The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team handled the Canisius Golden Griffins 89-77 on short rest to move to 2-0 on the young season. Syracuse star Judah Mintz finished with a career-high 26 points and JJ Starling had a career-high seven assists.
Benny Williams was unavailable as he remained suspended for violating team rules. In a game where the JMA Wireless Dome feed was used for streaming, Syracuse wore its unanimously loved script uniforms for the second straight game.
Syracuse shot 35-65 (53.8%) from the floor while Canisius shot 31-64 (48.5%). There’s still plenty of aspects to work through, but Syracuse led the entire way against the Golden Griffins.