Syracuse 81, Siena 76: Orange escape late versus Saints

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team overcome a sluggish first half and escaped late to win 81-76 against the Siena Saints in Gerry McNamara’s return to MVP Arena. After trailing for most of the first half, Syracuse led for most of the second and survived a late push from the Saints to win by five.

Gavin Doty, the former Siena player who followed McNamara to Syracuse, led the way for the Orange with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Mark Morano made his first appearance for Syracuse after missing the team’s first exhibition contest. He scored 18 points on 4-7 outside shooting. Luke Wilson finished with 10 points and 8 rebounds while Ryan Moesch added 11 points and 6 rebounds and 5 assists off the bench.

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Aiden Tobiason, after grabbing at his right hamstring and exiting early in the UConn exhibition, did not play during the Siena scrimmage. McNamara went with a starting five of Garwey Dual, Doty, Amarri Monroe, Sadiq White and Wilson.

Siena came out with intensity from the opening tip, scoring on its first three possessions while the Orange started with two turnovers. McNamara called for timeout just 84 seconds in. Wilson calmed Syracuse with a putback bucket to get the Orange on the board. Moesch, who checked in first off the bench, found White on a lob in transition for a dunk that settled Syracuse in. Siena led 10-5 at the first media timeout.

Syracuse showed a full-court man-to-man press early but had limited success on the defensive end. Siena attacked the backside of the press for transition scores. Back-to-back threes from Doty narrowed Siena’s lead 14-13 at the 14:21 mark.

Siena held the lead for much of the first half but two consecutive threes from Mark Morano and Moesch had the game tied at 19 at the under-12 minute media timeout. Kiyan Anthony checked in from there. Bench rotation against Siena: Moesch, Francis Folefac, Morano, Abdramane Siby, Anthony, in that order.

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