TULSA WORLD HOMEPAGE | WIRELESS

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on RSS
Sports Extra! Sports Extra Tulsa World Follow us on ...


SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS
    Sports Editor
Mike Strain

Sports Columnist
Dave Sittler

The Picker
Entertaining & Infuriating

LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US
BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

TULSA WORLD

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA

National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Syracuse 66, Elon University 55
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 21, 2015
Where: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
Officials: # Jeffrey Anderson, # Tim Kelly, # Bill McCarthy
Attendance: 16529

Junior forward Tyler Roberson had a career-high 20 points and 16 rebounds as Syracuse defeated Elon 66-55 at the Carrier Dome on Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y.

Redshirt senior guard Michael Gbinije added 16 points and four steals for the Orange (3-0) and freshman guard Malachi Richardson had 13 points.

Freshman guard Dainan Swoope led Elon (2-2) with 12 points off the bench, and junior forward Dmitri Thompson added 10 points and eight rebounds.

After trading the lead early in the second half, Syracuse took control with a 10-0 run.

Roberson's putback basket put Syracuse in front for good at 41-39 with 12:37 left to play. Gbinije's three-point play capped the run and made it 47-39 with 11:04 remaining.

Senior guard Trevor Cooney made a layup to give Syracuse its largest lead at 58-45 with 7:55 left.

Elon went ahead 36-34 with 15 minutes remaining when Thompson's layup was goaltended by Gbinije. Its latest lead came at 14:10 when junior guard Luke Eddy made a 3-pointer to put Elon up 39-37.

The Orange opened the game with a 12-2 run, but the Phoenix went on their own 12-2 run to take a 20-19 lead with 4:37 left in the first half.

Syracuse scored 10 straight points after losing the lead and went into halftime up 29-23.
Top Game Performances
 
Elon University   Syracuse
Dainan Swoope 12 Scoring Tyler Roberson 20
Luke Eddy 5 Assists Trevor Cooney 4
Dmitri Thompson 8 Rebounds Tyler Roberson 16
Jack Anton 2 Free Throws Made Malachi Richardson 10
Dmitri Thompson 2 Steals Michael Gbinije 4
Christian Hairston 1 Blocks Tyler Lydon 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Elon University 55 31.8 8-33 5-10 17 32 2 7 13
Syracuse 66 39.2 6-15 20-25 13 43 6 7 15