Syracuse Orange vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Jan 6, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SYR	44	38	82
GT	30	42	72

Game Recap

Freeman scores career-high 27 points to lead Syracuse over Georgia Tech 82-72. Donnie Freeman scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed a team-leading nine rebounds to lead Syracuse over Georgia Tech 82-72 in ACC play on Tuesday night.

Player Stats

SYRACUSE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
42William Kyle III	25	2-4	0-0	1-2	8	2	2	1	0	3	5
1Donnie Freeman	34	9-18	2-4	7-11	9	2	1	3	2	2	27
4Nate Kingz	37	3-8	1-4	0-0	5	2	0	2	4	1	7
11Naithan George	34	3-5	1-1	10-10	2	5	1	0	6	3	17
2J.J. Starling	28	2-10	0-3	4-6	5	2	1	0	2	1	8
10Ibrahim Souare	7	1-1	0-0	0-1	4	0	0	1	0	5	2
0Sadiq White Jr.	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
5Tyler Betsey	9	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
7Kiyan Anthony	18	4-9	2-4	1-1	3	1	0	0	1	1	11
55Bryce Zephir	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	26-6142.6%	7-1936.8%	23-3174.2%	40	15	5	7	15	19	82

GEORGIA TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Baye Ndongo	25	8-13	0-0	4-6	9	1	1	1	2	4	20
14Kowacie Reeves Jr.	37	4-13	1-6	2-2	3	1	3	0	1	4	11
5Peyton Marshall	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	3	4	4
1Lamar Washington	34	3-14	0-3	3-4	7	7	3	1	0	4	9
0Akai Fleming	23	2-7	1-5	4-4	3	0	0	1	1	4	9
8Cole Kirouac	13	2-4	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	0	1	3	4
12Kam Craft	13	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	3	0	1	0	0	5
3Jaeden Mustaf	26	2-6	1-1	5-8	4	1	1	1	1	3	10
7Chas Kelley III	22	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0

TOTAL	-	25-6439.1%	4-1822.2%	18-2669.2%	32	16	8	5	9	28	72

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSYRGT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by Syracuse.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by Georgia Tech.
+2 (19:42) William Kyle III makes 1-foot dunk (J.J. Starling assists).
20
(19:24) Foul on William Kyle III.
+2 (19:04) Peyton Marshall makes layup.
22
(18:58) Naithan George bad pass turnover.
(18:47) Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:43) J.J. Starling Defensive Rebound.
(18:32) Donnie Freeman misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:28) Peyton Marshall Defensive Rebound.
(18:21) Foul on Peyton Marshall.
(18:21) Peyton Marshall turnover.
(18:00) Nate Kingz misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:57) Akai Fleming Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:47) Peyton Marshall makes 2-foot dunk (Baye Ndongo assists).
24
(17:42) J.J. Starling misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:38) Kowacie Reeves Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(17:34) Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses 13-foot floating jump shot.
(17:34) Baye Ndongo Offensive Rebound.
(17:34) Donnie Freeman Block.
+2 (17:24) Baye Ndongo makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
26
+3 (17:21) Naithan George makes 24-foot three point jumper (William Kyle III assists).
56
(16:47) Lamar Washington misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:43) Donnie Freeman Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:29) Donnie Freeman makes 25-foot three point jumper (William Kyle III assists).
86
+2 (16:09) Baye Ndongo makes 6-foot hook shot (Lamar Washington assists).
88
(15:52) Donnie Freeman misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(15:48) Peyton Marshall Defensive Rebound.
(15:34) Baye Ndongo bad pass turnover.
(15:34) Naithan George Steal.
+3 (15:25) Nate Kingz makes 25-foot three point jumper (Donnie Freeman assists).
118
+2 (14:57) Baye Ndongo makes 6-foot hook shot.
1110
(14:37) Nate Kingz misses 12-foot step back jumpshot.
(14:33) Cole Kirouac Defensive Rebound.
(14:13) Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:09) Kiyan Anthony Defensive Rebound.
(14:00) Foul on Chas Kelley III.
(13:51) Donnie Freeman misses 9-foot hook shot.
(13:48) Cole Kirouac Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:30) Cole Kirouac makes 1-foot dunk (Chas Kelley III assists).
1112
(12:59) Kiyan Anthony out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(12:40) Jaeden Mustaf misses 16-foot turnaround jump shot.
(12:37) Tyler Betsey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:21) Kiyan Anthony makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sadiq White Jr. assists).
1412
(11:58) Cole Kirouac bad pass turnover.
(11:58) Donnie Freeman Steal.
+2 (11:49) Donnie Freeman makes 2-foot dunk (Kiyan Anthony assists).
1612
(11:34) Foul on Sadiq White Jr..
+2 (11:31) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes layup (Lamar Washington assists).
1614
(11:04) Sadiq White Jr. misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(10:59) Akai Fleming Defensive Rebound.
(10:55) Foul on Kiyan Anthony.
+1 (10:55) Akai Fleming makes free throw 1 of 2.
1615
+1 (10:55) Akai Fleming makes free throw 2 of 2.
1616
(10:33) Kiyan Anthony misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(10:30) Kowacie Reeves Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(10:26) Jaeden Mustaf misses driving layup.
(10:26) Nate Kingz Block.
(10:22) J.J. Starling Defensive Rebound.
(10:19) Foul on Jaeden Mustaf.
+1 (10:19) J.J. Starling makes free throw 1 of 2.
1716
+1 (10:19) J.J. Starling makes free throw 2 of 2.
1816
+2 (10:06) Lamar Washington makes 14-foot pullup jump shot.
1818
(9:47) Foul on Baye Ndongo.
+2 (9:37) J.J. Starling makes 2-foot dunk.
2018
(9:27) Lamar Washington misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(9:23) J.J. Starling Defensive Rebound.
(9:21) Kiyan Anthony misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(9:20) Syracuse Offensive Rebound.
(9:12) Kiyan Anthony misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:10) Ibrahim Souare Offensive Rebound.
(9:10) Foul on Akai Fleming.
(9:03) Nate Kingz misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(8:59) Kiyan Anthony Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:50) Kiyan Anthony makes driving layup.
2218
(8:50) Foul on Akai Fleming.
+1 (8:50) Kiyan Anthony makes free throw 1 of 1.
2318
(8:30) Baye Ndongo misses layup.
(8:28) Jaeden Mustaf Offensive Rebound.
(8:28) Foul on Ibrahim Souare.
(8:28) Jaeden Mustaf misses free throw 1 of 2.
(8:28) Georgia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (8:28) Jaeden Mustaf makes free throw 2 of 2.
2319
+2 (8:10) Sadiq White Jr. makes 2-foot dunk (J.J. Starling assists).
2519
(7:47) Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses alley oop dunk.
(7:47) Nate Kingz Block.
(7:42) Sadiq White Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(7:23) J.J. Starling misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(7:19) Lamar Washington Defensive Rebound.
(7:17) Jaeden Mustaf misses 7-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:17) Ibrahim Souare Block.
(7:16) Georgia Tech Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:14) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes 18-foot jumper (Lamar Washington assists).
2521
+2 (6:55) Nate Kingz makes driving layup.
2721
(6:39) Foul on Ibrahim Souare.
(6:28) Lamar Washington misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:25) Syracuse Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:10) Kiyan Anthony makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
3021
(5:57) Cole Kirouac misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(5:53) Donnie Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(5:50) Donnie Freeman bad pass turnover.
(5:50) Kowacie Reeves Jr. Steal.
(5:43) Lamar Washington misses 10-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:43) Donnie Freeman Block.
(5:42) Lamar Washington Offensive Rebound.
+3 (5:34) Jaeden Mustaf makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chas Kelley III assists).
3024
(5:12) Tyler Betsey misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:09) Jaeden Mustaf Defensive Rebound.
(5:06) Foul on Tyler Betsey.
(5:03) Akai Fleming bad pass turnover.
(5:02) Foul on Cole Kirouac.
(4:52) Foul on Jaeden Mustaf.
+1 (4:52) Donnie Freeman makes free throw 1 of 2.
3124
+1 (4:52) Donnie Freeman makes free throw 2 of 2.
3224
(4:35) Baye Ndongo bad pass turnover.
(4:35) William Kyle III Steal.
(4:29) Tyler Betsey misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:27) Jaeden Mustaf Defensive Rebound.
(4:18) Foul on Tyler Betsey.
+1 (4:18) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
3225
+1 (4:18) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
3226
(4:02) Donnie Freeman misses 5-foot turnaround jump shot.
(3:57) Donnie Freeman Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:57) Donnie Freeman makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3426
(3:48) Lamar Washington misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(3:42) Donnie Freeman Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:39) Naithan George makes layup (Donnie Freeman assists).
3626
(3:33) Foul on William Kyle III.
(3:33) Foul on Peyton Marshall.
+2 (3:31) Akai Fleming makes 15-foot jumper (Chas Kelley III assists).
3628
(3:08) J.J. Starling misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:05) Lamar Washington Defensive Rebound.
(2:52) Foul on Peyton Marshall.
(2:52) Peyton Marshall turnover.
+2 (2:38) Naithan George makes 4-foot pullup jump shot (Nate Kingz assists).
3828
(2:21) Foul on William Kyle III.
(2:21) Cole Kirouac misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:21) Georgia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:21) Cole Kirouac misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:17) Lamar Washington Offensive Rebound.
(2:16) Lamar Washington misses tip in layup.
(2:16) Donnie Freeman Block.
(2:12) J.J. Starling Defensive Rebound.
(2:11) Naithan George bad pass turnover.
(2:11) Lamar Washington Steal.
(2:07) Lamar Washington misses layup.
(2:05) Ibrahim Souare Defensive Rebound.
(1:49) Foul on Kowacie Reeves Jr..
(1:49) Donnie Freeman misses free throw 1 of 2.
(1:49) Syracuse Deadball Team Rebound.
(1:49) Donnie Freeman misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:44) Nate Kingz Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:44) Nate Kingz makes 0-foot tip in layup.
4028
(1:32) Chas Kelley III misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(1:28) Ibrahim Souare Defensive Rebound.
(1:23) Kiyan Anthony misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:20) Akai Fleming Defensive Rebound.
(1:11) Akai Fleming misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(1:06) Kiyan Anthony Defensive Rebound.
(0:50) Donnie Freeman misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:48) Georgia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:48) Foul on Ibrahim Souare.
+1 (0:48) Akai Fleming makes free throw 1 of 2.
4029
+1 (0:48) Akai Fleming makes free throw 2 of 2.
4030
+2 (0:37) Kiyan Anthony makes layup (Naithan George assists).
4230
(0:15) Cole Kirouac misses layup.
(0:12) Sadiq White Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(0:05) Foul on Cole Kirouac.
+1 (0:05) Naithan George makes free throw 1 of 2.
4330
+1 (0:05) Naithan George makes free throw 2 of 2.
4430
(0:00) Akai Fleming misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(0:00) Georgia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

SYR

82Points72

26-61(42.6%)Field Goal(%)25-64(39.1%)

7-19(36.8%)3-Point(%)4-18(22.2%)

23-31(74.2%)Free Throw(%)18-26(69.2%)

44(14)Rebounds(Offensive)34(11)

15Assists16

5Steals8

7Blocks5

15Turnovers9

19(0)Fouls(Technical)28(0)

20Largest Lead4

Game Details

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 · 7:00 PM

McCamish Pavilion · Atlanta, GA

attendance: 6,216 (72.3%)

tv: ACC Network

spread: SYR -2.5

over/under: 146.5