Overview
- Nate Kingz scored a season-high 28 points and JJ Starling added 21, including a 7-for-7 first half, to pace the Orange.
- Point guard Naithan George tallied 10 assists with zero turnovers as Syracuse shot 57.1% and logged 21 assists on 32 made field goals.
- Freeman came off the bench and Sadiq White started in his place, with Autry describing the move as strategic rather than injury-related.
- The victory moved Syracuse to 13-9 (4-5 ACC) and prevented the program’s first five-game losing streak since 1968-69; Notre Dame fell to 11-11 (2-7).
- Syracuse honored late great Lawrence Moten at halftime, and the team now heads to North Carolina on Monday before visiting Virginia.