Gross-Bullock's Buzzer Beater Shocks Syracuse in Dome

The Orange lost its second straight in heartbreaking fashion.

Mike McAllister | Nov 26, 2022

Gross-Bullock's Buzzer Beater Shocks Syracuse in Dome /

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Syracuse rallied in the second half to take a lead with eight seconds left, but Sherif Gross-Bullock's floater in the lane with one second left pushed Bryant past the Orange 73-72 inside the JMA Wireless Dome Saturday night. With the loss, Syracuse drops to 3-3 on the season. Next up is a tough road test at Illinois.

Bryant dominated the first half and took a 13 point lead into intermission. That was not the story of the half, however, as Judah Mintz and Doug Edert were both ejected. After a charge was called on Mintz, Edert said something that led to Judah putting his hands on Edert with a light slap on the face. Edert retaliated with a smack on the side of Judah's head. Both teams then got into a scrum, with two Bryant players getting ejected for leaving the bench. Syracuse assistants Adrian Autry and Allen Griffin were also ejected along with a Bryant assistant.

In the second half, the Orange rallied to trim the deficit and make the last few minutes extremely exciting. Trailing by one, Joe Girard, who struggled all night going just 1-12 from the floor, threw a bad pass that was intercepted and converted into an open layup. Bryant led by three. After Justin Taylor hit a pair of free throws to cut the lead to one, Sherif Gross-Bullock missed two free throws. Girard was fouled at the other end and converted his to give the Orange a one point lead with eight seconds left.

On Bryant's next possession, Gross-Bullock went the length of the court and converted a floater over the outstretched arms of Peter Carey that bounced around the rim and fell with under one second left to give the Bulldogs the win.

Jesse Edwards and Justin Taylor led Syracuse in this one. Edwards finished with 12 points, 21 rebounds and two blocks in 31 minutes. He fouled out, however, with at least three of his fouls being extremely questionable. Taylor was the Orange's leading scorer with 25 points. Chris Bell was the only other scorer in double figures with 14.

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Published Nov 26, 2022

MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting. EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans. After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years. Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports. Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College.