Both offenses struggled to start the game, but the Clemson Tigers picked things up on the offensive end in the second half to dismantle the Syracuse Orange by a final score of 67-55. The loss to Clemson marked the fourth time in five games that the Orange faltered in the second half after holding a first half lead.
Syracuse started slowly offensive end out of the gate, but the defense was stout in forcing turnovers and missed Clemson shots. The Tigers turned the ball over 10 times in the first 20 minutes against the Syracuse 2-3 zone while shooting just 7-28 from the floor and 2-10 from distance.