It was a little too close for comfort, but the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team found a way past Cornell in an 81-70 win on Tuesday night. The Orange wrote another chapter in the history books, having won their 43rd straight game against the Big Red. Let’s get to the takeaways...
Surviving life without Judah Mintz
Everything was going smoothly for Syracuse in the second half until Mintz picked up his third and fourth fouls with 12:00 still remaining in the game and the Orange up by 12. He sat on the bench for the next eight minutes, and over that timespan, SU’s offense shot a sluggish 5-of-15 from the field.