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Syracuse honored its seniors on Monday night in the Carrier Dome, with nearly 30,000 fans in attendance. Senior point guard Frank Howard walked to midcourt with his mom and dad.

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Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim embraced each of the seniors.

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Senior center Paschal Chukwu scored eight points.

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The Orange faced their third top-five opponent in nine days, but they fell, 79-53.

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Howard had six points in 22 minutes. Both of his makes were 3-pointers that jolted the crowd.

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Sophomore forward Oshae Brissett scored just six points and had eight rebounds in the loss, when SU failed to reach 60 points after putting up 34 at the half.

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Ty Jerome (left) and Kyle Guy led UVA’s pack-line defense, and they also led the offense Monday. They helped UVA tie a school record of 18 3-pointers made.

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The SU students who are “Otto,” the team mascot, were revealed Monday in the first half.

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Syracuse junior guard Tyus Battle shot 5-for-19 from the field and 1-for-5 from deep, scoring 11 points with three assists.

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Howard controls the ball at the top of the key. He had one assist and three turnovers.

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Battle was mostly guarded not by Kihei Clark, shown here, but by De’Andre Hunter, whom SU head coach Jim Boeheim called a “lottery pick.” Hunter added five 3-pointers and four assists.

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Freshman sharpshooter Buddy Boeheim scored 11 points, tying the team lead, on a trio of 3-pointers. He added one assist and two rebounds over 23 minutes on the floor.

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Syracuse moved the ball as well as it has all season, Boeheim said. But that was the first half. UVA finished the game on a 37-10 run.

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Syracuse shot 33.3 percent from the field and 32 percent from deep.

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Right before the second half, Syracuse appeared to be right with a top five team. For the third time against a top-five team, Syracuse had a lead at the break. Then the lead vanished.

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Junior forward Elijah Hughes had 11 points and three steals in 26 minutes on the floor.

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Brissett had two assists, one turnover, a block and a steal.

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Battle looks to drive left on DeAndre Hunter.

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Sophomore forward Marek Dolezaj had zero points and five rebounds.

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Buddy Boeheim tries to drive left on Guy, who covered him most of his time on the floor. Guy went 8-for-10 from deep in an explosion.

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Battle was frustrated throughout the night Monday, in the season’s final home game.

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Senior walk-on guard Ky Feldman played two minutes at the end, with UVA up by more than 20 points.

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Fellow senior walk-on guard Adrian Autry went 0-for-1 from the line and had one turnover.

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Boeheim and the Orange return to the court on Saturday at Clemson. Then they go to Charlotte for the ACC Tournament, with Selection Sunday less than two weeks away.