National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Syracuse 74, Pittsburgh 63
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 19, 2019
Where: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
Officials: # Brian Dorsey, # John Gaffney, # Tony Henderson
Attendance: 24446

Tyus Battle had 22 points, and Oshae Brissett added 11 to lead the Syracuse Orangemen to a 74-63 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Panthers on Saturday afternoon.

Jared Wilson-Frame had 19 points, and Xavier Johnson added 17 to lead the Panthers, who fell to 12-6 overall and 2-3 in ACC play.

Freshman Buddy Boeheim, head coach Jim Boeheim's son, added a career-high 13 points off the bench, and Frank Howard had 10 for the Orange, who shot 46.3 percent from the field and 46.2 percent from 3-point range. Boeheim had four 3-pointers, and Battle had three as Syracuse made up for ugly free-throw shooting (52.2 percent) with its outside game.

Syracuse, which upset top-ranked Duke on Monday, won its second straight after running away with the game early in the second half. The Orange (13-5, 4-1) went on a 22-6 run to start the half for a 50-31 advantage and led by as much as 20 before Pittsburgh made a game of it late.

Syracuse lost the rebounding battle, 44-36, but Paschal Chukwu had an impressive game with 11 rebounds to go along with his six points.

Sidy N'Dir, Au'Diese Toney and Trey McGowens each added seven points for the Panthers, but they combined to shoot just 7 of 28 from the field, and starters Terrell Brown and Malik Ellison were a combined 2 of 10 for six points.

The Orange led by seven early and by as much as 11 in the first half, but the Panthers cut the lead to 28-25 at the break. Battle and Brissett each had just seven at the half as Syracuse shot just 37 percent from the field, though 50 percent (6 of 12) from deep.

Johnson and Wilson-Frame both had 10 points in the first half to lead the Panthers, who shot 35 percent from the field.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Pittsburgh   Syracuse
Jared Wilson-Frame 19 Scoring Tyus Battle 22
Xavier Johnson 3 Assists Marek Dolezaj 5
Au'Diese Toney 9 Rebounds Paschal Chukwu 11
Sidy N'Dir 3 Free Throws Made Frank Howard 4
Au'Diese Toney 2 Steals Marek Dolezaj 2
Malik Ellison 2 Blocks Oshae Brissett 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Pittsburgh 63 33.8 11-35 8-14 8 39 2 4 17
Syracuse 74 46.3 12-26 12-23 17 30 10 8 14