Reserves rally Syracuse past Pitt
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Quadir Copeland had a career-high 22 points and fellow reserves Malik Brown and Benny Williams scored 15 apiece to rally Syracuse to an 81-73 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Copeland, a sophomore, made 4 of 8 shots with a 3pointer and 13 of 15 free throws for the Orange (10-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). He added nine rebounds, four assists and three steals. Brown and Williams both grabbed seven rebounds. Judah Mintz pitched in with 12 points, five assists and three steals before fouling out.
Freshman Carlton Carrington hit two 3-pointers and scored 13 to guide the Panthers (9-4, 0-2) to a 3830 lead at halftime. Copeland had six points to lead Syracuse. Williams and Copeland had back-toback baskets to give the Orange a 24-20 lead with 8:46 left. Carrington made two free throws and a 3pointer to cap a 9-0 run and the Panthers led by 10 before Williams dunked for the final basket of the half.
Guillermo Diaz Graham hit a 3-pointer for Pitt to begin the second half, but Mintz had six points and Brown scored five in a 16-2 run as Syracuse rallied to take a 46-43 lead with 12:37 remaining. The Orange stayed in front until Zack Austin hit a 3-pointer and Ishmael Leggett followed with a layup to pull the Panthers even at 61 with 5 minutes left.
Copeland passed to Brown for a dunk and then stole the ball and scored as Syracuse moved ahead by four with 4:21 to go. Carrington and Leggett missed the front end of 1and-1 opportunities and Williams turned the misses into a basket and two free throws and the Orange led 69-61 at the 3:11 mark and maintained a two-possession lead from there.
Syracuse snapped a three-game losing streak against Pitt and won for just the second time in the last seven matchups.
No. 2 Kansas Wichita State 67:
86,
At Kansas City, Mo., Hunter Dickinson had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and secondranked Kansas routed Wichita State in the first matchup between the instate rivals in nearly nine years.
No. 10 Marquette 72, No. 22 Creighton 67:
At Milwaukee, Sean Jones scored a career-high 15 points, Tyler Kolek also had 15 and Marquette tied a Big East record with its 20th consecutive home
conference victory.
No. 14 BYU 94, Wyoming 68:
At Provo, Utah, Trevin Knell and Noah Waterman scored 17 points apiece to lead BYU.
No. 16 Queens 69:
Duke
106,
At Durham, N.C., Jared McCain scored a season-high 24 points, and Duke earned its fourth consecutive victory.
No. 20 James Madison 82, Texas State 65:
At Harrisonburg, Va., T.J. Bickerstaff had 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, leading James Madison to the victory.
No. 1 South Carolina 73, East Carolina 36: At Greenville, N.C., Kamilla Cardoso had 12 points and 10 rebounds and the South Carolina women beat East Carolina.
No. 4 Iowa 94, Minnesota 71:
At Iowa City, Iowa, Caitlin Clark became the Big Ten’s all-time assist leader and fourth-ranked Iowa beat Minnesota. Clark had 10 assists, giving her 904 in her career.
No. 10 Baylor 85, No. 5 Texas 79:
At Austin, Texas,
remained within single digits most of the second half.
Durugordon said he saw “a lot of fight” from his team for most of the game.
It was a much different story than Siena’s two other games against A10 opponents — a 42-point loss at Richmond Nov. 11 and a 33-point defeat at St. Bonaventure Dec. 9.
Siena didn’t have Durugordon in either of those games because he was NCAA ineligible as a second-time transfer. Eley also missed the Richmond game with a sprained ankle, which still hampered him against St. Bonaventure.
“I just told Carm, their personnel is good,” UMass head coach Frank Martin said. “It’s hard to win games when you can’t score, and playing without those two guys the first eight games of the
Jada Walker scored 19 points and Baylor opened Big 12 conference play with a win over Texas, which played its first game without injured point guard Rori Harmon.
No. 8 Colorado 76, No. 12 Utah 65:
At Boulder, Colo., Jaylyn Sherrod had a career-high 34 points, Aaronette Vonleh scored 18 and Colorado rode a strong finish to a win over Utah in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.
No. 11 Kansas State 66, Cincinnati 41:
At Cincinnati, Gabby Gregory had 12 of her 17 points in the second quarter when Kansas State took control and the Wildcats coasted to a win over Big 12 newcomer Cincinnati.
Michigan 69, No. 17 Ohio State 60:
At Ann Arbor, Mich., Laila Phelia scored a career-high 26 points and Michigan pulled away to beat rival Ohio State.
No. 21 Creighton 67, St. John’s 56:
At Omaha, Neb., Lauren Jensen scored 20 points, Kennedy Towsend added a career-high 14 off the bench and Creighton eased to a win over St. John’s.
No. 23 TCU 81, BYU 67:
At Fort Worth, Texas, Sedona Prince had 25 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks as TCU pulled away to beat BYU in the Big 12 opener for both teams.
No. 25 West Virginia 85, Kansas 60:
At Lawrence, Kan., Jordan Harrison had a career-high 21 points and West Virginia opened Big 12 Conference play with a win over Kansas.
season, or whatever, they couldn’t score and that becomes deflating. Now their personnel combined when you put those two guys they’ve got out there, I think that makes them a really good team.”
Eley, Durugordon and Emejuru combined to score 62 of Siena’s 66 points. Sophomore forward Brendan Coyle of Niskayuna scored the team’s only other field goal on a 3-pointer.
Eley described a quiet postgame locker room, which he said he would expect after any defeat.
“We’ve got the pieces to win the games,” Eley said. “Everybody’s just got to be on the same page and we’ve got to be hungry every practice, every day. These losses, they should mean something. We’ve got to come back in conference play and play the hardest we can.”
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa eyes a matchup with the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Miami leads
the AFC East Division with an 11-4 record. Baltimore tops the AFC North
Division at 12-3.