Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse basketball team takes on the 16th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.
The game will air on ESPN.
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FINAL: Illinois 73, Syracuse 44
For the first time in his 47-year tenure as head coach, Jim Boeheim has a 3-4 record after seven games.
Illinois out-scores Syracuse 43-21 in the second half to pull away from the Orange, who trailed by just seven points at halftime.
Coleman Hawkins had a triple-double for Illinois with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Jesse Edwards had 9 points and 16 rebounds for the Orange before fouling out.
Joe Girard did not score in 20 minutes of action, shooting 0-for-3. He is 2-of-25 shooting in his last three games.
Syracuse hit just 15 field goals in the game against the Illini (15-of-54).
Second Half
1:58 remaining: Illinois 67, Syracuse 44
Coleman Hawkins has a triple-double for Illinois. 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists.
Syracuse has been out-scored 38-21 by the Illini in this second-half. As flat a performance as you can imagine for the Orange on a national stage against a ranked team in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
3:50 remaining: Illinois 60, Syracuse 42
Syracuse has hit just 14 shots in this game. That about sums up their putrid offensive showing against the Illini.
6:55 remaining: Illinois 58, Syracuse 37
Melendez with a 3-pointer than a 3-point play to put Illinois up by 19 points. A 10-0 run for the Illini.
8:36 remaining: Illinois 48, Syracuse 37
Judah Mintz hits two free throws, which have not come easy for the Orange tonight, but SU still trails by 11 points.
10:00 remaining: Illinois 45, Syracuse 33
Syracuse’s offense is stuck in the mud at 31%. Illinois isn’t shooting much better (30%) but has the 12-point lead.
11:20 remaining: Illinois 41, Syracuse 33
Justin Taylor hits a 3-pointer from the corner to cut down Illinois’ lead to 8 points.
Jesse Edwards with 9 points and 16 rebounds for the Orange.
Both SU and Illinois are shooting 31%. Yuck. Syracuse is 7-of-15 at the free throw line.
14:10 remaining: Illinois 38, Syracuse 30.
The largest lead of the game for the Illini.
Jesse Edwards doing all he can to counter with 9 points and 13 rebounds.
18:51 remaining: Illinois 35, Syracuse 28.
Terrence Shannon hits his fourth 3-pointer of the game from the corner to give Illinois a 7-point lead. Shannon has 12 points.
Joe Girard is 0-3. He’s 2-for-25 shooting in the last 3 games.
Halftime: Illinois 30, Syracuse 23
It certainly wasn’t a pleasing half of basketball if you like offense.
Syracuse shot 33% (8-for-24) while Illinois countered by shooting 12-for-37 (32%). Both teams struggled from the free throw line as well with Syracuse going 5-for-11 at the charity stripe with the Illini countering with a 1-for-5 mark.
Syracuse went about five minutes without scoring at the end of the half.
Jesse Edwards leads Syracuse with 7 points and 10 rebounds.
Joe Girard continues to struggle for Syracuse. He is 2-of-24 shooting in the last three games. He played just 12 minutes in the first half.
Jim Boeheim played 11 different players in the first half.
First Half
3:00 remaining: Illinois 28, Syracuse 23
Dainja with a power move inside to break the scoring drought and put Illinois up by 5.
Neither team is shooting well in the first half. Syracuse at 33% (8-of-24). Illinois shooting 34% (11-of-32.
4:07 remaining: Illinois 26, Syracuse 23
Bit of a scoring drought in this one for the past couple minutes of game time. Illinois is 5-of-19 from 3-point range. Terrence Shannon has 3 of those.
Timeout at 6:56: Illinois 23, Syracuse 20
Terrence Shannon hits back-to-back 3-pointers for the Illini. Syracuse has to watch him closely. He hit 8 3′s in a game earlier this season against UCLA.
Jesse Edwards with 7 points and 6 rebounds so far for the Orange. Jayden Epps leads Illinois with 8 points.
9:20 remaining: Syracuse 15, Illinois 15
Illinois finds a 3-pointer, just its second in 10 attempts, to tie the game. Jayden Epps hits it for the Illini.
10:21 remaining: Syracuse 13, Illinois 12
Jesse Edwards rocks the rim on an impressive dunk off a great feed from Symir Torrence.
13:05 remaining: Syracuse 11, Illinois 10.
Justin Taylor in for Joe Girard at the moment. Back-to-back 3′s from Benny Williams and Chris Bell give Syracuse a lead on the Illini.
Timeout at 15:28: Illinois 7, Syracuse 3.
Judah Mintz had an impressive one-handed dunk over Illinois’ Skyy Clark. He really climbed the ladder on that one. He has all three points for SU so far.
Pregame
Syracuse and Illinois battle Tuesday night in the last edition of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
The conferences and ESPN jointly announced Monday this will be the final year the two leagues go head-to-head in a post-Thanksgiving scheduling frenzy.
Starting next season, the ACC will face the SEC in early nonconference action. Any early guesses on who the Orange draws for that?
More pressing for Syracuse is the opportunity to score a signature non-conference victory on the road to boost its NCAA Tournament resume by the end of the season.
The Illini boast a high-powered offense and a key transfer from Texas Tech in Terrence Shannon Jr., who leads the team in scoring (20.3 points per game) and assists (3.8) and ranks second on the team in rebounding (6.2).
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