SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Buddy Boeheim scored 24 points, reaching the 20-point mark for the eighth time this season, and Jimmy Boeheim added 18 as Syracuse beat Pittsburgh 77-61 on Tuesday night.

Jesse Edwards added 12 points and Cole Swider 10 for the Orange.

Syracuse (8-8, 2-3) used a 12-3 run to start the second half and gradually began pulling away. Jimmy Boeheim’s layup with 15:47 to go gave Syracuse its first double-digit lead at 47-37.

Pitt didn’t make its first field goal of the second half until Mouhamadou Gueye’s basket with 10:44 left to get within 58-43.

Jamarius Burton, Gueye and Femi Odukale each scored 14 points for Pitt (6-10, 1-4).