Like father, like son.
Over 20 years after Carmelo Anthony led the Syracuse Orange to the one males’s school basketball nationwide title in program historical past, his son, Kiyan Anthony, had a robust first begin for Syracuse (2-0) in a 83-43 win over Delaware State (0-2).
Anthony scored 19 factors on 8-of-11 taking pictures, together with 2-of-4 from three-point vary, whereas including 4 assists, three rebounds and a steal because the Orange improved to 2-0 on the younger season. The 6-foot-5 freshman got here off the bench in Monday’s season-opening win over Binghamton, scoring 15 factors whereas taking part in a team-high 29 minutes.
Kiyan Anthony off to spectacular begin at Syracuse
The new begin is promising for a Syracuse group that has a frightening upcoming schedule after two extra tune-ups in opposition to Drexel and Monmouth. On Nov. 24 and 25, the Orange play No. 2 Houston (2-0) and No. 19 Kansas (1-1) within the Gamers Period Competition, adopted on Dec. 2 with an ACC/SEC Problem sport in opposition to No. 18 Tennessee (1-0).
Anthony, a four-star recruit out of highschool, was a part of the No. 17 total prospect within the 2025 cycle, per 247Sports. He was the No. 7-ranked taking pictures guard and No. 32 total participant in his class.
As promising of a begin as he is had, it would not fairly stack as much as his father’s. Carmelo had back-to–back 20-point double-doubles in his first two collegiate video games, averaging 27.5 factors and 10.5 rebounds per sport on 46.2 p.c taking pictures.
Syracuse is not the ability it was when Carmelo took the game by storm as a freshman in 2002-03. Then, it was coached by four-time Large East Coach of the 12 months and 2005 Basketball Corridor of Fame inductee Jim Boeheim, who retired in 2023 after 47 seasons as head coach. In its third season below Adrian Autry, Syracuse is coming off a 14-19 file, its worst (win share smart) since 1968-69.
The Orange have a tricky highway to reaching their first NCAA Event since 2021, however Kiyan’s spectacular begin is cause for hope. He is a pure scorer, fluid however managed in his motion, permitting him to get the place he desires on the court docket.
