Smu Sinks Syracuse on the late tip-in | National

A tip from Keon Ambrose-Hylton with 3.1 seconds on the left raised a dramatic 77-75 victory over Syracus on Tuesday evening. With SMU (22-8, 13-6 ACC), Boopie Miller kept in possession and the score that drove at 75 after the inside, a jumper that landed with less than six seconds before the brand. Ambrose-Hylton positioned itself for the offensive back rash and tipped the ball back from the glass and in the JJ Starling, a desperation 3 pointer missed the last summer for Syracuse (12-18, 6-13), which has lost five of his last six. The Mustangs only led in the 46-second mark in the second half when Miller Ambrose-Hylton found a starting line-up and a lead of 75-74. Jaquan Carlos von Syracuse scored a free throw, brought the score and used Smu's game winners with a 27 second lead. Kario Oquendo had 16 points from the bank and Chuck Harris added 13 points for the Mustangs, who kept their hopes of the NCAA tournament alive. Ambrose-Hylton ended with 12 points and Miller added 11. Smu added 53.6 percent from the field, including 60.7 percent in the second half. Lucas Taylor led six orange players in double-digit figures with 13 points, which were highlighted by a trio by 3-clayers. Eddie Lampkin broke 10 points and nine rebounds when Syracus fell to 2-9 on the street. Starling scored 10 and only scored 3 out of 17 from the field, including 1 out of 10 from 3-point areas. Syracuse led at 12 with 9:54, but saw that the advantage was taken up to 64-60 to 7:35 a.m. on a 3 Harris. The tour of the orange never reached double-digit again and Smu started fire late and closed a 13: 3 run in the last 5:12. Syracuse had a similar end to the first half and ended with a 15-5 sprint for a 44-36 half-time lead. Chris Bell had eight points in the last 4:41 and Carlos met 3 for the eight-point advantage, a summer fitting of 3rd media on the Level field