It was slow going in the beginning but once they shook off the rust, the No. 7 Syracuse Orange (1-0) used a plethora of scorers to bombard the UConn Huskies (0-1) en route to a crushing 23-11 performance on Friday evening in the Carrier Dome.
Despite the end result, it was the Huskies who jumped out early on. They won the first six draw controls and eventually nine out of the first ten to take a 6-4 lead with almost 12 minutes left in the first half. Up to that point, SU led only once briefly at 4-3.