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Matthew Cleveland scores career-high 32 to carry Miami past Syracuse 91-84

AP
Feb 11, 2025

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Matthew Cleveland scored a career-high 32 points after shooting 10 for 13, Jalil Bethea added 21 points, and Miami beat Syracuse 91-84 on Tuesday night.

Cleveland set his previous high of 31 points just last month in a 117-74 defeat of SMU on Jan. 18. Against the Orange, he sank 10 of 12 foul shots and distributed five assists.

Reserves Joel Djobet scored 13 points and A.J. Stanton-McCray added 10 for Miami (6-18, 2-11 ACC), which shot 55.4% (31 of 56) including 10 for 20 from 3-point range.

J.J. Starling led Syracuse (11-14, 5-9) with 25 points. Eddie Lampkin Jr. scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and reserve Chris Bell added 14 points.

Djobet made a 3 to tie it at 61 with 9:13 remaining, and 31 seconds later, Bethea made two foul shots for a two-point lead and Miami held the advantage the rest of the way.

Cleveland's layup with 1:48 left extended the lead to 80-71, the Canes' largest lead of the game. Cleveland gave Miami its first nine-point lead, 41-32, with a pair of foul shots with 1:50 before halftime. His jumper with 31 seconds before intermission made it 43-34.

Syracuse hosts North Carolina on Saturday. The Hurricanes, who have won two of three following a 10-game losing streak, travel to face Pitt on Saturday.

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1st Half
SYR
Orange
37
MIA
Hurricanes
43

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Hurricanes gains possession)
19:38	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point jump shot	0-2
19:14	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	2-2
18:51	+3	Matthew Cleveland makes three point jump shot (Brandon Johnson assists)	2-5
18:31		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point jump shot
18:29		Brandon Johnson defensive rebound
18:16		Lynn Kidd misses two point jump shot
18:14		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
17:53	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	4-5
17:24		Matthew Cleveland turnover (J.J. Starling steals)
17:19	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	6-5
17:02	+2	Jalil Bethea makes two point jump shot (Brandon Johnson assists)	6-7
16:37		Jyare Davis misses two point jump shot
16:35		Brandon Johnson defensive rebound
16:20		Lucas Taylor shooting foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
16:20	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-8
16:20	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-9
16:01	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point dunk (J.J. Starling assists)	8-9
15:41		Divine Ugochukwu misses three point jump shot
15:39		Hurricanes offensive rebound
15:39		Eddie Lampkin Jr. personal foul
15:39		TV timeout
15:29	+2	Lynn Kidd makes two point jump shot (Divine Ugochukwu assists)	8-11
15:18		J.J. Starling turnover (Divine Ugochukwu steals)
14:55	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup (Jalil Bethea assists)	8-13
14:34		Elijah Moore misses three point jump shot
14:32		Naheem McLeod offensive rebound
14:29		Naheem McLeod turnover (Matthew Cleveland steals)
14:15		Jyare Davis blocks Lynn Kidd's two point layup
14:13		Orange defensive rebound
13:44	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point alley-oop dunk (J.J. Starling assists)	10-13
13:15		Divine Ugochukwu misses three point jump shot
13:13		Naheem McLeod defensive rebound
12:50		Lucas Taylor misses two point jump shot
12:48		Matthew Cleveland defensive rebound
12:40		Jalil Bethea misses three point jump shot
12:38		Naheem McLeod defensive rebound
12:32		Matthew Cleveland blocks J.J. Starling's three point jump shot
12:30		J.J. Starling offensive rebound
12:27		Lucas Taylor misses three point jump shot
12:25		Divine Ugochukwu defensive rebound
12:20	+2	Divine Ugochukwu makes two point layup	10-15
12:01		Elijah Moore misses three point jump shot
11:59		Orange offensive rebound
11:58		TV timeout
11:43		Jalil Bethea blocks Kyle Cuffe Jr.'s two point layup
11:41		A.J. Staton-McCray defensive rebound
11:26		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point jump shot
11:24		Brandon Johnson offensive rebound
11:16	+3	Paul Djobet makes three point jump shot (Matthew Cleveland assists)	10-18
10:46	+2	Chris Bell makes two point jump shot (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	12-18
10:24		Kyle Cuffe Jr. personal foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
10:18		Matthew Cleveland misses two point jump shot
10:16		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
10:02		Lynn Kidd shooting foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
10:02	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-18
10:02	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-18
9:49		Paul Djobet misses two point jump shot
9:47		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
9:41		Divine Ugochukwu blocks Kyle Cuffe Jr.'s two point layup
9:39		Hurricanes defensive rebound
9:23		Lynn Kidd misses two point jump shot
9:21		Jaquan Carlos defensive rebound
9:10	+3	Chris Bell makes three point jump shot (Kyle Cuffe Jr. assists)	17-18
8:51		Chris Bell blocks A.J. Staton-McCray's two point layup
8:49		A.J. Staton-McCray offensive rebound
8:46	+2	A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point layup	17-20
8:37		A.J. Staton-McCray shooting foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
8:37	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-20
8:37	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-20
8:25		Jaquan Carlos personal foul
8:07	+2	Paul Djobet makes two point layup	19-22
7:57		Chris Bell turnover (out of bounds)
7:57		TV timeout
7:46		Brandon Johnson misses three point jump shot
7:44		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
7:35	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point jump shot (Petar Majstorovic assists)	21-22
7:22	+3	A.J. Staton-McCray makes three point jump shot (Austin Swartz assists)	21-25
7:03		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:01		Hurricanes defensive rebound
6:32		Austin Swartz misses three point jump shot
6:30		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
6:11		A.J. Staton-McCray shooting foul (Chris Bell draws the foul)
6:11	+1	Chris Bell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-25
6:11	+1	Chris Bell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-25
5:54		Brandon Johnson misses three point jump shot
5:52		J.J. Starling defensive rebound
5:48	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point jump shot	25-25
5:31		Brandon Johnson turnover (Jaquan Carlos steals)
5:25		Jaquan Carlos turnover (Brandon Johnson steals)
5:19	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup	25-27
4:59		Jyare Davis misses two point jump shot
4:57		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
4:53		Brandon Johnson shooting foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
4:53	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-27
4:53	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-27
4:43	+3	Divine Ugochukwu makes three point jump shot (Jalil Bethea assists)	27-30
4:20	+3	Chris Bell makes three point jump shot	30-30
4:00	+2	Jalil Bethea makes two point jump shot	30-32
3:44		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
3:42		Jalil Bethea defensive rebound
3:32	+2	Lynn Kidd makes two point jump shot	30-34
3:15	+2	Chris Bell makes two point jump shot (Jyare Davis assists)	32-34
2:56	+3	Jalil Bethea makes three point jump shot (Matthew Cleveland assists)	32-37
2:27		Jaquan Carlos misses two point jump shot
2:25		Divine Ugochukwu defensive rebound
2:19	+2	Divine Ugochukwu makes two point layup	32-39
2:17		Orange 30 second timeout
2:17		TV timeout
2:09		Chris Bell misses three point jump shot
2:07		Hurricanes defensive rebound
1:50		Chris Bell shooting foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
1:50	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-40
1:50	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-41
1:32		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
1:30		Lynn Kidd defensive rebound
1:23		Matthew Cleveland misses three point jump shot
1:21		Jyare Davis defensive rebound
0:54		Jaquan Carlos misses two point jump shot
0:52		Naheem McLeod offensive rebound
0:50	+2	Naheem McLeod makes two point dunk	34-41
0:38		Hurricanes 30 second timeout
0:34	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup	34-43
0:05	+3	Lucas Taylor makes three point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	37-43
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
SYR
Orange
47
MIA
Hurricanes
48

Time		Play	Score
19:47	+3	Jyare Davis makes three point jump shot (J.J. Starling assists)	40-43
19:27		Divine Ugochukwu misses two point layup
19:25		Jyare Davis defensive rebound
19:14		J.J. Starling misses two point jump shot
19:12		Matthew Cleveland defensive rebound
18:54		Lucas Taylor shooting foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
18:54	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-44
18:54	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-45
18:46	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point dunk (Lucas Taylor assists)	42-45
18:22	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point jump shot	42-47
18:03		Jyare Davis turnover (Divine Ugochukwu steals)
18:00		Divine Ugochukwu misses two point layup
17:58		Hurricanes offensive rebound
17:51	+3	Jalil Bethea makes three point jump shot (Brandon Johnson assists)	42-50
17:25	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	44-50
17:05		Divine Ugochukwu misses three point jump shot
17:03		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
16:37		Jalil Bethea shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
16:37	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-50
16:37	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-50
16:26		Divine Ugochukwu misses two point layup
16:24		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
16:11		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point jump shot
16:09		Lynn Kidd defensive rebound
16:01		Kyle Cuffe Jr. shooting foul (Jalil Bethea draws the foul)
16:01	+1	Jalil Bethea makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-51
16:01	+1	Jalil Bethea makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-52
15:43	+3	J.J. Starling makes three point jump shot (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	49-52
15:19		Lucas Taylor shooting foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
15:19		TV timeout
15:19		Matthew Cleveland misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:19		Matthew Cleveland misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:19		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
14:58	+3	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes three point jump shot (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	52-52
14:39		Jalil Bethea misses two point jump shot
14:37		Chris Bell defensive rebound
14:27		J.J. Starling turnover (Matthew Cleveland steals)
14:24		Matthew Cleveland turnover (bad pass)
13:54		Chris Bell turnover (Matthew Cleveland steals)
13:39		Jalil Bethea turnover (Jyare Davis steals)
13:33	+2	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes two point layup (Jyare Davis assists)	54-52
13:23	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup	54-54
13:03		J.J. Starling misses two point jump shot
13:01		Brandon Johnson defensive rebound
12:44	+2	Lynn Kidd makes two point layup (Matthew Cleveland assists)	54-56
12:30		Kyle Cuffe Jr. turnover (Divine Ugochukwu steals)
12:26	+2	Divine Ugochukwu makes two point dunk	54-58
12:13		Orange 30 second timeout
12:13		TV timeout
11:52		Jaquan Carlos turnover (Divine Ugochukwu steals)
11:31		Lynn Kidd misses two point jump shot
11:29		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
11:04		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point dunk
11:02		Lynn Kidd defensive rebound
10:46		Petar Majstorovic blocks Brandon Johnson's two point layup
10:44		Jaquan Carlos defensive rebound
10:37	+2	Chris Bell makes two point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	56-58
10:12		Brandon Johnson misses three point jump shot
10:10		J.J. Starling defensive rebound
9:57	+3	Jaquan Carlos makes three point jump shot (Petar Majstorovic assists)	59-58
9:37		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point layup
9:35		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
9:28	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point dunk (Jaquan Carlos assists)	61-58
9:25		Hurricanes 30 second timeout
9:25		TV timeout
9:14	+3	Paul Djobet makes three point jump shot (Matthew Cleveland assists)	61-61
8:53		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
8:51		Lynn Kidd defensive rebound
8:42		Eddie Lampkin Jr. shooting foul (Jalil Bethea draws the foul)
8:42	+1	Jalil Bethea makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-62
8:42	+1	Jalil Bethea makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-63
8:15		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
8:13		Paul Djobet defensive rebound
8:09		A.J. Staton-McCray turnover (bad pass)
7:52		Petar Majstorovic turnover (bad pass)
7:52		TV timeout
7:40	+3	Matthew Cleveland makes three point jump shot (Jalil Bethea assists)	61-66
7:15	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point layup (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	63-66
6:57	+3	Jalil Bethea makes three point jump shot (Matthew Cleveland assists)	63-69
6:29	+3	Jaquan Carlos makes three point jump shot (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	66-69
6:26		Orange 30 second timeout
6:07		Paul Djobet misses two point jump shot
6:05		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
5:42		Jalil Bethea personal foul
5:33		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
5:31		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
5:31		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
5:31		Orange offensive rebound
5:31		A.J. Staton-McCray personal foul
5:25		Matthew Cleveland blocks Chris Bell's three point jump shot
5:23		Jalil Bethea defensive rebound
5:16	+3	Paul Djobet makes three point jump shot (Jalil Bethea assists)	66-72
4:58		Chris Bell misses two point layup
4:56		Paul Djobet defensive rebound
4:52		Matthew Cleveland misses three point jump shot
4:50		Paul Djobet offensive rebound
4:48	+2	Paul Djobet makes two point layup	66-74
4:19		Jaquan Carlos misses two point jump shot
4:17		Jalil Bethea defensive rebound
4:15		Jalil Bethea turnover (J.J. Starling steals)
4:08	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	68-74
4:08		A.J. Staton-McCray shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
4:08	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 1	69-74
3:59		Jaquan Carlos personal foul
3:59		TV timeout
3:47	+2	A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point layup	69-76
3:31		Lynn Kidd personal foul
3:18		J.J. Starling misses two point jump shot
3:16		Matthew Cleveland defensive rebound
3:04		Jalil Bethea turnover (Jaquan Carlos steals)
2:59		Jaquan Carlos misses two point layup
2:57		Jalil Bethea defensive rebound
2:35	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point jump shot	69-78
2:18	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup (Jyare Davis assists)	71-78
2:16		Orange 60 second timeout
1:50	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup	71-80
1:40		J.J. Starling misses two point jump shot
1:38		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
1:36	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	73-80
1:35		Jaquan Carlos personal foul
1:35		Hurricanes 30 second timeout
1:26	+2	Jalil Bethea makes two point layup	73-82
1:26		Kyle Cuffe Jr. shooting foul (Jalil Bethea draws the foul)
1:26		Jalil Bethea misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:26		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
1:20		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
1:18		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
1:15	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	75-82
1:11		Kyle Cuffe Jr. personal foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
1:11	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-83
1:11	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-84
1:06	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point jump shot	77-84
0:56		Divine Ugochukwu turnover (Jaquan Carlos steals)
0:55		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
0:53		J.J. Starling offensive rebound
0:50		Lynn Kidd shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
0:50	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-84
0:50	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-84
0:49		Chris Bell shooting foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
0:49	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-85
0:49	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-86
0:39		Paul Djobet shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
0:39	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-86
0:39		J.J. Starling misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:38		Jalil Bethea defensive rebound
0:38		Jaquan Carlos personal foul (Jalil Bethea draws the foul)
0:38	+1	Jalil Bethea makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-87
0:38	+1	Jalil Bethea makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-88
0:32		Chris Bell misses three point jump shot
0:30		A.J. Staton-McCray defensive rebound
0:24		Jalil Bethea turnover (bad pass)
0:18		Lynn Kidd shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
0:18	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	81-88
0:18	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-88
0:16		Lucas Taylor personal foul (A.J. Staton-McCray draws the foul)
0:16		A.J. Staton-McCray misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:16	+1	A.J. Staton-McCray makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-89
0:11		J.J. Starling misses two point jump shot
0:09		J.J. Starling offensive rebound
0:08	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	84-89
0:07		J.J. Starling personal foul (A.J. Staton-McCray draws the foul)
0:07	+1	A.J. Staton-McCray makes regular free throw 1 of 2	84-90
0:07	+1	A.J. Staton-McCray makes regular free throw 2 of 2	84-91
0:03		Lucas Taylor misses three point jump shot
0:02		Chris Bell offensive rebound
0:01		Chris Bell misses two point jump shot
0:00		Jalil Bethea defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Jalil Bethea defensive rebound