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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — The Syracuse Orange (13-11, 4-7) are leaving John Paul Jones Arena with another missed opportunity at upsetting one of the best teams in the ACC. Syracuse fell 72-59 to No. 18 Virginia Cavaliers (20-3, 9-2) on Saturday afternoon, handing the team its sixth loss in its last seven games.
Rebounding and turnovers were two of the major reasons why the Orange came up short in the end. The Cavaliers outscored the Orange 17-8 in points off turnovers and held a 17-6 advantage on the offensive glass. Syracuse shot eight percent better (49%) than UVA (41%), but still finished with a season-low 59 points. Virginia also went 10/30 from three, compared to 3/11 for ‘Cuse.
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Syracuse trailed as much as a dozen in the first half, then battled back and kept the game close up until the middle of the second half, when the Cavs built up a deficit too big for the Orange to overcome. ‘Cuse loses its second-straight and falls to 1-6 in Quadrant 1 games this season.
Naithan George finished with a game-high 19 points on 8/9 shooting with three assists and five turnovers. Both J.J. Starling and Nate Kingz had 13 each. Donnie Freeman only scored five points on 2/11 shooting.
Sam Lewis was UVA’s leading scorer with 16 points (5/10 shooting, 4/8 from three). Thijs De Ridder (9 points), Jacari White (8 points) and Malik Thomas (8 points) also contributed for the Cavs.
William Kyle would set the tone early with a block on Virginia’s first possession. Right after, Starling pushed the ball inside and scored over his defender to get Syracuse on the board. However, an early foul on Kyle would see him check out 97 seconds into the game with Ibrahim Souare subbing in his place.
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Virginia immediately responded with a corner three by Lewis, but would go on to miss four straight. The brief cold spurt led to a 6-0 burst by Syracuse which would see Starling and George finish tough baskets inside. George would also get a transition layup off a bounce pass from…
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Publish date : 2026-02-07 19:04:00
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