{"id":348296,"date":"2025-12-14T22:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348296\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:05:10","slug":"hofstra-70-69-syracuse-14-dec-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348296\/","title":{"rendered":"Hofstra 70-69 Syracuse (14 Dec, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — \u2014 Cruz Davis<\/a> scored 22 points and German Plotnikov<\/a> hit a late 3-pointer to help Hofstra beat Syracuse 70-69 on Saturday for its second win over a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in a week.<\/p>\n

Plotnikov’s 3-pointer with 34 seconds left gave Hofstra a 70-68 lead. Sadiq White Jr<\/a>. then missed the first of two free throws for Syracuse with 18 seconds left. The Orange forced a turnover on the ensuing possession, but Victory Onuetu<\/a> blocked Kiyan Anthony<\/a>‘s jump shot to seal it for the Pride. <\/p>\n

Davis, who scored a career-high 36 points in an 80-73<\/a> win over the ACC’s Pittsburgh on Sunday, was 8 of 14 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers against Syracuse. <\/p>\n

Preston Edmead<\/a> added 12 points and Jaeden Roberts<\/a> chipped in with 11 for Hofstra (8-4). Plotnikov scored nine points on three 3s. Onuetu grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked four shots. <\/p>\n

J.J. Starling<\/a> scored 15 points to lead Syracuse (6-4) and William Kyle III<\/a> added 13. White, Anthony and Nate Kingz<\/a> added 12 points apiece. <\/p>\n

Syracuse led 37-36 at halftime and pushed the advantage to 45-38 about four minutes into the second half. The Pride answered with a 19-4 run, capped by a Plotnikov 3-pointer, for a 57-49 lead with 10:32 to play. <\/p>\n

With 4:34 remaining, the Orange began a 11-0 surge for a 68-67 lead with 56 seconds to go. <\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Syracuse hosts Mercyhurst on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Hofstra is at home against Quinnipiac on Dec. 21. <\/p>\n

—— Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here<\/a> and here<\/a> (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-basketball<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SYRACUSE, N.Y. — \u2014 Cruz Davis scored 22 points and German Plotnikov hit a late 3-pointer to help…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-348296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}