The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team ended a two-game slide by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 83-57 inside the Carrier Dome. Joe Girard and Buddy Boeheim led the way for Syracuse with 23 points each as Jim Boeheim improved his record to 6-4 all-time against Jim Larranaga.
Head coach Jim Boeheim stuck with his usual starters of Girard, the younger Boeheim, Alan Griffin, Quincy Guerrier and Marek Dolezaj. After missing Miami’s last game with an abscess under his arm, Earl Timberlake returned for the Hurricanes.
By the first media timeout Miami jumped out to a 9-2 behind a quick seven points from Anthony Walker.