SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team fell to the Blue Devils, 97-72, in front of a Carrier Dome crowd of 31,813. In what was the final meeting between Mike from Durham and Jim Boeheim—hot on cameo—inside the Carrier Dome, Duke ran away with the contest early and never looked back.
Synonymous with the first meeting, AJ Griffin started things off with an open three and Syracuse struggled to make shots. Duke took an 11-0 lead into the first media timeout.
Despite Buddy Boeheim’s best effort to keep Syracuse afloat by scoring the ball, Duke found success from outside early in the form of wide-open looks as Paolo Banchero and AJ Griffin got going.