But he said he turned to Torrence because Girard was having trouble breaking Florida State’s press. “The small lineup really turned things around, started playing well, and it worked out better than I thought, really.”īoeheim rarely goes to his bench, relying heavily on his starting lineup instead - the Orange rank 356th of 358 teams in bench minutes (16.7%), according to KenPom. “I thought Sy(mir) was great, I thought he really did a great job getting it up,” Boeheim said. Torrence helped fuel a late-game push that dissolved the Seminoles’ seven-point lead, though it ultimately wasn’t enough to prevent a last-second loss that dropped SU back below. Twelve of those minutes came in the second half, and he was on the floor until the final two minutes. Torrence played 15 minutes in Syracuse’s (8-9, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) five-point loss to Florida State (10-5, 4-2 ACC), his most in a conference game this season.
So on Saturday, when his other forward, Jimmy Boeheim, wasn’t providing enough on the floor, he once again turned to something unorthodox: a three-guard lineup featuring Symir Torrence alongside Buddy Boeheim and Joe Girard III.
Boeheim said it was because Ajak was playing really well in practice. The Panthers pieced together a mini 9-0 run to take the lead, and Boeheim decided to go to Ajak - a sparsely used substitute - in place of freshman Benny Williams. Tuesday against Pittsburgh, head coach Jim Boeheim turned to forward John Bol Ajak off the bench at the end of the first half. Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox.
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