No. 25 Syracuse (7-3) lost to Old Dominion (8-3), 68-62, on Saturday afternoon in the Carrier Dome. A lackluster second half doomed the Orange. Tyus Battle scored a game-high 23 points while Elijah Hughes added 15 points. SU shot 22 for 34 from the free throw line and the Monarchs ended Syracuse’s five-game winning streak.

Here’s what our beat writers thought of Saturday’s game.