GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Syracuse — ACC tournament

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Traore finishes alley-oop from Miller, puts Ponies back ahead, 16-15

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Cross puts back his own miss
SMU 18, Cuse 16

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Chris Bell — who took over for Taylor the first time the teams met — drills a 3 to put the Orange back up, 19-18

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Syracuse has missed 6 of last 8 shots

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Cross misses, gets his rebound, gets foul — Chris Bell now the second Syracuse shooting guard with a pair of fouls

Cross hits 1 of 2, ties it 19-19

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Mustangs triple-team Lampkin in the low post, pinning him against the baseline ... and manage to knock the ball out of bounds off the TCU transfer

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Boopie Miller doing Boopie Miller things: gets the ball from Yiğitoğlu, starts upcourt and then hits the brakes, getting run over by Lampkin, who sits with his second foul.

Miller hits both FTs, SMU leads 25-21

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Oquendo cans back-to-back 3s to stretch SMU lead to 31-22

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Starling and Davis answer with back-to-back 3s

SMU 31, Syracuse 28

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HALFTIME

SMU 31, Syracuse 28

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SMU first-half leaders

Points: Oquendo, Harris, Miller (6)
Field goals: Edwards, Miller, Harris, Oquendo, Traore (2)
3-point field goals: Oquendo (2)
Free throws: Cross (2)
Rebounds: Cross (4)
Offensive rebounds: Cross (2)
Assists: Ambrose-Hylton, Miller (2)
Fouls: Ambrose-Hylton, Harris, Miller (1)
Turnovers: Cross, Harris, Miller (1)
Blocked shots: Görener (3)
Steals: Edwards (2)
Minutes: Miller (17)
Plus/minus: Miller (+6)

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Cross draws a pair of defenders, feeds Yiğitoğlu for big dunk

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Different SMU defense: when these teams met last week, Syracuse turned the ball over 14 times

Syracuse has turned the ball over 10 times, SMU 4 ... with 17:53 to go in second half.

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Starling drives the lane to the rim — gets absolutely stuffed by Cross's two-handed block.

Seconds later, Harris nails a 3

SMU 38, Syracuse 28

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Ponies start second half on 10-0 run, holding Syracuse scoreless for the first 5:35 in the second half

Davis breaks out with a layup and 3

41-33 SMU