Cole Swider scored 28 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in just 28 minutes. Joe Girard had 16 points and No. On Wednesday, 9-seed Syracuse defeated eighth-seeded Florida State 96 to 57 in Round 2 of the ACC tournament.
On Thursday, Syracuse will play Duke in the quarterfinals. The team that lost both matches against No. After the ACC suspended Buddy Boeheim for punching Wyatt Wilkes, Florida State’s quarterback, in the stomach during the first period, Syracuse will be without its leading scorer Buddy Boeheim. Boeheim scored 14 points after the play.
With 10:52 remaining in the first period, Syracuse led by double figures. This was a 11-0 run that saw eight consecutive points from Swider. After Swider’s 20 and nine rebounds, the Orange scored three straight 3-pointers, while Girard made the other. They led 49-26 at halftime.
Florida State missed eight shots in a row midway through the first period. At the break, they were shooting 12-of-38 from 3-point range. The Seminoles missed just one of the first 15 shots in the second half, including 10 consecutive misses.
Syracuse led 81 to 41 on a Jimmy Boeheim basket, off an assist by Buddy Boeheim with 7:32 remaining.
Jimmy Boeheim had 12 points for Syracuse (16-16), the team that won by the second-largest margin in conference tournament games in program history.
Swider scored 2, 36 and 6 points in each of his three previous games. He was 9 of 15, including 4 of 6, from the distance for his second highest scoring game. Buddy Boeheim had three more, while Girard made four 3-pointers.
The Florida State (17-14), Seminoles were trailing 70-34 after the first 29 minutes. They had 16 points combined.
Florida State’s Matthew Cleveland scored 13 points from the bench to end its three-game winning streak. The Seminoles were 2 of 25 to score from 3-point range, and 32% overall.
