PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team lost its final game in the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament, falling to a physical Auburn Tigers team 89-68. Syracuse allowed Auburn to shoot 50% from the floor and got out-rebounded 38-28.
Jim Boeheim went with his usual starters of Joe Girard, Buddy Boeheim, Jimmy Boeheim, Cole Swider and Jesse Edwards.
Syracuse jumped out to a 12-9 lead by the first media timeout as Buddy made two free throws, hit back to back 3s and two scores inside by Edwards gave the Orange a narrow early edge.