Freshman lead Orange to much-needed win

The Syracuse men's basketball team needed a big road win. They got it. The Orangemen held on to beat the University of Virginia 70-68 in Charlottesville, VA Wednesday night.

Freshman Donte Greene led the Syracuse attack with 21 points, including 5-of-8 from behind the arc as the Orange (6-2) put four players in double figures. Johnny Flynn added 18 points for Syracuse, including two key free throws with 5.3 seconds left. Eric Devendorf scored 16 and Paul Harris had 10 points and 14 rebounds.

Virginia (6-2) was lead by senior Adrian Joseph's 19 points and 13 rebounds as the Orange gave Virginia only its second loss in 22 games at its new arena.

Sean Singletary, Virginia's leading scorer, was slowed by strep throat and had an off night shooting 3-of-14 and 2-of-8 from the charity stripe. He entered the game shooting 93 percent from the line. Singletary had 10 points and nine assists and Mamadi Diane scored 10.

The Orange, who gave up 107 points last week in a loss to UMass, held its second opponent in less then a week under 70 points. Virginia came in averaging 83 points a game.

Nick Vecchio