Syracuse avenges 36-point loss to North Carolina, stuns Tar Heels in rematch

Syracuse, N.Y. ― The Syracuse Orange avenged a 36-points loss to North Carolina with a stunning 86-79 upset of the seventh-ranked Tar Heels on Tuesday night at the JMA Wireless Dome.

In a Jan. 13 game in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Tar Heels breezed to an easy 103-67 victory at the Dean E. Smith Center. It was Syracuse’s largest margin of defeat since a 108-69 loss to DePaul in the 2006 season.