Clemson opened ACC play with a hard-earned 64–61 road win at Syracuse on Wednesday afternoon, showing poise late in a game that swung back and forth for most of the second half.

Syracuse rallied back from a ten-point second half deficit, but could never draw even and suffered a 64-61 home loss to Clemson in the opening ACC contest for both teams. Donnie Freeman scored all 18 of his points in the final dozen minutes to try to rally the Orange (9-5), but they never caught the Tigers (11-3).

Syracuse men's basketball (9-4) is getting set to open conference play against Clemson (10-3) on December 31st.The team handled a challenging non-conference sla

Donnie Freeman returned from his injury after missing the last nine games and very nearly willed the Orange to victory in its Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opener. Instead, Clemson was able to edge Syracuse down the stretch as the Tigers earned a 64-61 win inside the Dome.

How Syracuse performs during conference play will ultimately determine if the Orange gets an invite to the NCAA Tournament this season or not. Aside from it coinciding with the start of conference play,

The Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team (11-2, 1-1) looked like their offense got lost in transit after a 71-51 loss to the Duke Blue Devils (7-6, 2-0) on Sunday afternoon. It was the lowest scoring game of the season for the Orange as they shot 34% from the field, 2-12 from 3 and just 5-12 from the foul line.