The Syracuse Orange were completely outplayed in the first half, and Maliq Brown’s first career start was not a night to remember in an 85-70 blowout loss to the Virginia Tech Hokies. SU’s seniors Jesse Edwards and Joe Girard were both non-factors as ‘Cuse drops yet another game it desperately needed to get into any Tournament conversation.
Brown did get the Orange scoring started with a dunk, and Justin Taylor drained a three for the first lead (8-7) of the night. But after an Edwards dunk made it 10-9, the Hokies went on a 9-0 stretch to take the lead permanently.