Syracuse Orange upset No. 20 Duke on the road

Duke attempted 37 3-pointers and missed 27 of them.

The Orange are heading to Durham to take on the Duke Blue Devils as part of a three-game road trip.

Duke’s loss to Syracuse on Monday night followed losses to Clemson and Notre Dame. But the craziest stat of all? Four of the five games between the Blue Devils and Orange as ACC foes have been decided by eight points or fewer, with officiating now at the center of three of them.

But an old bugaboo kept coming back.

It was the third time a No. 1 team lost in the state of Iowa this season. Duke was unavoidably going to struggle at some point this season.

Jefferson’s absence has hurt the Blue Devils in many ways, but maybe no more so than against the Orange. The Tigers (12-6, 5-1) have won three in a row against ranked teams, topping No. 20 Louisville, Duke and No. 9 Miami.

For ‘Cuse, four players scored in double-figures.

“The game is tremendous, and it can be incredibly great to you, and it can be incredibly cruel to you”, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) – Freshman Caleb Swanigan had 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Purdue held a 63-23 advantage on the boards in handing Rutgers its worst home loss. Two years ago, the charging call on Syracuse’s C.J. Fair went Duke’s way, prompting Jim Boeheim’s famous lap of midcourt.

But Duke isn’t the only team to have this concern. “We put ourselves in a position to win”.

“We executed on offense, but defensively, we just didn’t execute, ” Kennard said. The desperation attempt was deflected and did not get past half court, and as the Syracuse players streamed away to celebrate, Jones slid across the floor, looking for another whistle.

Aside from his dissenting opinion, the coach didn’t offer much critique after his team’s third straight loss.

OREGON STATE: Forward Jarmal Reid was suspended at least four games by the school, a day after sticking out his leg and tripping a referee late in a loss to Utah.

The Blue Devils had a chance for a game-winner from near half court in the final seconds but failed to get off a shot. “We have to learn how to push through that, and we’re getting a heavy dose of that right now”.

The Orange next play at Virginia on Saturday. He is not expected to be back for another month which will be near the seasons end.

Against the Orange, the Blue Devils trailed by one point in the final seconds when Jones and Syracuse’s Malachi Richardson collided while chasing the tapped-out rebound of Grayson Allen’s missed layup.