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Judah Mintz Career Night Leads Syracuse Blowout of LSU

The Orange won its second straight with its best performance of the season.
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Judah Mintz Career Night Leads Syracuse Blowout of LSU
Judah Mintz Career Night Leads Syracuse Blowout of LSU

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Syracuse basketball put together its most complete performance of the season with a dominant 80-57 victory over LSU in the JMA Wireless Dome Tuesday night. It was the Orange's first ACC/SEC Challenge game and the victory improved Syracuse to 5-2 on the season. Next up is Syracuse's first ACC game of the season, at Virginia on Saturday, December 2nd. 

Judah Mintz scored a career high 33 points including a perfect 2-2 from three point range to go along with four assists and two steals as he paced the Orange's offensive attack. Chris Bell added 20 points with six three pointers. 

The Syracuse defense was stifling all night, holding LSU under 40% shooting and just 2-22 from three point range while forcing 19 Tigers' turnovers. The Orange also won the rebounding battle 43-36. 

The Syracuse offense was just as bad in the first half, scoring just 33 points and shooting 28% from the floor. Things turned around quite a bit in the second half, as the Orange hit 50% of its shots overall and 62% of its three point attempts. That led to 47 second half points as Syracuse ran away from the Tigers. 

Syracuse started the second half on an 10-2 run, all scored by Mintz, to push the lead to double digits. LSU would not get closer than eight the rest of the way. A 16-1 run after the lead was trimmed to eight grew the advantage to 20 and the Orange would cruise the rest of the way.   

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MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting.  EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans.  After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years.  Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports.  Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. 

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