SYRACUSE -- Paul Harris had 22 points and No. 16 Syracuse celebrated its first appearance in the national rankings in more than a year with an 86-51 victory over Colgate on Monday night.

Jonny Flynn added 12 points and a season-high seven assists for the Orange (7-0), who have won 43 straight in the series against Colgate and improved to 116-45 against their longtime upstate New York foe.

In its previous two games, Syracuse rallied from 13-point deficits to beat then-No. 22 Kansas in overtime and Virginia. No second-half rally was needed against Colgate (2-3), which trailed 43-13 at halftime.

Harris and Flynn combined to score the Orange's first 15 points in the first 4:31 of play -- two more than the Raiders managed the entire first half as they struggled to find open looks against Syracuse's man-to-man defense.

Colgate shot 17 percent (5-for-29) and committed 15 turnovers in coming within two points of equaling the fewest points allowed by the Orange in one half. Princeton scored 11 in the first half of a 60-43 loss to Syracuse in November 1999 in the Carrier Dome.

Rick Jackson had 10 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double for Syracuse. Freshman Mookie Jones had a season-high nine points and classmate Kris Joseph had seven, combining to play 37 minutes.

Mike Venezia led Colgate with eight points and four rebounds. Alex Woodhouse finished with four points and seven blocks.

The Orange were expected to be much more effective from the perimeter this year with the return of guards Andy Rautins and Eric Devendorf from knee injuries. But Syracuse shot 4-of-17 from beyond the arc against the Raiders, the last one coming at the final buzzer by walk-on Jake Presutti.

Flynn started the game with a 3 from the left corner off a feed from Harris, his former high school teammate in Niagara Falls. After Flynn followed with a steal and layup, Harris scored the next nine points, completing the spurt with a driving layup.

Woodhouse had the lone Colgate basket during the opening Syracuse run, a jumper at 17:45. Willie Morse hit a 3 at 14:55 after he was left wide-open on left wing, Yaw Gyawu had a layup, and Venezia made a pair of 3-pointers in the final 6 minutes to account for the Raiders' scoring in the period.

Playing its fifth game in 10 days and well ahead early, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim did some experimenting as 13 players got into the win.

Colgate was without Kyle Roemer, its leading scorer a season ago at 16.3 points per game. Roemer tore a knee ligament in September and is out for the season.