WASHINGTON (AP) — Tyus Battle had a career-high 29 points, Oshae Brissett had 25 points, and Syracuse overcame a 13-point second half deficit to defeat rival Georgetown 86-79 in overtime on Saturday.
Frank Howard added 19 points as Syracuse (9-1) made 10 of 23 3-pointers in staging its comeback over the final 10 minutes of regulation to force extra time.
‘This was a good win,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said on CBS. “We’re happy to get this.”
It’s official. Tyus Battle has ICE in his veins. ?? pic.twitter.com/ykQ70dQmyo
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Jessie Govan had 21 points and eight rebounds and Marcus Derrickson had 14 points and eight rebounds for Georgetown (8-1) which entered Saturday as one of six undefeated teams in Division 1. Jagan Mosely had 20 points off the bench for the Hoyas.
Syracuse snapped a two-game losing streak to former Big East foe Georgetown and last beat the Hoyas on the road in 2011.
Hoyas coach Patrick Ewing lost his first game against the Orange after going 8-3 against Syracuse as a player in the 1980’s.
Howard stripped Govan and hit a layup with one minute remaining to tie the score at 69. Syracuse missed three shots at the end of regulation.
Mosely hit two free throws to give Georgetown its largest lead of 53-40 but Syracuse used a quick 5-0 spurt to pull back to within eight after a Brissett 3-pointer with 9:55 remaining.
Neither team led by more than five points in the first half as both teams shot 37 percent (10 for 27) from the field.
BIG PICTURE
Syracuse: The Orange survived their first road test of the season and won’t play again away from home until traveling to South Bend to face Notre Dame on Jan 6. Syracuse had gone 1-1 in neutral site games in losing to then No. 2 Kansas while defeating former Big East rival in Connecticut at Madison Square Garden.
Georgetown: The Hoyas missed on their only chance to pick up a quality non-conference win against Syracuse. Georgetown’s previous opponents had a combined record of 24-64. The Hoyas last defeated Syracuse three straight times between 2000-02.
UP NEXT
Syracuse: The Orange return to the Carrier Dome to face two in-state foes next week — Buffalo on Tuesday and St. Bonaventure on Friday.
Georgetown: Two more games before the start of Big East play: North Texas on Wednesday and Alabama A&M on Dec. 23.
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