The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team fell on the road to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 79-69, on Wednesday night. The loss moves Syracuse to 15-13 on the season and 9-8 in conference play.
Syracuse jumped out to an early lead behind the play of Buddy and Jimmy Boeheim, but the Orange struggled to keep the Irish off the glass throughout the first half as Paul Atkinson hauled in 11 first-half boards. With both defenses struggling to get stops and Notre dame controlling the glass the Irish took a 42-38 lead into the break.
Syracuse came back to take the lead in the second half 47-45, only to surrender a 13-0 run to fall behind by double-digits midway through.