SYRACUSE - Arinze Onuaku matched his season high with 19 points, Eric Devendorf added 13 points and five assists, and No. 13 Syracuse beat Long Beach State 79-55 on Saturday.
Syracuse (9-0) was coming off a 10-day layoff, and it showed in the first half as the Orange shot 40.6 percent and Jonny Flynn and Paul Harris, the team's leading scorers, combined for three points. Flynn was 0-for-5 from the field and Harris 0-for-3.
But the Orange scored the final four points of the first half to take a 37-30 lead and started the second with an 18-4 run to take control. Long Beach State made just one of 10 shots to start the second half before Cornel Williams drained a 3 from the left corner at 13:03.
Stephan Gilling and T.J. Robinson each scored 12 points for Long Beach State (4-5).
But the Orange scored the final four points of the first half to take a 37-30 lead and started the second with an 18-4 run to take control. Long Beach State made just one of 10 shots to start the second half before Cornel Williams drained a 3 from the left corner at 13:03.
Stephan Gilling and T.J. Robinson each scored 12 points for Long Beach State (4-5).
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