National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Syracuse 66, Elon University 55
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 21, 2015
Where: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
Officials: # Jeffrey Anderson, # Tim Kelly, # Bill McCarthy
Attendance: 16529

Junior forward Tyler Roberson had a career-high 20 points and 16 rebounds as Syracuse defeated Elon 66-55 at the Carrier Dome on Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y.

Redshirt senior guard Michael Gbinije added 16 points and four steals for the Orange (3-0) and freshman guard Malachi Richardson had 13 points.

Freshman guard Dainan Swoope led Elon (2-2) with 12 points off the bench, and junior forward Dmitri Thompson added 10 points and eight rebounds.

After trading the lead early in the second half, Syracuse took control with a 10-0 run.

Roberson's putback basket put Syracuse in front for good at 41-39 with 12:37 left to play. Gbinije's three-point play capped the run and made it 47-39 with 11:04 remaining.

Senior guard Trevor Cooney made a layup to give Syracuse its largest lead at 58-45 with 7:55 left.

Elon went ahead 36-34 with 15 minutes remaining when Thompson's layup was goaltended by Gbinije. Its latest lead came at 14:10 when junior guard Luke Eddy made a 3-pointer to put Elon up 39-37.

The Orange opened the game with a 12-2 run, but the Phoenix went on their own 12-2 run to take a 20-19 lead with 4:37 left in the first half.

Syracuse scored 10 straight points after losing the lead and went into halftime up 29-23.
Top Game Performances
 
Elon University   Syracuse
Dainan Swoope 12 Scoring Tyler Roberson 20
Luke Eddy 5 Assists Trevor Cooney 4
Dmitri Thompson 8 Rebounds Tyler Roberson 16
Jack Anton 2 Free Throws Made Malachi Richardson 10
Dmitri Thompson 2 Steals Michael Gbinije 4
Christian Hairston 1 Blocks Tyler Lydon 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Elon University 55 31.8 8-33 5-10 17 32 2 7 13
Syracuse 66 39.2 6-15 20-25 13 43 6 7 15