Syracuse, N.Y. ― Syracuse’s defense dominated the day in an 83-43 win over Delaware State at the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday.

Syracuse simply overwhelmed a Delaware State team that came into Saturday’s game ranked 354th out of 365 Division I teams by KenPom.com.

Syracuse held Delaware State to 15% shooting in the first half in building a 40-17 halftime lead and cruised from there.

After making only five of their 32 field attempts in the opening half, the Hornets wound up shooting 22% for the game on 14-for-65 shooting.

Delaware State missed its first 12 shots from 3-point range before finally hitting one from beyond the arc with 9 minutes left in the game.

The Orange’s defense aside, Syracuse improved to 2-0 on a day that will probably be best remembered as the first start of Kiyan

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