okros has 11 points for the Dragons.
Both teams hit 13 field goals in the first half. Syracuse shot 13-of-27 while Drexel was 13-of-28.
Drexel out-rebounded Syracuse 16-14.
Timeout at 1:29. Drexel 31, Syracuse 29.
Jesse Edwards scores inside. Jimmy Boeheim with a nice little reverse to cut the Dragons’ lead to 2.
Timeout at 3:53. Drexel 28, Syracuse 25.
Jesse Edwards stalls a 10-0 Dragons’ run with a score inside to just beat the shot clock.
Timeout at 4:44. Drexel 28, Syracuse 23.
Jim Boeheim calls timeout as Drexel goes on an 8-0 run. Dragons have hit six 3-pointers.
Timeout at 6:56. Syracuse 23, Drexel 20.
Close one at the Dome so far. Orange are shooting 47.4%. Dragons are at 42%. Drexel has hit four 3-pointers. That has been a key reason Drexel has kept this one close.
Timeout at 10:08. Syracuse 19, Drexel 16.
Mate Okros is keeping it close for Drexel. Okros has hit three 3-pointers. Buddy Boeheim still leads the Orange with 8 points. Symir Torrence and Frank Anselem were on the floor for Syracuse prior to the timeout. Anselem had a nice dunk in that time.
Timeout at 15:02. Syracuse 12, Drexel 8.
Buddy Boeheim leads Syracuse with 8 points. He has hit two 3-pointers so far.
Pregame
Syracuse and Drexel both enter today’s game with 1-0 records. Drexel was supposed to have played twice already, but the Dragons’ game on Friday against Fairleigh Dickinson was postponed. FDU had travel issues.
A cool note about this game comes in the broadcast department. Dan Shulman will call the game for ESPN2. His son, Ben, is a student at Syracuse and will call the game for WAER radio.
Syracuse starters: Joe Girard, Buddy Boeheim, Cole Swider, Jimmy Boeheim, Jesse Edwards
The officiating crew for Syracuse v Drexel: Brian O’Connell, Kipp Kissinger and Matt Potter.
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