National Basketball Association
Miami-Florida 62, Syracuse 57
When: 12:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Officials:
# Tim Comer, # Les Jones, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
18103
By The Sports Xchange
Kamari Murphy recorded his sixth double-double of the season, scoring 16 points with 10 rebounds to lead Miami past Syracuse 62-57 in the second round of the ACC Tournament on Wednesday at the Barclays Center in New York.
Ninth-seeded Miami (21-10) plays top-seeded North Carolina in the quarterfinals on Thursday. The Hurricanes are 3-8 in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Andrew White III led Syracuse (18-14) with 22 points and Ty Battle added 14.
Davon Reed chipped in with 14 points and DJ Vasiljevic added 13 off the bench for Miami.
A layup from Ja'Quan Newton as Miami worked the clock down provided the Hurricanes with a 59-55 lead with 16 seconds to play. The Hurricanes made three of four free throws after that in the last seven seconds to snap a two-game losing streak.
White deposited six straight points, four on free throws and a jumper, to pull Syracuse to within 53-52 with 4:06 to play, but Murphy delivered two dunks to extend the Miami lead to 57-52 with 2:33 left.
Battle's 3-pointer from the baseline in front of the Syracuse bench gave the Orange their first lead, 41-40, of the second half at the 12:13 mark before the Hurricanes countered with a 7-1 burst to move ahead 48-42 with 7:36 to play.
Syracuse went 2:40 at the end of the half without scoring, trailing 36-28. Miami was effective shooting over Syracuse's famed 2-3 zone in the first half, connecting on 6 of 11 of its 3-pointers.
The Hurricanes featured a 10-2 run, turning a 19-19 deadlock into a 29-21 lead with 5:11 left in the half.
Top Game Performances
Miami-Florida |
|
Syracuse |
Kamari Murphy 16 |
Scoring |
Andrew White III 22 |
Ja'Quan Newton 6 |
Assists |
Tyler Lydon 4 |
Kamari Murphy 10 |
Rebounds |
Tyler Lydon 12 |
Kamari Murphy 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Andrew White III 9 |
Bruce Brown 1 |
Steals |
John Gillon 2 |
Ebuka Izundu 1 |
Blocks |
Tyler Lydon 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Miami-Florida
|
62 |
43.1 |
9-23 |
9-12 |
13 |
27 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
Syracuse
|
57 |
43.2 |
7-21 |
12-13 |
10 |
24 |
4 |
6 |
10 |