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Syracuse basketball players on surviving rough stretch: 'We just gotta stay the course'

Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse lost to the nation's No. 2 team in the Carrier Dome Saturday afternoon.

Virginia beat the Orange 59-44. At one point, the Cavaliers led by 21. Syracuse shot 33 percent overall in the game and 19 percent from the 3-point line.

SU, now 15-8 overall and 4-6 in the ACC, is averaging 52 points per game in its last three outings. The Orange is struggling to score, struggling to get clean shots it can convert, struggling to do much of anything on offense.

Against Virginia, the nation's most efficient defensive team (Kenpom.