#6 seed Syracuse got 20 points from Buddy Boeheim in a 73-59 win over #14 seed Pitt on Wednesday night in the second round of the 2019 ACC Tournament.
Elijah Hughes and Frank Howard each had 18 points for the Orange, who face #3 seed in a rubber match Friday night in the quarterfinals in a game that could feature the return of Zion Williamson from an injury.
Boeheim, the son of Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, got the start for the Orange (20-12) in place of leading scorer Tyus Battle.,and played an instrumental role in the second-half comeback, hitting 6 of 13 shots from the field while grabbing six rebounds and dishing out four assists.
Pitt’s Jared Wilson-Frame had 24 points on eight 3-pointers, one shy of the ACC Tournament record held by Randolph Childress of Wake Forest in 1995.
Syracuse trailed 36-30 at halftime after Wilson-Frame connected on 6-of-9 from three.
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