Syracuse, N.Y. is set to witness an exciting basketball showdown as the Syracuse basketball team gears up to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders at 7 p.m. on Friday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The game will be aired on ESPNU, allowing fans to catch all the action from the comfort of their homes. For the latest in-game team and individual stats, click here. Remember to keep refreshing this page throughout the game to stay updated on all the latest developments.
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:56 remaining: Texas Tech 31, Syracuse 28J.J. Starling reaches 11 points in the first half, bringing Syracuse within a possession. He's shooting 5-for-6 from the field with only one turnover. Lucas Taylor is called for his first personal foul of the game, and Syracuse's fourth of the half. Chris Bell draws a foul on Kevin Overton and makes both free throws. Overton steals the ball from Bell on the following possession, and Bell fouls Overton in transition. Donnie Freeman blocks Toppin, and Syracuse uses its timeout.4:01 remaining: Texas Tech 29, Syracuse 24The Red Raiders score five points out of the timeout, giving them a seven-point lead. It's the largest lead Texas Tech has had in the first half. Syracuse turns the ball over for the seventh time, and Carlos is called for his second personal foul of the game. Starling scores after driving up the middle to lower the Orange deficit to five points. Texas Tech uses its first timeout of the game.6:09 remaining: Texas Tech 24, Syracuse 22Syracuse ties the game at 16 with a driving layup by Starling, after forcing their third turnover of the first half. Petar Majstorovic is called for a personal foul. Texas Tech gets the and-one and makes the additional free throw. Starling reaches a game-leading seven points with his first made three-pointer of the game. McMillian and Elijah Moore sink back-to-back triples, and Syracuse trails by one possession. Lampkin tries to pass the ball to Moore to tie the game, but Moore couldn't handle the ball. Syracuse is 5-for-13 from inside the paint.11:50 remaining: Texas Tech 14, Syracuse 12Lampkin ties the game with a jump shot in Syracuse's first possession out of the media timeout. Christian Anderson scores his first points of the game with a Texas Tech's second three-pointer. Bell ends a nearly three-minute long Syracuse scoring drought with his second triple of the game. He's shooting 2-for-5 from the arc. Jaquan Carlos is called for Syracuse's first personal foul of the game, but Texas Tech has missed its last four field goal attempts.15:36 remaining: Texas Tech 9, Syracuse 7Texas Tech's JT Toppin scores the first field goal of the game, and Eddie Lampkin immediately responds with a layup. Syracuse forces back-to-back turnovers and scores on both. Chris Bell nets his first three-pointer of the game. Texas Tech is shooting 57% from the field, Syracuse is shooting just 38%. However, five of the Orange's seven points have come from turnovers.Halftime Recap
After 20 minutes of less-than-ideal ball control from the Orange, Syracuse and Texas Tech are tied at 31-all. Syracuse had eight turnovers to Texas Tech's three in the first half. The Orange forced three Red Raider turnovers in the opening minutes where scored five points. The Orange only led for roughly a minute in the first half, but tied the game after to Starling's second triple of the game. Starling went for another triple at the buzzer, trying to give Syracuse its lead back, but missed the shot. Starling leads all scorers with 14 points in 18 minutes of action. Both teams played down-to-the-wire games the night before, and both teams are working against tired legs. The Red Raiders have scored 12 bench points, and utilized quick passes to help combat lower stamina, and the Orange have relied on Starling. Syracuse has had a bit more luck beyond the arc than it did against Texas, sinking five triples in the first 20 minutes. Texas Tech has one player with two personal fouls, Darrion Williams, while Syracuse's only player with two fouls is Petar Majstorovic.Second Half Action
7:30 remaining: Texas Tech 59, Syracuse 50Carlos misses a triple, and McMillion is called for a personal foul against Bell. Bell makes both free throws, and McMillion picks up his fourth personal foul of the game. Starling is sent to the free throw line and makes one of two free throws. Toppin scores off a second chance jump shot, and Syracuse turns the ball over in transition. Starling picks up his second personal foul and Overton makes both free throws. Syracuse makes its first field goal in six tries after Bell scores a triple for his third of the game. He has 15 points against the Red Raiders. Freeman picks up his second personal foul of the game. All five Syracuse starters have at least two personal fouls.10:44 remaining: Texas Tech 55, Syracuse 44Toppin immediately makes a dunk off Syracuse’s inbound. The Orange turn the ball over twice and the Raiders put together a 7-0 run to take a double-digit lead. Syracuse calls a 30 second timeout.11:56 remaining: Texas Tech 48, Syracuse 44Syracuse and Texas Tech both misses field goals on its first possessions after the timeouts. Bell is called for a personal foul, his third of the game. The Red Raiders are held without a field goal for three minutes before Federiko Federiko ended the drought with a jump shot. Williams slams in a dunk to become the second Texas Tech player in double figures. Federiko is called for a personal foul against Davis, his first of the game. Davis makes both free throws. Starling hasn’t made a field goal since the start of the second half.15:51 remaining: Texas Tech 44, Syracuse 38Syracuse draws back-to back fouls against Texas Tech. Darrion Williams now has three personal fouls. Donnie Freeman makes both free throws to give the Orange its first lead since the opening five minutes. Lampkin turns the ball over and Toppin draws a personal foul against Jaquan Carlos. Toppin makes both free throws. Texas Tech commits its third personal foul, just 90 seconds into the second half, and Bell makes both free throws. Texas Tech’s Elijah Hawkins makes a triple to regain a one possession lead. Freeman makes a field goal and picks up an and-one. He completes the three-point play. Nearly three and a half minutes into the second half, the Red Raiders have committed more personal fouls than they did the entire first half. McMillion scores back-to-back triples to create a six point lead. Syracuse calls a timeout.