PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Paul Harris scored 26 points and Jonny Flynn had 15 points and nine assists to lead No. 11 Syracuse to its seventh straight victory, 82-66 over Rutgers on Saturday night.
Arinze Onuaku added 19 points and Eric Devendorf had 15 for the Orange (16-1, 4-0 Big East), who beat Rutgers for the eighth straight time.
Anthony Farmer had 17 points and freshman Michael Rosario added 15 for the Scarlet Knights (9-8, 0-4), who lost their fifth straight, all to ranked teams.
Syracuse took the lead for good late in the first half and was able to pull away behind Flynn and Harris, whose speed caused problems for Rutgers.
Rutgers was within 52-48 when the 6-foot Flynn took off on a drive to the basket and emphatically dunked over the 6-3 Rosario.
Flynn stood over the freshman for a second while he was on the floor and looked at the Rutgers student section.
Rutgers coach Fred Hill called a timeout to complain about the lack of a call for either a charge or a technical for taunting and he was called for a technical.
Devendorf made one of the free throws and after a Rutgers turnover, Devendorf scored on a drive to make it 57-48 with 12:01 to play.
Flynn was just getting started in helping the Orange expand the lead.
He scored on a nice spin move and was fouled but missed the free throw, still giving Syracuse a 63-53 lead.
His short jumper with 8:06 left made it 67-57 and his drop pass to Harris on the break 31 seconds later gave Syracuse its largest lead to that point.
Flynn quickly became the target of boos and derisive cheers from the Rutgers crowd but he seemed to thrive on it and the Orange led by at least 10 points the rest of the way.
Rosario, the third-leading freshman scorer in the nation with a 17.6 average, had just two points in the second half on 1-for-11 shooting, 1-of-8 from 3-point range.
He finished 6-for-22 overall, 3-of-15 on 3s.
The win was the 787th for Jim Boehim, breaking a tie for eighth place on the all-time list with Lefty Driesell. Boehim is one win behind Connecticut's Jim Calhoun.
Rutgers' run against ranked team started against then-No. 1 North Carolina and included Big East games against Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Marquette.
Orange 82
S. Knights 66
Anthony Farmer had 17 points and freshman Michael Rosario added 15 for the Scarlet Knights (9-8, 0-4), who lost their fifth straight, all to ranked teams.
Syracuse took the lead for good late in the first half and was able to pull away behind Flynn and Harris, whose speed caused problems for Rutgers.
Rutgers was within 52-48 when the 6-foot Flynn took off on a drive to the basket and emphatically dunked over the 6-3 Rosario.
Flynn stood over the freshman for a second while he was on the floor and looked at the Rutgers student section.
Rutgers coach Fred Hill called a timeout to complain about the lack of a call for either a charge or a technical for taunting and he was called for a technical.
Devendorf made one of the free throws and after a Rutgers turnover, Devendorf scored on a drive to make it 57-48 with 12:01 to play.
Flynn was just getting started in helping the Orange expand the lead.
He scored on a nice spin move and was fouled but missed the free throw, still giving Syracuse a 63-53 lead.
His short jumper with 8:06 left made it 67-57 and his drop pass to Harris on the break 31 seconds later gave Syracuse its largest lead to that point.
Flynn quickly became the target of boos and derisive cheers from the Rutgers crowd but he seemed to thrive on it and the Orange led by at least 10 points the rest of the way.
Rosario, the third-leading freshman scorer in the nation with a 17.6 average, had just two points in the second half on 1-for-11 shooting, 1-of-8 from 3-point range.
He finished 6-for-22 overall, 3-of-15 on 3s.
The win was the 787th for Jim Boehim, breaking a tie for eighth place on the all-time list with Lefty Driesell. Boehim is one win behind Connecticut's Jim Calhoun.
Rutgers' run against ranked team started against then-No. 1 North Carolina and included Big East games against Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Marquette.
Orange 82
S. Knights 66
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